Paula's Choice
Resist Brightening Essence (2018 formulation)
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Cleaner pick · Safest serums & essences we have rated
Africology Skincare & Spa
Aloe Ferox Serum+8 on ingredient safety
30ml · 569 ZAR · 1896.67 ZAR/100 ml
Ingredient safetyRaters agree
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Labor
A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.
55Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofit
vs88Open Beauty Facts CertificationsNonprofit
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Ingredient safety
raters agreeIndependent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Also screened, nothing found: EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · California Proposition 65 · IARC Monographs · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · US NTP Report on Carcinogens
Environmental
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Labor
33 pts apartRun by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Paula's Choice as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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7 ratings · 3 of 4 axes
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust25 of 25 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 25 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (4)
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists
No flags in our sources (21)
- Water
- Butylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- Arbutin
- Acetyl Glucosamine
- Ascorbyl Glucoside
- Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
- Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract
- Morus Alba Root Extract
- Niacinamide
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
- Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
- Allantoin
- Adenosine
- Silanetriol
- Polysorbate-20
- Sodium Citrate
- Disodium EDTA
- Ethylhexylglycerin
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfree.peta.org ↗
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