Pregnancy safe skincare 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 every pregnancy safe skincare product from Eminence as of 4/6/2019. 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 note, it can take up to an hour to review the ingredient lists of each product. I review with my own list of pregnancy safe criteria. I obtain my ingredient lists from the brands and major retailers (typically Nordstrom and Sephora), and I review the US versions. Please do not ask me to re-review the same products over and over, I do not have the time to do so, and many people have been rude about this. For more brands, please head over to the list of pregnancy safe products.
While I always recommend checking with your own doctor, Eminence Organic Skin Care has asked me to remind you that they always recommend consulting your physician before using new skin care products or professional treatments while pregnant or breast-feeding.
Pregnancy Safe Products from Eminence
• Blueberry Soy Sugar Scrub
• Chocolate Mousse Hydration Masque
• Citrus Exfoliating Wash
• Citrus Lip Balm
• Coconut Sugar Scrub
• Cornflower Recovery Serum
• Cucumber Eye Gel
• Facial Recovery Oil
• Hawthorn Tonique
• Herbal Eye Makeup Remover
• Hibiscus Instant Line Filler
• Lemon Cleanser
• Lemon Grass Cleanser
• Lime Refresh Tonique
• Lip Plumper – Cinnamon Kiss
• Lotus Detoxifying Overnight Treatment
• Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Cleanser
• Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Concentrate
• Marine Flower Peptide Eye Cream
• Marine Flower Peptide Serum
• Naseberry Eye Exfoliant
• Primrose and Melon Balancing Masque
• Raspberry Eye Masque
• Red Currant Exfoliating Cleanser
• Red Currant Mattifying Mist
• Rice Milk 3 in 1 Cleansing Water
• Rosehip & Lemongrass Lip Balm SPF 15
• Rosehip & Lemongrass Repair Balm
• Rosehip Triple C+E Firming Oil
• Seabuckthorn Balancing Masque
• Shea Butter and Mint Moisture Balm
• Stone Crop Cleansing Oil
• Stone Crop Gel Wash
• Stone Crop Hydrating Mist
• Sweet Red Rose Cleanser
• Sweet Red Rose Tonique
• Tea Tree and Mint Hand Cleanser
• Vanilla Mint Hand Cream
• Wild Plum Tonique
• Wildflower Cleansing Balm
• Wildflower Ultralight Oil
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Almond and Mineral Treatment: Salicylic Acid, Salicylate
• Apricot Whip Moisturizer: Salicylate
• Arctic Berry Peptide Radiance Cream: Licorice Root
• Balancing Masque Duo: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid
• Balancing Moisturizer Duo: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Blueberry Soy Exfoliating Cleanser: Salicylic Acid
• Blueberry Soy Night Recovery Cream: Salicylic Acid
• Blueberry Soy Repair Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Bright Skin Licorice Root Booster-Serum: Licorice Root, Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Bright Skin Licorice Root Exfoliating Peel: Mandelic Acid, Licorice Root, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Bright Skin Masque: Licorice Root, Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid, Salicylate
• Bright Skin Moisturizer SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen, Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Bright Skin Overnight Correcting Cream: Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid
• Bright Skin Targeted Dark Spot Treatment: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid
• Calm Skin Arnica Booster-Serum: Salicylic Acid
• Calm Skin Arnica Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Calm Skin Chamomile Cleanser: Salicylic Acid
• Calm Skin Chamomile Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Cinnamon Paprika Body Lotion: Salicylic Acid
• Citrus & Kale Potent C + E Masque: Gluconolactone
• Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum: Gluconolactone
• Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Clear Skin Probiotic Masque: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Clear Skin Probiotic Moisturizer: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Clear Skin Targeted Acne Treatment: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Clear Skin Willow Bark Booster-Serum: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid
• Clear Skin Willow Bark Exfoliating Peel: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid, Gluconolactone
• Coconut Cream Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Coconut Milk Cleanser: Salicylic Acid
• Eight Greens Phyto Masque – Hot: Salicylic Acid
• Eight Greens Whip Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Eight Greens Youth Serum: Salicylic Acid
• Eucalyptus Cleansing Concentrate: Malic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Firm Skin Acai Booster-Serum: Salicylate
• Firm Skin Acai Exfoliating Peel: Glycolic Acid
• Firm Skin Acai Cleanser: Salicylic Acid
• Firm Skin Acai Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Firm Skin Acai Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Guava and Bamboo Age-Defying Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Hibiscus Ultra Lift Eye Cream: Licorice Root
