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Pregnancy-Safe Makeup Brands: Lipstick, Foundation, Mascara

Pregnancy-safe makeup avoids retinol, hydroquinone, high-dose salicylic acid, parabens, phthalates, and formaldehyde-releasers. Brands with verified clean ingredient lists include ILIA, Tower 28,…

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Pregnancy-Safe Nail Polish: What “10-Free” Really Means

'10-free' nail polish removes toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), formaldehyde resin, camphor, ethyl tosylamide, xylene, parabens, fragrance, and animal-derived ingredients — the…

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Ingredient

Fragrance / Parfum

Fragrance

Caution

Use products listing 'fragrance' or 'parfum' cautiously during pregnancy. The term can hide phthalates, allergens, and endocrine disruptors under U.S. trade-secret rules.…

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Talc

Other · CAS 14807-96-6

Caution

Use talc cautiously during pregnancy. Historic concerns about asbestos contamination from natural talc deposits. Avoid talc in genital-area products (baby powder traditional…

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Phthalates

Plasticizer · CAS 117-81-7

Avoid

Avoid phthalates during pregnancy. This family of endocrine-disrupting plasticizers is associated with altered male reproductive development (reduced anogenital distance) and neurodevelopmental effects…

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Parabens

Preservative · CAS 99-76-3

Caution

Use parabens cautiously in pregnancy. They have weak estrogenic activity, and some cohort studies link prenatal exposure to altered birth weight and…

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Pregnancy-Safe Makeup Brands: Lipstick, Foundation, Mascara

Pregnancy-Safe Nail Polish: What “10-Free” Really Means

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