Pregnancy safe skincare

I’m think it’s best to stay on the safe side and use very simple clean products. Like if you would use it on baby then use it on you.

Retinol is controversial actually. I ended up using it late in my pregnancy when i found articles about the safe percentage of retinol for pregnant women. If u dont use a high percentage u will more than likely be fine. But also do whats best for you and your baby.

I really liked this site: https://www.15minutebeauty.com You can search whatever it is you’re considering using and usually she’s listed whether it’s safe or not. The majority of brands / products I looked up were on here

Most Honest Company products are safe as well as La Roche Posay

I found it so difficult when I was pregnant! I threw out/gave away so many products 😂 I use the inkey list stuff and really like it - they have a quiz on your website and will tailor a routine to your skin and they also ask if you are pregnant/breastfeeding so will only show you products that are safe ☺️ https://uk.theinkeylist.com/pages/recipe

Oops not sure I knew this 🤣🫣

Download the skin rocks app. It tells you what’s pregnancy safe. The key things to watch out for are retinols but research does show it’s safe in pregnancy and some people do use it. Also some essential oils in skincare should be avoided too. Most over the counter products are absolutely safe as they’re not strong enough to penetrate the skin and go to baby, even salicylic acid. You’d mostly need to be careful with prescription skincare products X

@Natalie this site is American and their guidance is different due to the way they manufacture a lot of their skincare. You’ll probably find ingredients are different in the UK to the US due to us having stricter guidelines and it will be safe to use ☺️

Anything from the REN skincare range. Was created by a pregnant woman who was miffed there was no decent safe skincare!

I use Typology (through pregnancy and breastfeeding) - on their skin diagnostic tool, there is pregnancy/breastfeeding option. Also Neutrogena hydroboost is safe, i use the toner. And Avene for moisturiser, the Hydrance range. Makeup, i used Bb and Cc cream plus primer from Erborian (pregnancy safe), now using Lily Lolo powder, blush, eyeshadow, mascara. If you have any concerns you can always contact the brand’s customer service, thats what I did to get confirmation all what I am using is safe.

@Jordan the US doesn’t have stricter rules. Quite the opposite. They only banned about 100 ingredients whilst in the EU there are over 2000 ingredients banned. Been working on a research project on skincare that’s how I found out.

Vitamin C serums, hyaluronic and Niacinamide serums are safe. Retinol i would avoid and also avoid the strong acids such as glycolic and salicylic. The 15 minute beauty website is really great

Dime beauty!

@Steph let me rephrase. We go through a lot stricter testing than the US do and they have a lot of ingredients in skincare that the UK would never allow, so that’s why I wouldn’t go by the US version of a website. Always try and follow UK guidance.