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Product score: 01

Data Availability:

Limited

Prep U Charcoal Scrub, Unscented

Prep U Charcoal Scrub, Unscented

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Exfoliant/Scrub

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Prep U

DATA LAST UPDATED

July 2020

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • MODERATE
    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: COCONUT SAPONIFIED OIL
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) OIL
Appeared as: SUNFLOWER SAPONIFIED OIL
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) OIL
Appeared as: OLIVE SAPONIFIED OIL
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED CASTOR OIL
Appeared as: CASTOR SAPONIFIED OIL
Data Availability: None
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CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
CI 77004
Appeared as: BENTONITE CLAY
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) absorbent, bulking agent, emulsion stabilizer, opacifying agent, suspending agent -nonsurfactant, viscosity increasing agent - aqueous, bulking, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) KERNEL
Appeared as: APRICOT KERNEL POWDER
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
JUGLANS NIGRA (BLACK WALNUT)
Appeared as: BLACK WALNUT (HULL) POWDER
Data Availability: Limited
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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
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
Appeared as: ACTIVATED BAMBOO CHARCOAL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) abrasive, absorbent, colorant, opacifying agent, cosmetic colorant
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Ingredient score: 02
POTASSIUM SORBATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, preservative
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
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Ingredients from packaging:

SPRING WATER, SAPONIFIED OILS* OF (COCONUTSUNFLOWER OLIVE AND CASTOR), BENTONITE CLAY, APRICOT KERNEL POWDER, BLACK WALNUT (HULL) POWDER, ROSEMARY LEAF EXTRACT ACTIVATED BAMBOO CHARCOAL, AND POTASSIUM SORBATE.

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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