Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: High cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
- Irritation:Drying and barrier-disrupting in high-alcohol formulas with regular use.
Denatured ethanol gives products a fast-drying, weightless feel, but as a leading ingredient it degrades the skin barrier with repeated use — a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
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.
Oily & acne-prone: Best avoided
- Pore-clogging:One of the most consistently comedogenic emollients in rabbit-ear and human assays.
A silky-feel emollient that repeatedly tops comedogenicity rankings — acne-prone users should watch for it in face products.
Sensitive skin: High cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
- Allergy risk:Potent EU-declarable allergen; the cinnamon scent molecule.
- Irritation:Can cause immediate stinging and flushing.
The cinnamon scent molecule, a strong sensitizer and irritant that appears in fragrance blends and lip products.
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
- Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; clove-scented sensitizer.
The clove scent molecule, a long-established contact allergen on the EU declaration list.
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
- Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen related to cinnamal.
A sweet balsamic scent chemical and recognized contact allergen on the EU declaration list.
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Use with caution
- Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen found in tonka bean and many perfumes.
A sweet hay-scented molecule requiring EU allergen declaration; a regular positive in fragrance patch-test series.
BUTANERegulatory dataCancer concernHormone disruptionEU CLP Carc. 1AEU CLP Muta. 1B