Pregnancy Safe Skincare from Shiseido

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 Shiseido as of 4/30/2020. 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.

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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 Shiseido 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 Shiseido

Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing

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.

• Benefiance Full Correction Lip Treatment: Retinoid, Licorice Root
• Benefiance Pure Retinol Intensive Revitalizing Face Mask (at Sephora): Retinoid
• Benefiance WrinkleResist24 Pure Retinol Express Smoothing Eye Mask (at Sephora): Retinoid
• Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum: Retinoid
• Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Retinol Serum (at Sephora): Retinoid
• Bio-Performance LiftDynamic Eye Treatment (at Sephora): Retinoid

Shiseido has a lot of whitening/brightening products that have active ingredients that I’m not certain if they are safe or not. If they work via the same mechanism as hydroxyquinone and similar whitening ingredients I would definitely avoid in pregnancy and nursing. I’m listing all of them below here so you can decide on your own if this is a risk you are willing to take. Note that they have other ingredients to avoid in pregnancy as well.
• Future Solution LX Concentrated Balancing Softener (at Sephora): Salicylate
• Future Solution LX Superior Radiance Serum (at Sephora): Salicylate
• Future Solution LX Total Radiance Foundation SPF 20: Salicylate, Chemical Sunscreen
• White Lucent Anti-Dark Circles Eye Cream (at Sephora): Salicylate
• White Lucent Brightening Gel Cream (at Sephora): Salicylate, Licorice Root
• White Lucent Day Emulsion Broad Spectrum SPF 23 (at Sephora): Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate, Licorice Root
• White Lucent Illuminating Micro-Spot Serum (at Sephora): Salicylate, Licorice Root
• White Lucent OnMakeup Spot Correcting Serum SPF 25: Chemical Sunscreen, Salicylate
• White Lucent Overnight Cream & Mask (at Sephora): Salicylate, Licorice Root
• White Lucent Power Brightening Mask (at Sephora): Salicylate, Licorice Root