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 DryBar as of 2/7/2021. 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 DryBar 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 DryBar
• Detox Clear Invisible Dry Shampoo
• Southern Belle Volume-Boosting Powder (at Sephora)
• Southern Belle Volume-Boosting Root Lifter (at Sephora)
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Blonde Ale Brightening Shampoo (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate
• Detox Brunettes Dry Shampoo (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• Detox Dry Conditioner (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• Detox Dry Shampoo (all scents, at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
• Liquid Glass Smoothing Shampoo (at Sephora): Glycolic Acid
• On The Rocks Charcoal Scalp Scrub (at Sephora): Glycolic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Malic Acid, Salicylate
• On The Rocks Clarifying Charcoal Shampoo (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate
• Sake Bomb Nourishing Shampoo (at Sephora): Salicylic Acid
• Southern Belle Volume-Boosting Mousse (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
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Hi! Can you tell me if drybar’s Triple Sec 3-in-1 is safe?
Hydrofluorocarbon 152A, Dimethyl Ether, Alcohol Denat., VP/VA Copolymer, Fragrance, Zeolite, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Glycerin, Water, PEG-12 Dimethicone, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Silicone Quaternium-3, Trideceth- 12, Polyquaternium-59, Butylene Glycol, BHT, Coumarin.
Thank you so much!
It has chemical sunscreens, so ok for nursing but not pregnancy. But read the bit under which hair products to worry about, you shouldn’t be applying a finishing spray to your roots. This is the kind of thing that should go all over your hair, the hair shafts but not the roots/scalp. So you should be ok.