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Curl Freeze Lash Styling Gel+58 on ingredient safety
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A 68-point gap between the two loudest voices.
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vs90EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Government
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · California Proposition 65 · IARC Monographs · US NTP Report on Carcinogens
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Robust23 of 23 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 23 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (8)
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 3 of 9 lists
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
Endocrine-activeflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists
EU harmonised skin sensitizerflagged by 1 of 9 lists
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists
EU-regulated fragrance allergenflagged by 1 of 9 lists
No flags in our sources (15)
- Water
- C18-21 Alkane
- Butylene Glycol
- Glycerinhumectant
- C13-16 Isoparaffin
- Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil
- Honey
- Hedychium Coronarium Root Extract
- Humulus Lupulus Extract
- Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
- Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
- Ppg-26-Buteth-26
- Dimethiconerich occlusive
- Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
- Disodium Edta
What these ingredient tags mean (4)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
common irritantDmdm Hydantoin
- Dmdm Hydantoin: A preservative the FDA lists as a formaldehyde releaser, which is why formaldehyde-reactive skin can notice it. How much reaches the skin depends on the whole formula, not on this name alone. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex V entry 33, permits DMDM hydantoin as a preservative up to 0,6%. The FDA names it among the "formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasing ingredients" on its Allergens in Cosmetics page (content current 25 February 2022). SCCS Scientific Advice SCCS/1632/21, on the threshold for the "contains formaldehyde" warning, describes a study in which a moisturiser spiked to the 0,6% Annex V maximum released at least 40 ppm formaldehyde. Annex V preamble point 2, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1181, requires the warning "releases formaldehyde" on any product whose total released formaldehyde exceeds 0,001% (10 ppm). That Regulation states the sensitisation ground itself, so the chain is drawn by the regulator and not by us: recital (2) names the class, "Certain of those preservatives are gradually releasing formaldehyde in order to fulfil a preserving function in the final cosmetic product (so called formaldehyde releasers)", and recital (3) gives the purpose of the warning, "In order to inform consumers sensitised to formaldehyde about the presence of formaldehyde that may trigger an allergic reaction". Recital (1) records that formaldehyde is classified a skin sensitizer (Category 1) in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008.
undeclared fragrance blendFragrance
- Fragrance: A blend the label does not itemize, so what is in it cannot be read from the ingredient list. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 permits the collective term "parfum"; the SCCS Opinion on Fragrance Allergens (SCCS/1459/11) reviews the contact-allergy evidence for the substances it can contain.
rich occlusiveDimethicone
- Dimethicone: A silicone that forms a film on the surface of the skin without an oily feel. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(g), lists dimethicone as a skin protectant at 1 to 30%.
humectantGlycerin
- Glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".