Is your skincare actually safe?
Search a product or paste its ingredient list. We check every ingredient against published safety data — allergens, irritants, hormone disruptors, cancer concerns and more — in seconds. Free, no sign-up.
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How it works
1 · Enter a product
Search our product library, pick a match from Open Beauty Facts, or paste the ingredient list straight off the packaging.
2 · We analyze every ingredient
Each ingredient is checked against a curated database built from EU CosIng, IARC, CIR and SCCS findings — with severity ratings and plain-English explanations.
3 · Get a personal risk report
See what's flagged and why. Toggle profiles like sensitive, oily & acne-prone or dry skin, pregnancy or babies to surface what matters to you.
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Ingredients people ask about
Full index →DMDM Hydantoin
A formaldehyde-releasing preservative used in creams, shampoos and wipes. The slow formaldehyde release preserves the product but exposes skin to a known carcinogen and allergen.
Methylisothiazolinone
A preservative behind one of the largest contact-allergy epidemics in cosmetic history. The EU banned it from leave-on products and restricts it in rinse-off products to 15 ppm.
Parfum
An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.
Butylphenyl Methylpropional
The lily-of-the-valley scent 'Lilial', banned in EU cosmetics in 2022 after being classified as presumed toxic to human reproduction. Still legal in some other markets — check older or imported products.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
A powerful foaming cleanser so reliably irritating that dermatology studies use it as the standard positive control for skin irritation. Fine for many in rinse-off use, but a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
Benzophenone-3
The most controversial chemical UV filter: a top cause of sunscreen allergy, a suspected endocrine disruptor found in blood and breast milk, and banned in several reef jurisdictions for coral toxicity.
Retinol
The gold-standard anti-aging active. Effective but irritating at first, and all retinoids are advised against during pregnancy because high-dose oral vitamin A derivatives cause birth defects.
Talc
A mineral powder at the center of major litigation and a 2024 IARC upgrade to 'probably carcinogenic'. Regulators specifically warn against powder use on babies (inhalation risk); cornstarch is the standard substitute.
Who is Caredermis for?
Anyone who reads a label and wonders what half of it means. People with sensitive, oily or dry skin who keep getting surprised by reactions and breakouts. Parents checking a baby lotion. Expecting mothers avoiding retinoids and endocrine disruptors. Or simply the curious, who want to know if the scary headline about their sunscreen is real — and what the science actually says.