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 pregnancy safe products from M-61 as of 12/12/2021. 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.
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Please read the Pregnancy Beauty Guide intro first, where you will learn which products you actually need to worry about (spoiler alert, you don’t need to worry about all makeup or hair products). I will not review products that fall into the “don’t worry about it” categories. If you want to ask about a specific product, I require that you follow these guidelines for asking about pregnancy/nursing safety. You can also learn more about how to use these pregnancy safety lists. I will delete questions that don’t follow the guidelines or are rude.
Pregnancy and Nursing Safe Products from M-61
• Hydraboost Body Butter (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Body Oil (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Cream (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Eye Concentrate (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Eye Cream (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Face Oil (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost HA Serum Pad (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Hand Cream (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Jelly Cleanse (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Moisturizer (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Rich Cream (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Water Cream Collagen+Peptide (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Water Eye Cream Collagen+Peptide (at BlueMercury)
• Hydraboost Serum 2.0 (at BlueMercury)
• Perfect Cleansing Cloths (at BlueMercury)
• Vitablast C® Body Butter (at BlueMercury)
• Vitablast C® Hand Cream (at BlueMercury)
• Vitablast C® Serum Pad (at BlueMercury)
• Vitablast C® Serum 2.0 (at BlueMercury)
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Fast Blast® Cleansing Cloths (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Malic Acid, Willow Bark
• Hydraboost Body Butter Gradual Tan (at BlueMercury): DHA
• Hydraboost Eye Serum (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Face Mist (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Gradual Tan Serum (at BlueMercury): DHA, Gluconolactone
• Hydraboost HA Cooling Eye Gel (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Hydraboost HA Gel Moisturizer (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Lip Treatment (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Moisturizer SPF 30 (at BlueMercury): Chemical Sunscreens
• Hydraboost Oil-Free Sunscreen SPF 40 (at BlueMercury): Chemical Sunscreens, Salicylate
• JetGlow Cleanse (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid
• JetGlow Cream (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid
• JetGlow Serum (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid
• Perfect Cleanse (at BlueMercury): Gluconolactone
• Perfect Microdermabrasion Facial Scrub (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Power Cleanse (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid
• Power Cleansing Cloths (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark, Licorice Root
• PowerGlow® Eye Cream (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid
• PowerGlow® Moisturizer (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerGlow® Peel Gradual Tan (at BlueMercury): DHA, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerGlow® Peel Gradual Tan Body (at BlueMercury): DHA, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerGlow® Peel (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerGlow® Peel Extra Strength 20% (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerGlow® Toner (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerSpot Blemish Lotion (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• PowerSpot Cleanse (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• PowerSpot Clear (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• PowerSpot Conceal (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• PowerSpot Moisturizer (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• PowerSpot Pad (at BlueMercury): Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• SuperSoothe E Cream (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
• Vitablast C® Face Oil (at BlueMercury): Licorice Root
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• PowerGlow® Body Butter (at BlueMercury): Retinoid, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Vitablast C® 15% Eye Concentrate (at BlueMercury): Kojic Acid, Retinoid
• Vitablast C® 20% Cream (at BlueMercury): Kojic Acid, Licorice Root
• Vitablast C® Moisturizer (at BlueMercury): Kojic Acid, Licorice Root
• Vitablast C® Scrub and Mask (at BlueMercury): Retinoid, Glycolic Acid
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Hi! I am pregnant and wanted to purchase the m61 vita scrub which you have listed with retinoids. I don’t see any retinoids in the ingredients list but maybe I’m missing something. Can you please confirm? Thanks!
Towards the bottom, it’s the Retinyl Palmitate
Ah, I see it now thank you so much!!
Hi! I was curious if the hydraboost body butter gradual tan is safe to use?
Water, Pentylene Glycol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Acacia Decurrens/Jojoba/Sunflower Seed Wax/Polyglyceryl-3 Esters, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Methyldihydrojasmonate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Dihydroxyacetone, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Isopropyl Myristate, Erythrulose, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Acetyl Hexapeptide- 8, Panthenol, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Tocopherol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tamarindus Indica Fruit Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sorbitan Laurate, Lythrum Salicaria Extract, Plankton Extract, Caramel, Ethylhexylglycerin, Maltodextrin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Ceteth-20, Peg-75 Stearate, Polysorbate 20, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Steareth-20, Xanthan Gum, Tin Oxide, C18-36 Acid Triglyceride, C18-36 Acid Glycol Ester, Lactic Acid, Propanediol, Phenoxyethanol, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)
No gradual/self tanners are safe for pregnancy. You need to avoid both erythrulose and dihydroxyacetone
Hello, is the Hydraboost Body Oil safe?
