Pregnancy Safe Products from ESPA

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 ESPA as of 11/3/2020. 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.

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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 ESPA 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 ESPA

Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing

• Deeply Nourishing Body Cream (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Gradual Tan Body Moisturiser (at SkinStore): DHA, Salicylate
• Gradual Tan Face Concentrate (at SkinStore): DHA, Erythulose
• Optimal Skin Instant Facial: Salicylate
• Pomelo Lip Balm (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Rejuvenating Hand Cream (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Repair & Restore Intensive Serum (at SkinStore): Gluconolactone, Salicylate
• Repair & Restore Moisturiser (at SkinStore): Gluconolactone
• Skin Radiance Intensive Serum (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Skin Radiance Mask (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Skin Radiance Moisturizer (at SkinStore): Licorice Root, Malic Acid, Salicylate
• Soothing Bath Oil (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• Soothing Body Oil (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• Soothing Pulse Point Oil (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• The Hydrating Lotion (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• The Nourishing Balm (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• The Purifying Polish (at SkinStore): Licorice Root
• Tri-Active Advanced Instant Facial (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• Tri-Active Lift & Firm Intensive Eye Serum (at SkinStore): Salicylic Acid
• Tri-Active™ Lift & Firm Moisturiser (at SkinStore): Salicylate
• Tri-Active™ Regenerating Moisture Complex (at SkinStore): Willow Bark
• Tri-Active™ Regenerating Resurface and Brighten Mask: Gluconolactone, Willow Bark

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.

• Lifestage NET8 Serum: Retinoid, Salicylic Acid
• Lifestage Stage Release Eye Moisturizer: Retinoid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Lifestage Stage Release Moisturiser (at SkinStore): Retinoid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Optimal Body Tri-Serum (at SkinStore): Retinoid, Salicylate
• Optimal Skin Pro-Moisturiser (at SkinStore): Retinoid, Gluconolactone
• Optimal Skin Pro-Serum (at SkinStore): Retinoid, Salicylate
• Overnight Hydration Therapy (at SkinStore): Retinoid
• The Anointing Oil (at SkinStore): Hemp
• Tri-Active Resilience Pro-Biome Eye Cream (at SkinStore): Retinoid
• Tri-Active™ Resilience Pro-Biome Serum (at SkinStore): Retinoid, Salicylate