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Product score: 02

Data Availability:

Limited

Upcircle Soap Bar for Face and Body, Fennel + Cardamom Chai

Upcircle Soap Bar for Face and Body, Fennel + Cardamom Chai

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Bar Soap

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UpCircle

DATA LAST UPDATED

November 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
SODIUM COCOATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) surfactant - cleansing agent, surfactant - emulsifying agent, cleansing, emulsifying, surfactant
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Appeared as: AQUA
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 02
GLYCERIN
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, fragrance ingredient, hair conditioning agent, humectant, oral care agent;oral health care drug, skin-conditioning agent - humectant, skin protectant, viscosity decreasing agent, perfuming, solvent
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
COCONUT FATTY ACID
Appeared as: COCONUT ACID**
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) surfactant - cleansing agentsurfactant-cleansing agent is included as a function for the soap form of coconut acid., cleansing, emollient, emulsifying, surfactant
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, viscosityincreasing agent - nonaqueous, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Use restrictions (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
SODIUM CITRATE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) ph adjuster, buffering, chelating, masking
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Ingredient score: 01
FOENICULUM VULGARE (FENNEL) OIL
Appeared as: FOENICULUM VULGARE OIL* (FENNEL)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, emollient, skin conditioning, soothing, tonic
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Ingredient score: 01
MONTMORILLONITE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) abrasive, absorbent, bulking agent, emulsion stabilizer, opacifying agent, viscosityincreasing agent - aqueous, bulking, emulsion stabilising, stabilising, viscosity controlling
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Ingredient score: 01
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) flavoring agent, oral care agent, viscosity increasing agent - aqueous
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Ingredient score: 01
ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM (CARDAMOM) SEED OIL
Appeared as: ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM SEED OIL* (CARDAMOM)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, masking, tonic
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Ingredient score: 03
ILLICIUM VERUM (ANISE) FRUIT EXTRACT
Appeared as: ILLICIUM VERUM FRUIT (STAR ANISE)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
CINNAMOMUM VERUM (CINNAMON) BARK
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 06
LIMONENE
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) perfuming
CONCERNS • Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
FOENICULUM VULGARE (FENNEL)
Appeared as: FOENICULUM VULGARE LEAF
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 04
EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS (CLOVE) FLOWER OIL
Appeared as: EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS (CLOVE) FLOWER
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
PIMENTA OFFICINALIS (PIMENTO)
Appeared as: PIMENTA OFFICINALIS FRUIT (ALL SPICE)
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM (CARDAMOM) SEED EXTRACT
Appeared as: ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM SEED (GREEN CARDAMOM)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, perfuming
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Ingredient score: 01
MYRISTICA FRAGRANS (NUTMEG) SEED HULL
Appeared as: MYRISTICA FRAGRANS SEED (NUTMEG)
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
VANILLA PLANIFOLIA (VANILLA) FRUIT
Appeared as: VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT (VANILLA)
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, not reported, masking, skin protecting, smoothing
CONCERNS • Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
CITRIC ACID
Appeared as: CITRIC ACID. *ORGANICALLY PRODUCED INGREDIENT
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) chelating agent, fragrance ingredient, ph adjuster, buffering, chelating, masking
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredients from packaging:

100% NATURAL INGREDIENTS: Sodium Cocoate**, Aqua, Glycerin**, Coconut Acid**, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sodium Citrate, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Oil*, Montmorillonite, Sodium Chloride, Elettaria Cardamomum (Cardamom) Seed Oil*, Illicium Verum (Star Anise) Fruit, Cinnamomum Verum (Cinnamon) Bark, Limonene^, Foeniculum Vulgare Leaf, Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower, Pimenta Officinalis (All Spice) Fruit, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root, Elettaria Cardamomum (Green Cardamom) Seed, Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Seed, Vanilla Planifolia (Vanilla) Fruit, Citric Acid. *Organically produced ingredient; **From organic origin; ^Natural constituent of essential oils listed.

Warnings from packaging:

Precautions: Avoid contact with eyes. If contact occurs rinse immediately with clean water. If irritation occurs, discontinue use. Do not eat.

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.


Unknown

Leading international certifiers PETA and Leaping Bunny have no information concerning this company’s use of animal testing.

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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