• Hibiscus Ultra Lift Neck Cream: Gluconolactone
• Honeydew Body Lotion: Salicylic Acid, Salicylate
• Hungarian Herbal Mud Treatment: Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Lavender Age Corrective Night Eye Cream: Salicylic Acid, Stem Cells
• Lavender Age Corrective Night Concentrate: Salicylic Acid, Stem Cells
• Lilikoi Light Defense Face Primer SPF 23: Salicylic Acid
• Lilikoi Mineral Defense Moisturizer SPF 33: Salicylic Acid
• Lime Stimulating Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Monoi Age Corrective Night Cream for Face and Neck: Salicylic Acid
• Monoi Night Body Cream: Gluconolactone, Salicylic Acid
• Naseberry Treatment Cream: Salicylic Acid
• Pear and Poppy Seed Microderm Polisher: Glycolic Acid
• Pink Grapefruit Vitality Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Pumpkin Latte Hydration Masque: Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Raspberry Pore Refining Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Red Currant Protective Moisturizer SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylic Acid
• Rosehip & Lemongrass Soothing Hydrator: Salicylic Acid
• Rosehip and Maize Exfoliating Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Rosehip Whip Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Soothing Chamomile Tonique: Licorice Root
• Sour Cherry Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Stone Crop Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Stone Crop Oxygenating Fizzofoliant: Malic Acid
• Stone Crop Serum: Salicylic Acid
• Stone Crop Whip Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant: Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum: Salicylic Acid
• Strawberry Rhubarb Masque: Salicylic Acid
• Sweet Red Rose Treatment: Salicylic Acid, Salicylate
• Sweet Red Rose Whip Moisturizer: Salicylic Acid
• Tinted Moisturizer SPF 25 – Vanilla Latte: Chemical Sunscreens, Salicylic Acid
• Tropical Vanilla Body Sunscreen SPF 32: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylic Acid
• Tropical Vanilla Day Cream SPF 32: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylic Acid
• Wild Plum Eye Cream: Salicylic Acid
• Yam and Pumpkin Enzyme Peel: Glycolic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
Note I’m including products with retinoids here, as those are a bit iffy. It depends on how conservative you want to be while nursing (still absolutely contraindicated while pregnant). Refer to my post on ingredients to avoid while nursing for more discussion. Several Eminence products have their “Natural Retinol Alternative Complex” which appears to be high vitamin A containing extracts. With extracts like this we consider the vitamin A to be “safe”, but if you’re worried then you can avoid those products. I’ll include them here and you can decide based on that.
• Acne Advanced Clarifying Hydrator: Arbutin, Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Acne Advanced Clarifying Masque: Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate), Retinoid
• Acne Advanced Cleansing Foam: Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid, Arbutin
• Apricot Body Oil: Retinoid
• Apricot Calendula Nourishing Cream: Retinoid, Licorice Root
• Bamboo Age Corrective Masque: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid
• Bamboo Firming Fluid: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells
• Bearberry Eye Repair Cream: Retinoid
• Calm Skin Chamomile Exfoliating Peel: Mandelic Acid, Retinoid
• Coconut Age Corrective Moisturizer: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid
• Coconut Firming Body Lotion: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid
• Echinacea Recovery Cream: Licorice Root, Retinoid
• Firm Skin Targeted Anti-Wrinkle Treatment: Natural Retinoid Complex, Salicylic Acid
• Lip Trio:
–Lip Exfoliator: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
–Plumping Masque: Retinoid
–Lip Balm: Salicylic Acid
• Monoi Age Corrective Exfoliating Cleanser: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid
• Neroli Age Corrective Eye Serum: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid, Gluconolactone
• Neroli Age Corrective Hydrating Mist: Natural Retinoid Complex, Stem Cells, Salicylic Acid
• Stone Crop Body Lotion: Retinoid
• Stone Crop Hydrating Gel: Arbutin
Elise Klijanowicz says
June 12, 2019 at 5:10 pmHello! I was just reading your Eminence Safe-For-Pregnancy list and checking out some products. First of all THANK YOU for the great resource! I was searching for a serum specifically today. You might look at the Cornflower Serum, as I have read that Clary Sage is an ingredient that can start/accelerate labor. That one might not be safe for pregnancy after all? I decided on the Marine Flower Peptide Serum.
Thank you again! Elise
15mins says
June 12, 2019 at 5:42 pmThe amount of clary sage found in over the counter products is felt to be ok. Using it as a straight oil is different, as is putting it in a diffuser.
