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.
Here you’ll find pregnancy safe products from Jan Marini as of 5/24/2025. If it is not safe, I’ll tell you why. All of the products meet my pregnancy safe criteria. Note I will link to every product directly to avoid confusion. You’ll know exactly which product I mean.
Pregnancy and Nursing Safe Products from Jan Marini
• Age Intervention® Face Cream (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Age Intervention® Gentle Cleanser (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Age Intervention® Peptide Extreme (at DermStore)
• C-ESTA® Cleansing Gel (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• C-ESTA Eye Repair Concentrate (at DermStore)
• Clean Zyme® (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Hyla3D® Face Serum (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Marini BioShield (at DermStore)
• Marini Shave & Cleansing Gel
• Regeneration Booster (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• RosaLieve® (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Skin Zyme® Face Mask (at Bluemercury, DermStore)
• Transformation Face Serum (at DermStore)
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant SPF 33 (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Chemical Sunscreens, Salicylates
• Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% Wash (at DermStore): Benzoyl Peroxide
• Benzoyl Peroxide 5% (at DermStore): Benzoyl Peroxide
• Benzoyl Peroxide 10% (at DermStore): Benzoyl Peroxide
• Bioclear® Face Cream (at DermStore): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Bioclear® Face Lotion (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Bioglycolic® Face Cleanser (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Glycolic Acid
• Bioglycolic Face Cream (DermStore): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Bioglycolic® Oily Skin Cleansing Gel (at DermStore): Glycolic Acid
• Bioglycolic® Resurfacing Body Scrub (at DermStore): Glycolic Acid
• C-ESTA® Face Cream (at DermStore): Salicylate
• C-ESTA® Face Serum (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Salicylate
• C-ESTA® Face Serum Oil Control (at DermStore): Salicylate
• Hyla3D® Face Mask (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Licorice Root, Salicylate
• Marini BodyTx: Glycolic Acid, Gluconolactone, Salicylate
• Marini Clear Multi-Acid Corrective Pads (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Marini Juveneck (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Licorice Root
• Marini Multi-Acid Exfoliating Pads (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Glycolic Acid, Mandelic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Marini Physical Protectant Untinted SPF 30 (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Salicylate
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• Age Intervention® Duality™ (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Benzoyl Peroxide, Salicylic Acid
• Age Intervention® Eye Cream (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid
• Age Intervention® Retinol Plus (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Salicylic Acid
• Hyla3D® HA Lip Complex (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid
• Hyla3D® Face Cream (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Salicylate
• Marini CelluliTx (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Salicylate
• Marini Luminate® Eye Gel (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid
• Marini Luminate® Face Lotion (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Arbutin, Licorice Root
• Marini Luminate® Face Mask (at DermStore): Arbutin, Mandelic Acid, Licorice Root
• Marini ReNu Corrective Hand Complex (at DermStore): Arbutin, Retinoid, Kojic Acid, Licorice Root, Salicylate, Salicylic Acid
• Retinol Plus Mask (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Salicylic Acid
• Transformation Eye Cream (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoids, Glycolic Acid
• Transformation Face Cream (at Bluemercury, DermStore): Retinoid, Salicylate
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Age Intervention Duality?
Key Ingredients:
Ultra-Micronized Benzoyl Peroxide
All-Trans-Retinol
Anti-Aging Peptides
Chrysin
Alpha-Bisabolol
White Tea Extract
NHS (N-Hydroxysuccinimide)
Hyaluronic Acid
Anti-Acne Cream Ingredients:
Active Ingredient: Benzoyl Peroxide 10%
Inactive Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Polyacrylamide, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, Carbomer, Laureth 7, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
Anti-Aging Face Cream Ingredients:
Water/Aqua/Eau, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glyceryl Stearate, Polysorbate 20, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Polysorbate 60, Stearic Acid, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Stearyl Alcohol, Retinol, Myristoyl Tripeptide-4, Sorbitol, Bisabolol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Chrysin, Dimethicone, Cyclohexasiloxane, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Steareth-20, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Triethanolamine, Carbomer, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, BHT, Phenoxyethanol
This has a retinoid. Avoid in pregnancy and in nursing if you’re conservative. also benzoyl peroxide to avoid in pregnancy.
do you mind clarifying “if conservative”? I appreciate your work here
It’s an individual choice, since it isn’t universally recommended and is more controversial than other recs. It just depends on what you want to do. Do you want to be on the safer side and avoid, or do you feel safe? It’s up to you.
Discussion is here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy and here: Why does X Brand say this product is safe but you don’t think it is safe? (or Vice Versa)
ACOG suddenly changed their views 180 on some of these things (BP, Salicylic acid and glycolic acid) a few years ago based on no new data. Lots of people don’t agree with that, including me. I’m on the conservative side. Azelaic acid isn’t one I screen out.
Hi Christine! Do you have any thoughts about only using glycolic acid products under 10% while nursing? I wanted to get the Jan Marini Bioglycolic Cleanser from a skin studio nearby but she said it’s 12% glycolic acid and it’s recommended to only use products under 10% while nursing. Keen to hear your thoughts!
I think glycolic acid is fine while nursing, and also that % isn’t really part of that discussion.
These will help:
But what about this % of an ingredient?
Ingredients to avoid in nursing