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 Rodan & Fields as of 3/16/2021. 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.
Please refer to my post on pregnancy safe makeup, where I explain why you don’t need to worry about your mascara, powders, eyeliners, brow products, etc. I do not review these products.
A note about this list in particular:
• I am not affiliated with Rodan and Fields. I do not sell their products. I do not have insider info. When they tell sales reps they are going to update a formula, I don’t get notice, and I certainly do not get a full ingredient list.
• Yes, they recently updated a bunch of formulas. As soon as this was announced (and before any changes were made to their website), I had about 10 people commenting on this post, wanting to know if products were safe. Ingredients weren’t out there. I had no info. Oh, and by the way, most of these people were beyond rude and calling me horrible names. This has NEVER happened with any other brand. (I didn’t publish any of them, so don’t go giving side eye to anyone currently in the comments, they were fine.)
• THAT IS WHY COMMENTS ARE TURNED OFF. I will not answer any questions about R+F any longer. I will not answer in other posts, and I will not answer on email. I was very close to just deleting this post, but then I’ll have to explain over and over what happened. I will update this on occasion, but I’m over talking about this brand.
Pregnancy and Nursing Safe Products from Rodan & Fields
• Active Hydration Body Replenish
• Active Hydration Bright Eye Complex
• Active Hydration Serum
• ESSENTIALS Daily Body Moisturizer
• ESSENTIALS Complete Eye Makeup Remover
• ESSENTIALS Instant Makeup Remover Wipes
• Radiant Defense Perfecting Liquid SPF 30
• RECHARGE 3-in-1 Super Cleanser
• RECHARGE Detox Mask
• RECHARGE Ultra Boost Moisturizing Treatment
• REDEFINE Daily Clay Cleanser
• REDEFINE Lip Renewing Serum
• REDEFINE Multi-Function Eye Cream
• REDEFINE Pore Refining Toner
• REDEFINE Rejuvenation Mask
• SOOTHE Gentle Cream Wash
• SOOTHE Moisture Replenishing Cream
• SOOTHE Rescue Mask
• SOOTHE Sensitive Skin Treatment
• UNBLEMISH Clarifying Mask
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Brow Defining Boost: Prostaglandin Analogue: a word about this product. It’s basically a mascara. If you’re applying it like a mascara to your brows it really is probably fine in pregnancy, but a lot of people told me they’re smearing it all over their brow area. In which case I wouldn’t use it while pregnant.
• ESSENTIALS Face + Body Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50: Chemical Sunscreen
• Micro-Dermabrasion Paste: Licorice Root
• R + F Lash Boost: Stem Cells, Licorice Root, Prostaglandin Analogue
• RECHARGE Protect + Blur Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen: Salicylate
• REDEFINE Daily Foaming Cleanser: Licorice Root, Glycolic Acid
• REDEFINE Triple Defense Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate, Gluconolactone
• REDEFINE Triple Defense Lotion Broad Spectrum SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen, Gluconolactone
• REVERSE Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ Sunscreen: Chemical Sunscreen, Licorice Root
• REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash: Glycolic Acid
• SOOTHE Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 30: Licorice Root
• SPOTLESS Acne Clearing Treatment: Benzoyl Peroxide
• SPOTLESS Daily Acne Wash: Benzoyl Peroxide
• UNBLEMISH Clarifying Toner: Glycolic Acid, Gluconolactone
• UNBLEMISH Dual Intensive Acne Treatment: Benzoyl Peroxide
• UNBLEMISH Invisible Matte Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate
• UNBLEMISH Refining Acne Wash: Salicylic Acid
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• ESSENTIALS Foaming Sunless Tan: DHA, Retinoid
• REDEFINE Intensive Renewing Serum: Retinoid
• REDEFINE Overnight Restorative Cream: Bakuchiol, Glycolic Acid
• REDEFINE Overnight Reparative Lotion: Retinoid, Malic Acid
• REVERSE Dual Active Brightening Complex: Kojic Acid, Retinoid, ? Stem Cells (not obvious), Licorice Root
• REVERSE Intensive Brightening Toner: Kojic Acid, Licorice Root, Salicylic Acid
• REVERSE Radiance Mask: Retinoid, Glycolic Acid
Hey Doc! Just wanted to let you know all the Redefine line ingredients were updated, and new products added about a week after this post (on 10/17/2020).
Here is the new regimen with products and ingredients: https://www.rodanandfields.com/shop/redefine-regimen/p/HAAGR
And here is the Multi Function Eye Cream:
https://www.rodanandfields.com/shop/redefine-multi-function-eye-cream/p/AAEY015
Of course they did! LOL Thanks!
thank you for putting in the work to do this list!! You are amazing!
I see that you listed several products that are NOT safe due to Glycolic Acid content. Is this due to the acid itself or the amount? I was under the impression that Glycolic and Lactic Acid were safe in pregnancy. Thanks!
Lactic acid is fine, Glycolic Acid is controversial and I err on the side of being conservative. Info here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy