Pregnancy safe beauty products can be super difficult and confusing. I have an entire guide devoted to what products are safe to use while pregnant including information on what ingredients to avoid while pregnant and a huge list of pregnancy safe skincare products. The list has gotten so large that I’ve decided to start listing brands in their own individual posts.
Here you’ll find pregnancy safe products from Amika as of 1/3/2021. If it is not safe, I’ll tell you why. All of the products meet my pregnancy safe criteria. If they release a new product that is not listed here, please comment below and I will add it. Note I will link to every product directly to avoid confusion. You’ll know exactly which product I mean.
Please refer to my post on pregnancy safe makeup, where I explain why you don’t need to worry about your mascara, powders, eyeliners, brow products, etc. I do not review these products.
Which hair products do you need to worry about?
Technically, none. Most OBs will tell you not to worry about any hair products. Your hair is a dead protein, and it can not absorb anything. It’s amazing how pregnancy brain can take over and we forget that simple fact!
Personally, I screened products that would sit on my scalp for a few minutes (aka- shampoos, scrubs, etc). My thought process was that those products would be similar to a face wash, even if washed off right away it sits there for a bit. So, on this list you’ll find products that sit on your scalp. This is shampoo, scalp treatments and root styling products. Other styling products should just be on the hair shaft, and if you’re worried about sprays being inhaled, I recommend holding your breath while you spray and then step away a few feet. Conditioner and treatment masques don’t usually touch your scalp, though I have screened a few masques that people sometimes apply up to their roots. If you apply any of these further from the scalp, they’re all safe (even if I screened them as not safe).
How to Request a Product Review
I try to review all of the products that I can when I publish a list. Note, I am in the US and I only have access to US products. Please don’t be rude if I skipped your favorite cleanser, when items are out of stock sometimes they aren’t on the brand’s site, or maybe you are in Asia and I am in the US.
I reserve the comments on each post for reviews of product from that brand, this makes it easier for others to find products later. Please only ask about Amika on this post, I will delete other product questions. You can find other brands here. If your brand is not included, please ask on the brand list post.
Pregnancy and Nursing Safe Products from Amika
• 3d volume and thickening conditioner (at Sephora)
• 3d volume and thickening shampoo (at Sephora)
• bust your brass cool blonde conditioner (at Sephora)
• bust your brass cool blonde shampoo (at Sephora)
• mixtape purple blonde toning drops (at Sephora)
• mixtape teal brunette toning drops (at Sephora)
• nice cream cleansing conditioner
• normcore signature conditioner (at Sephora)
• normcore signature shampoo (at Sephora)
• perk up dry shampoo (at Sephora)
• phantom hydrating dry shampoo foam
• reset clarifying gel shampoo (at Sephora)
• reset cooling gel conditioner (at Sephora)
• reset pink charcoal scalp cleansing oil (at Sephora)
• sexture beach look shampoo (at Sephora)
• silken up dry conditioner (at Sephora)
• soulfood nourishing mask (at Sephora)
• The Kure Bond Repair Shampoo for Damaged Hair (at Sephora)
• the kure intense repair mask (at Sephora)
• the kure repair conditioner (at Sephora)
• the kure repair shampoo (at Sephora)
• thicc volumizing base (at Sephora)
• un.done volume and matte texture spray (at Sephora)
• velveteen dream smoothing conditioner (at Sephora)
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• fadeblock pre-shampoo color seal (at Sephora): Gluconolactone
• flash instant shine mask (at Sephora): Gluconolactone, Chemical Sunscreen
• reset exfoliating jelly shampoo (at Sephora): Salicylic Acid
• vault color-lock leave-in conditioner (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• vault color-lock conditioner (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• vault color-lock shampoo (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• velveteen dream smoothing shampoo (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
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Hi, Dr!
It looks like Amika has change the formulation for their bust your brass line and added a hair mask. Would you mind reviewing these ingredients?
Bust your brass mask:
Water/Aqua/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Myristate, Behentrimonium Chloride*, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Panthenol, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis (Borage/Bourrache) Seed Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango/Mangue) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea/Karite) Butter, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cetrimonium Chloride*, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Butylene Glycol, Bis-PCA Dimethicone, Disodium PEG-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate, Aminomethyl Propanol, Chlorphenesin, BHT, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance/Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Violet External 2 (CI 60730).
Bust your brass shampoo:
water/aqua/eau, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, glyceryl stearate, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, borago officinalis (borage/bourrache) seed oil, persea gratissima (avocado/avocat) oil, mangifera indica (mango/mangue) seed butter, butyrospermum parkii (shea/karite) butter, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, lavandula angustifolia (lavender/lavande) flower extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria/matricaire) flower extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary/romarin) leaf extract, hydrolyzed quinoa, aminomethyl propanol, bis-pca dimethicone, butylene glycol, disodium edta, disodium peg-12 dimethicone sulfosuccinate, peg-55 propylene glycol oleate, peg-12 dimethicone, peg-150 distearate, peg-150 stearate, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-7, polysorbate 20, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, citric acid, dehydroacetic acid, benzyl alcohol, pheno
bust your brass conditioner:
water/aqua/eau, myristyl alcohol, propylene glycol, cetearyl alcohol, cetrimonium chloride*, hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn/argousier) fruit/seed oil, borago officinalis (borage/bourrache) seed oil, mangifera indica (mango/mangue) seed butter, butyrospermum parkii (shea/karite) butter, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, glycerin, hydrolyzed quinoa, aminomethyl propanol, bis-pca dimethicone, butylene glycol, c11-15 pareth-7, c12-16 pareth-9, caprylyl glycol, decyl oleate, disodium peg-12 dimethicone sulfosuccinate, trideceth-12, trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, citric acid, etidronic acid, lauryl alcohol, hydrogenated palm glycerides citrate, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, cetyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, tocopherol, fragrance/parfum, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, ext. violet 2 (ci 60730) *antistatic agent/agent antistatique
Thank you so much!
All of these are fine for pregnancy and nursing
Hi, again!
Amika also has a new formula for The Kure bond repair conditioner. how is this looking:
Water/Aqua/Eau, Myristyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride*, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis (Borage/Bourrache) Seed Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango/Mangue) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea/Karite) Butter, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Aminomethyl Propanol, Bis-PCA Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, C11-15 Pareth-7, C12-16 Pareth-9, Caprylyl Glycol, Decyl Oleate, Disodium PEG-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate, Trideceth-12, Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone, Citric Acid, Etidronic Acid, Lauryl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Cetyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Tocopherol, Fragrance/Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene *antistatic agent/agent antistatique.
Safe for pregnancy and nursing