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Product score: 04

Data Availability:

Limited

Healing-Scents My Body's Herbal Buddy (2019 formulation)

Healing-Scents My Body's Herbal Buddy (2019 formulation)

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CATEGORY

Muscle/Joint Soreness

BRAND

Healing-Scents

DATA LAST UPDATED

August 2019

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • MODERATE
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • MODERATE
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

Ingredient score: 01
OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) OIL
Appeared as: OLIVE OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, perfuming
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL
Appeared as: SUNFLOWER OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, emollient
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Ingredient score: 01
PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL
Appeared as: AVOCADO OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, skin conditioning
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Ingredient score: 01
PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) OIL
Appeared as: APRICOT OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS (POT MARIGOLD) FLOWER OIL
Appeared as: CALENDULA INFUSED OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, masking, skin conditioning
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
BEESWAX
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) binder, emulsion stabilizer, epilating agent, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent -miscellaneous, surfactant - emulsifying agent, viscosity increasing agent - nonaqueous, emollient, emulsifying, film forming, perfuming
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 04
SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE (COMFREY)
Appeared as: COMFREY
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS • Cancer (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS
Appeared as: CAYENNE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS • Use restrictions (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM (BONESET)
Appeared as: BONESET
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM (GRAVEL ROOT)
Appeared as: GRAVEL ROOT
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
QUERCUS (OAK) BARK
Appeared as: OAK BARK
Data Availability: Fair
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Ingredient score: 01
PASSION FLOWER
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
ULMUS RUBRA (SLIPPERY ELM)
Appeared as: SLIPPERY ELM
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
VALERIANA OFFICINALIS (VALERIAN) ROOT
Appeared as: VALERIAN ROOT
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, not reported, soothing
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Ingredient score: 01
JUGLANS NIGRA (BLACK WALNUT)
Appeared as: WALNUT BARK
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
SALIX ALBA (WHITE WILLOW) BARK
Appeared as: WILLOW BARK
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS • Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 05
MENTHA PIPERITA (PEPPERMINT) OIL
Appeared as: PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Cancer (low)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Use restrictions (low)
• Neurotoxicity (low)
• Endocrine disruption (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 02
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) OIL
Appeared as: LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Endocrine disruption (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 06
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) LEAF OIL
Appeared as: EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS ESSENTIAL OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, perfuming, skin conditioning
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredients from packaging:

olive oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, apricot oil, calendula infused oil, beeswax, comfrey, cayenne, boneset, gravel root, oak bark, passion flower, slippery elm, valerian root, walnut bark, willow bark, peppermint essential oil, lavender essential oil, eucalyptus globulus essential oil

Product's animal testing policies

Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. For consumers who are concerned about companies’ policies on animal testing, Skin Deep reports this information.


PETA Cruelty-free Companies

Companies that join the "Caring Consumer" program of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a leading international animal rights advocacy organization, attest that "neither they nor their ingredient suppliers conduct or commission any animal tests on ingredients, formulations or finished products, and that they pledge not to do so in the future."

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Leaping Bunny

Products bearing the Leaping Bunny mark are certified cruelty-free under the Humane Household Products Standard, managed in the U.S. and Canada by the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics, a coalition of eight national animal protection groups. Participating companies must open their processes to independent audits throughout the supply chain.

LEARN MORE ON LEAPINGBUNNY.ORG

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Score legend

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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