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Product score: 02

Data Availability:

Limited

Prep U Body Wash, Citrus Mint

Prep U Body Wash, Citrus Mint

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Body Wash/Cleanser

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Prep U

DATA LAST UPDATED

April 2020

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    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
WATER
Appeared as: SPRING WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED COCOS NUCIFERA (COCONUT) OIL
Appeared as: PURE SAPONIFIED OILS OF COCONUT
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED CASTOR OIL
Appeared as: PURE SAPONIFIED OILS OF CASTOR
Data Availability: None
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CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) OIL
Appeared as: PURE SAPONIFIED OILS OF OLIVE
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) OIL
Appeared as: PURE SAPONIFIED OILS OF SUNFLOWER
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT
Appeared as: ROSEMARY LEAF EXTRACT
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antimicrobial agent, antioxidant, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent -miscellaneous, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, perfuming
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Ingredient score: 01
SILK POWDER
Data Availability: None
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FUNCTION(S) bulking agent, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, slip modifier, antistatic, bulking, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, smoothing
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Ingredient score: 06
CITRUS LIMON (LEMON) PEEL OIL
Appeared as: ESSENTIAL OILS OF LEMON
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS • Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
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Ingredient score: 02
CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA (BERGAMOT) FRUIT OIL
Appeared as: ESSENTIAL OILS OF BERGAMOT
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, masking
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) LEAF OIL
Appeared as: ESSENTIAL OILS OF EUCALYPTUS
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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Ingredient score: 01
BOSWELLIA CARTERI (FRANKINCENSE) OIL
Appeared as: ESSENTIAL OILS OF FRANKINCENSE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
AZADIRACHTA INDICA (NEEM) SEED OIL
Appeared as: ESSENTIAL OILS OF NEEM TREE
Data Availability: Fair
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Ingredients from packaging:

SPRING WATER, PURE SAPONIFIED* OILS (COCONUT, CASTOR, OLIVE, SUNFLOWER), ROSEMARY LEAF EXTRACT, SILK POWDER AND ESSENTIAL OILS OF (BERGAMOT, FRANKINCENSE, LEMON, NEEM TREE AND EUCALYPTUS).

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.


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.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

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

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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