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 Hatch as of 3/18/2023. 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 Hatch
• BELLY & BODY BATH SOAK
• BELLY MASK
• BELLY OIL
• DOWN, GIRL
• NIPPLE + LIP RESCUE BALM
• ULTIMATE GLOW
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• SUNNY MAMA FACE SUNSCREEN: Salicylate
• MAMA CLEAN DEO: Salicylate
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• BRIGHTEN UP: Bakuchiol
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Hi! Is this new Brighten Up serum pregnancy safe? Thank you!
Aqua/Water/Eau, Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C15-19 Alkane, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Sodium Levulinate, Bakuchiol, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate, Polyglycerin-6, Citric Acid, Sodium Anisate, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Seed Oil, Sodium Phytate, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Oil, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
I would avoid it in pregnancy and nursing due to the bakuchiol
Hello, is the Sunny Mama Face Sunscreen by Hatch safe to use during pregnancy?
Water, Zinc Oxide, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Jojoba Esters, Tridecyl Salicylate, Methylheptyl Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Nylon-12, Niacinamide, Methylpropanediol, Coco-Caprylate, Silica, Sodium Chloride, Polygyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Bisabolol, Allantoin, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Lecithin, Phenylpropanol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract, Tocopherol, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Isotearic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide
Ok for nursing but not pregnancy due to salicylate
Hi Christine, love your site and research!
I was quite bothered that this sunscreen had salicylate and is positioned as pregnancy safe by Hatch. I’ve recently emailed them, in which they shared the following responses – I’m still confused by their thought process? Responses pasted below.
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I did reach out to our beauty development team to address your concerns with the tridecyl salicylate. At HATCH, we base all of our formulations around a product development blacklist that has been reviewed by dermatologists, regulatory experts, lactation consultants, and pregnancy experts in the space. Our team has confirmed that tridecyl salicylate is not a harmful chemical when applied topically. They confirmed that the percentage of tridecyl salicylate used to formulate our sunscreen is less than 5%.
All mineral sunscreens contain 2 types of ingredients: active and inactive. In both our face and body formulas, the active ingredient is zinc oxide at 12%. The active ingredients are those that keep you safe from harmful UVA and UVB rays. The inactive ingredients (where you find water, tridecyl salicylate, and other ingredients) are only there to preserve and hold formulas together, they do not cause the product to be a chemical sunscreen.
All of our formulas and claims are submitted and must pass FDA regulations in order for us to sell the products.
The “active” and “inactive” ingredient terms just refer to whether the FDA considers that ingredient to be the ingredient doing the “drug” job, which in this case is acting as a sunscreen. The “inactive’ ingredients are still there and doing their thing. The Salicylate still is a salicylate, it doesn’t matter where they put it (and the % doesn’t matter by the way), it’s still in there and it isn’t a straightforward thing in the medical community that it’s safe topically in pregnancy, which is why I screen it out. The FDA doesn’t say anything about pregnancy safety either way.
These might help:
Why does X Brand say this product is safe but you don’t think it is safe? (or Vice Versa)
But what about this % of an ingredient?
Is this body scrub pregnancy safe?
Sunflower Seed Oil, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Sorbitol, Cetearyl Olivate, Avocado Oil, Kaolin, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Stearyl Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Jojoba Seed Oil, Fragrance, Hydroxyacetophenone, Allantoin, Cetyl Alcohol, Illite, Carrageenan, Sodium Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Blueberry Seed, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Acai Fruit Oil, Passionfruit Seed Oil, Musk Rose Seed Oil, Aloe Leaf Extract, Bamboo Leaf/Stem Extract, Potassium Sorbate
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hi
I was wondering if some Of the products in the pregnancy safe lines such as rosemary leaf extract ( in hatch belly oil) or centella asiatica ( found in nearly all stretch mark
Products for pregnancy) are safe to use? When reading up on those ingredients they say that rosemary oil can induce uterine contractions and that centella asiatica has vitamin a in it and I know that’s off limits in pregnancy. Please help.
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. Rosemary for example you can still eat, which is a much bigger exposure than topical ever would be.