Water, Pentylene Glycol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Acacia Decurrens/Jojoba/Sunflower Seed Wax/Polyglyceryl-3 Esters, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Panthenol, Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tamarindus Indica Fruit Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sorbitan Laurate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Phytate, Maltodextrin, Isopropyl Myristate, Carbomer, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Tristearin, Acetylated Glycol Stearate, Ceteth-20, PEG-75 Stearate, Polysorbate 20, Chlorphenesin, Silica, Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Steareth-20
Looks ok for pregnancy and nursing
Why would the M-61
PowerSpot Blemish Lotion not be safe? Is it the glycolic? I read that was ok in small doses?
Each product has the problem ingredient listed next to it.
Here’s my blurb on glycolic acid, it isn’t straightforward.
First, there’s no studies regarding safety during pregnancy for most ingredients, and we can’t do those studies as they’re actually unethical. Glycolic acid isn’t universally accepted as safe by the medical community, it is highly absorbed (at least 28% in some studies) when used topically, and as it’s fairly small we think it goes systemic very easily.
Second, given we don’t know if things are actually safe or not, we also don’t have exact cut offs for when something is actually safe. I can’t do a study to say 9% glycolic acid is safe but 11% isn’t. That 10% number isn’t based on actual evidence. Along those same thoughts, would a higher percent be ok if you applied to only half of your face? What about if it is your body? Which trimester, but then what if you have your dates wrong? What if you have an eczema flare up and your skin is absorbing ingredients more easily? It kind of goes on and on.
Because of those reasons, if there’s enough reason to think an ingredient is unsafe, we recommend complete avoidance. There’s not really a gradient of this, it’s an all or nothing thing.
Hi’ I’m nursing my 10.5 month old, are the power peels safe? Even though they contain glycolic ? Thank you
Those are listed under ok for nursing but not pregnancy
Thank you so much for this site!! It’s saved my sanity 🙂
Is M61 hydraboost water cream safe ? (Full ingredient list below)
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Collagen Amino Acids, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Sh-Heptapeptide-1, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Lecithin, Farnesol, Hydroxyacetophenone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Alcohol Denat., Sodium Hydroxide, Phytic Acid, Disodium Edta, Ethyl Ferulate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Beta-Glucan, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Phenethyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin
Looks ok for both pregnancy and nursing
Hi! Could you tell me whether M-61- Collagen+Peptide Water Cream is pregnancy safe? Here is the ingredient list:
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Collagen Amino Acids, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Sh-Heptapeptide-1, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Lecithin, Farnesol, Hydroxyacetophenone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Alcohol Denat., Sodium Hydroxide, Phytic Acid, Disodium Edta, Ethyl Ferulate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Beta-Glucan, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Phenethyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hi: is the Perfect Cleanse ok for pregnancy?
Ingredients:
Water, Lauryl Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 80, Disteareth-75 Ipdi, Disodium Lauriminodipropionate Tocopheryl Phosphate, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Disodium Edta, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycereth-7 Caprylate/Caprate
Ok for nursing but not pregnancy due to gluconolactone
Hello!
Can You , please, check the Hydraboost Water Eye Cream from m-61.
Thank you so much!!!
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Collagen Amino Acids, Panthenol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Sh-Heptapeptide-1, Tocopheryl Acetate, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Adansonia Digitata Pulp Extract, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Lecithin, Sodium Pca, Farnesol, Hydroxyacetophenone, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Alcohol Denat., Sodium Hydroxide, Phytic Acid, Ethyl Ferulate, Disodium Edta, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Beta-Glucan, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Phenethyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hi! I’m wondering if M-61’s new Vitablast C 15% eye concentrate is okay during pregnancy. Thank you!
I need a full ingredient list to review your product as I’ve reviewed all of the ones I have access to. More info here: why I need an ingredient list to comment on product safety. I do NOT follow links from readers.
Is the hydra boost lip treatment safe for pregnancy?
I need a full ingredient list to review your product as I’ve reviewed all of the ones I have access to. More info here: why I need an ingredient list to comment on product safety. Note, I do not follow links from readers, I need the actual list.
Hydraboost Lip Treatment (4 G/0.14 Oz.) Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Octyldodecanol, Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Microcrystalline Wax, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Polyethylene, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Lipids, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Panthenol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum, Glycolic Acid, Calendula Officinalis Extract, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract, Morus Alba Leaf Extract, Water, Tribehenin, Ceramide Ng, Phytosterols, Peg-10 Phytosterol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol
Ok for nursing but not pregnancy due to glycolic acid and licorice root
Are Vitamin C Serum Pads considered safe? Ingredient list here:
Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Glyceryl Ascorbate, Ethoxydiglycol, Pentylene Glycol, Gallic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Polysorbate 60
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hi! Is the M-61
Vitablast C 30% Serum Concentrate safe for pregnancy? Ingredient list below:
Water, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Propanediol, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Behenyl Alcohol, Gallic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ceramide Np, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Polymnia Sonchifolia Root Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Passiflora Incarnata Flower Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Dicaprylyl Ether, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Phytosphingosine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Phytate, Dimethylmethoxy Chromanol, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin
Avoid in pregnancy and nursing due to the retinoid