Hannah says
July 13, 2019 at 3:28 pmHi!
I just wanted to let you know, first of all your site is amazing and you’ve done tremendous work for us pregnant ladies. Just wanted to give you a heads up that the sweet red rose Tonique under eminence seems to have salicylic acid so it might need to removed from the pregnancy safe products. Either that or the description of the product on the site is incorrect. Thank you so much!!
15mins says
July 13, 2019 at 4:27 pmThis is one of those products where Dermstore has listed something under key ingredients that when you look at the actual list of ingredients, it isn’t there. I think they are sometimes counting things in extracts (which rarely count for pregnancy safety), but sometimes they just seem to copy over info from some template and don’t fix it. In either case, when you read the list of ingredients Salicylic Acid isn’t in the product and it’s fine for pregnancy. Thanks!
Hannah says
July 13, 2019 at 5:09 pmAh. That’s good to know because several of their products are like that. Thank you for double checking!
15mins says
July 13, 2019 at 10:37 pmYes, this brand in particular was like that, I’m not sure why. I screen products completely ignoring that “key ingredient” call out and just looking at the ingredient list.
claudia says
July 16, 2019 at 8:55 pmHi there
You are an absolute angel for all the work you have done for us pregnant ladies – thank you! I was just wondering why eminence beauty would list their “Eight Greens Youth Serum” under “Skin Care During Pregnancy: Suggestions For Expectant Moms” when it actually contains Salicylic Acid in it? Do you know if it simply contains a really small amount? I cant seem to find the ingredient list, just the “key ingredient” list.
Thank you so much!
15mins says
July 18, 2019 at 8:02 pmAny amount is meant to be avoided, it’s listed under the ingredients tab in the link above (look under the key ingredients, you need to click the + to expand it).
Some brands have pretty liberal ideas of what is ok to use during pregnancy. I’m on the much more conservative side.
Rachel says
September 15, 2019 at 8:28 pmWow, just found your site after searching for whether eminence products are safe during pregnancy or not, and this is incredible! Thank you for creating this resource! How were you able to find full ingredient lists for Eminence? I’ve noticed on their site they don’t provide full lists, just “key ingredients”. Do you have to reach out to the company directly?
Also, I’ve heard some weird rumors about them not actually using the ingredients they claim to, but I LOVE their products and don’t want this to be true! Have you heard about any of that?
15mins says
September 16, 2019 at 9:19 amI haven’t heard those rumors, if true it would actually be illegal in the US and they wouldn’t be allowed to be sold. So I doubt that.
All of their ingredients are listed on the Dermstore site, so I just headed there. Occasionally they have incorrect “key” ingredients listed, but the actual ingredients are correct.
Rachel says
September 16, 2019 at 3:08 pmPerfect, thank you. I’ve never checked out dermstore, but now I will.
Again, thanks for your site! 💕
Kim says
October 9, 2019 at 12:48 amThe Eminence Firm Skin Acai Booster-Serum is listed as unsafe for Salicylic Acid, but I didn’t see this on the ingredients list (at least on the website). Where might I find it listed?
15mins says
October 9, 2019 at 8:53 pmSorry, it’s actually a salicylate, not salicylic acid. I’ve amended the list.
Corinna says
February 4, 2020 at 1:41 pmHi
Your website has been so helpful to me. I refer to it frequently before purchasing a product. I have a question as to the safety of a new Eminence product, specifically Snow mushroom and Reishi Masque. Thank you
Ingredients are : organic phytonutrient blend; aloe juice, bamboo leaf extract, rice extract, green tea leaf extract, grape seed oil, calendula officinalis flower oil, apricot kernel oil, jasmine flower extract, guava pulp, honey, maltodextrin from rice, vegetable glycerin, corn silk extract, vitamin e, vegetable heptyl glycoside, caffeine, magnesium aluminum silicate, kaolin clay, birch water, stearic acid, Shea butter, paracress flower extract olive fruit oil, snow mushroom extract, reishi mushroom extract, cedar wood oil, clary sage oil, ylang ylang flower oil, basil oil, açai, castor seed oil, açai, lemon, Barbados cherry, Indian gooseberry, baobab, camu camu, carrot, coconut water, goji Berry, cassava root, alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10
15mins says
February 7, 2020 at 8:54 pmLooks ok
Lindsey says
March 26, 2020 at 7:00 pmWhat moisturizer would you recommend to use while pregnant?
15mins says
March 26, 2020 at 8:40 pmI just wrote a post showing what I would pick if pregnant now.