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 M-61 as of 5/8/2019. 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.
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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 M-61 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 Safe Products from M-61
• Hydraboost Body Butter
• Hydraboost Cream
• Hydraboost Eye Concentrate
• Hydraboost Eye Cream
• Hydraboost Face Oil
• Hydraboost HA Serum Pad
• Hydraboost Hand Cream
• Hydraboost Moisturizer
• Hydraboost Serum
• Hydraboost Serum 2.0
• Perfect Cleansing Cloths
• Vitablast C Cerum
• Vitablast C Serum 2.0
• Vitablast C Serum Pad
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Brilliant Cleanse: Salicylic Acid
• Fast Blast Cleansing Cloths: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Willow Bark (Salicylate)
• Fast Blast Facial Mask: Gluconolactone
• Hydraboost Eye Serum: Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Face Mist: Licorice Root
• Hydraboost HA Gel Moisturizer: Licorice Root
• Hydraboost Moisturizer SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen
• JetGlow Cleanse: Glycolic Acid
• JetGlow Cream: Glycolic Acid
• Jetglow Serum: Glycolic Acid
• Perfect Cleanse: Gluconolactone
• Power Cleanse: Glycolic Acid
• Powerblast Facial Mask: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Powerglow Body Butter: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Powerglow Eye Cream: Glycolic Acid
• Powerglow Peel Gradual Tan: Sunless Tanner, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Powerglow Moisturizer: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Powerglow Peel: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Powerspot Blemish Lotion: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Powerspot Cleanse: Salicylic Acid
• Powerspot Moisturizer: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Licorice Root
• Powerspot Pads: Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid
• Supersoothe E Cream: Licorice Root
• Supersoothe E Microdermabrasion Scrub: Licorice Root
• Supersoothe E Shave Cream: Licorice Root
• Vitablast C Face Oil: Licorice Root
• Vtablast C Hand Cream: Gluconolactone
• Vitablast C Moisturizer: Licorice Root
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.
Bakuchiol has been called the “natural retinoid” which acts in the same ways. There’s no evidence that it is safe during pregnancy, and given the evidence against retinoids I recommend avoiding it as well.
• Hydraboost Line Reducer: Bakuchiol
• Powerspot Clear: Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid, Retinoid
• Powerspot Conceal: Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid, Retinoid
• Powerspot Mask: Bakuchiol, Willow Bark (Salicylate), Salicylic Acid, Malic Acid
• Vitablast C Scrub and Mask: 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
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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