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Gel Revitalisant — 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.

95

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 95/100 · 47 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Butylphenyl MethylpropionalEU CLP Repr. 1B, EU CosIng Annex II (prohibited in cosmetics)

Risk categories found

Hormone disruption1 ingredient · max 7/10Allergy risk9 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation6 ingredients · max 6/10Environmental impact2 ingredients · max 6/10

Flagged ingredients (17)

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

Severity 7/10
Sensitive skin: High cautionPregnancy: Best avoidedBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: High caution
  • Hormone disruption:Classified as toxic to reproduction (CMR 1B); banned in the EU since March 2022.
  • Allergy risk:Well-documented fragrance sensitizer.

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.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

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.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

surfactant · foaming agent

Severity 6/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedDry skin: Best avoidedBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:The reference irritant used in dermatology research; strips barrier lipids.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

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.

Alcohol

solvent

Severity 4/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionDry skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Irritation:Drying when high on the ingredient list; negligible in trace amounts.

Plain ethanol — position on the label matters: near the top it is drying; near the bottom it is a harmless solvent trace.

Linalool

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; oxidized linalool is a common patch-test positive.

A floral scent molecule found in lavender and many essential oils. It oxidizes on air exposure into strongly sensitizing compounds, which is why it must be declared on EU labels.

Cyclomethicone

emollient · solvent

Severity 6/10Editorial
Pregnancy: Use with caution
  • Environmental impact:CosIng identifies Cyclomethicone with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), which is prohibited in EU cosmetics (Annex II) as persistent/bioaccumulative and a suspected reproductive toxicant.

A blanket INCI name for cyclic silicone blends. The EU CosIng database maps Cyclomethicone to D4, which is now prohibited in EU cosmetics; modern formulas replace it with D5/D6.

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.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

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.

CI 42090

colorant

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Rare reports of sensitivity.

A widely approved blue dye with a benign cosmetic safety record.

ZINC GLUCONATERegulatory dataAllergy riskEU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Pore-clogging potential (1)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (19)

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

Recognized ingredients (10)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE· absorbent, anticaking, viscosity control…
  • AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER· viscosity controlling
  • C14-22 ALCOHOLS· emulsion stabilising
  • PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE· surfactant - emulsifying
  • HIEROCHLOE ODORATA EXTRACT· fragrance, skin conditioning
  • GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE LEAF EXTRACT· astringent
  • LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT EXTRACT· antioxidant
  • THERMUS THERMOPHILLUS FERMENT· skin conditioning
  • LAPSANA COMMUNIS FLOWER/LEAF/STEM EXTRACT· skin conditioning
  • ETHYLENE BRASSYLATE· fragrance, tonic

Not enough data (1)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) FRUIT EXTRACT

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.

Lower-concern moisturizers

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

AQUA/WATER/EAU, ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, CETEARYL ISONONANOATE, CYCLOMETHICONE, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE, AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER, TAPIOCA STARCH, C14-22 ALCOHOLS, PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE, AVENA SATIVA (OAT) KERNEL EXTRACT, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, XANTHAN GUM, HIEROCHLOE ODORATA EXTRACT, C12-20 ALKYL GLUCOSIDE, DISODIUM EDTA, SODIUM HYALURONATE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, LIMONENE, PHENOXYETHANOL, GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE LEAF EXTRACT, TROMETHAMINE, MALTODEXTRIN, PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) FRUIT EXTRACT, ZINC GLUCONATE, BIOSACCHARIDE GUM-4, LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT EXTRACT, SODIUM BENZOATE, LINALOOL, THERMUS THERMOPHILLUS FERMENT, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, HEXYL CINNAMAL, ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE, BENZYL BENZOATE, LAPSANA COMMUNIS FLOWER/LEAF/STEM EXTRACT, CITRAL, ETHYLENE BRASSYLATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, CI 42090/BLUE 1, TOCOPHEROL, CI 60730/EXT, VIOLET 2

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