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Burt's Bees Soothing Toner

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Soothing Toner — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

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Low concern

No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.

Concern score 25/100 · 19 ingredients analyzed

Driven by PhenoxyethanolEU CLP Eye Dam. 1

Risk categories found

Irritation4 ingredients · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (5)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Hamamelis Virginiana Water

astringent · botanical

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionDry skin: High cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Irritation:Astringent tannins and frequent alcohol content can dry and irritate.

A traditional astringent toner ingredient whose tannins (and often added alcohol) can disrupt an already compromised skin barrier.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Potassium Sorbate

preservative

Severity 2/10
  • Irritation:Occasional transient stinging or redness on sensitive skin.

A mild food-grade preservative usually paired with sodium benzoate; well tolerated by most skin types.

Sodium Benzoate

preservative

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Can cause transient, non-allergic flushing/stinging on reactive skin.

A food-grade preservative generally regarded as one of the gentler options; occasional non-immune stinging is its main drawback.

benzoic acidRegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Skin Irrit. 2EU CLP Eye Dam. 1

No concerns found (14)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Water, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, glycerin, propanediol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, oryza sativa (rice) extract, citric acid, honey, fructose, glucose, inositol, sucrose, trehalose, potassium sorbate, sodium PCA, sodium citrate, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

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