Safe for pregnancy and nursing

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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Pumice, Glycerin^, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Powder*, Lactobacillus Ferment, Water/Aqua/Eau, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder*, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil*, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Powder*, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract*, Cetearyl Alcohol, Lactobacillus, Sodium Levulinate, Saccharide Isomerate, Sclerotium Gum, Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract*, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Anisate, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract*, Cetearyl Glucoside, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax/Helianthus Annuus Seed Cera, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Maltodextrin, Carrageenan, Sodium Phytate, Lactic Acid, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Glucose, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Soybean Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, Alcohol, Limonene**, Linalool**. *Ingredients from Organic Farming. **From Essential Oils. ^Made using organic ingredients. 99.7% natural origin of total. 72.5% of the total ingredients are from organic farming. 83.8% organic of total minus water and minerals.

I think it might be in the process of being reformulated. Note, I haven’t updated this list since 2021 (I’m working my way through the alphabet always, it’s coming up soon), but the ingredient lists between the brand and Sephora are different. When items are updated, Sephora will change the URL of the page (they create a nearly identical page, they don’t just update it), and my links break. My sephora link isn’t broken yet, so I think the brand has updated, Sephora has not, and I would be very careful about checking your actual packaging to see if you have the old or new formula.

This is the ingredient list from Sephora, I’ve bolded the salicylic acid, which IS present there. It’s not on the Kora Organics list.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Powder, Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder, Lactobacillus Ferment, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Oil, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract, Lactobacillus, Morinda Citrifolia (Noni) Fruit Powder, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder, Sclerotium Gum, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Powder, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Cetearyl Glucoside, Juniperus Virginiana (Cedarwood) Oil, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Salicylic Acid, Water, Sodium Phytate, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glucose, Alcohol, Quartz, Sorbic Acid, Limonene

Hello! I love this website and what you do to help women navigate what is and isn’t safe to use while pregnant. I just wanted to follow up about the Kora Turmeric Exfoliating mask. You mentioned it isn’t safe while pregnant because it contains Salicylic Acid. I went over the ingredients a few times and it did not mention Salicylic anywhere. Could you explain how that ingredient is found that makes it unsafe? If it doesn’t have that in it I’d really like to use it. Thank you!

I think it’s been updated in the last 6 months actually. I last did this list about 2 years ago and it’s due for an update, I work through the alphabet as I have time (and I just keep going always, it’s never ending, like the painting of the Golden Gate bridge) and I’m somewhere in the I’s right now lol

You can pretty much find info out there about avoiding everything possible, much of which isn’t based on much. It’s not considered an ingredient to avoid by the medical community. My list of ingredients that I screen out is very conservative and it’s here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy. In particular, we don’t recommend avoidance of eating ginseng, which is a much bigger exposure than topical.

I read on KellyMom that we should avoid ginseng while BF as it can be harmful to baby. Should we avoid this eye cream since it has ginseng Extract in it?

Safe for pregnancy and nursing

INGREDIENTS/INGRÉDIENTS: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin^, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Coco-Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Sclerotium Gum, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glyceryl Oleate, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Xylityl Sesquicaprylate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract*, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil*, Citric Acid, Saccharide Isomerate, Lactobacillus, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower)Seed Oil, Anhydroxylitol, Bursera Graveolens Wood Oil, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract*, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract*, Potassium Sorbate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil*, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate, Ocimum Basillicum (Basil) Oil, Rosa Centifolia Flower Oil, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol, Soybean Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Limonene**, Citronellol**, Geraniol**.