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 Thayers as of 3/4/2022. 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 Thayers
• ANTIOXIDANT FACIAL MIST
• AWAKENING FACIAL MIST
• CALMING FACIAL MIST
• CAMPHOR PAIN RELIEVING PADS (at Amazon)
• COCONUT WATER FACIAL MIST (at Amazon)
• COCONUT WATER FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
• CUCUMBER DEODORANT
• CUCUMBER FACIAL MIST (at Amazon)
• CUCUMBER FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
• LAVENDER FACIAL MIST (at Target, Amazon)
• LAVENDER FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
• LEMON ASTRINGENT (at Amazon)
• LEMON BLEMISH STICK (at Target, Amazon)
• ORIGINAL ASTRINGENT (at Target, Amazon)
• ORIGINAL ASTRINGENT PADS (at Amazon)
• ORIGINAL FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
• PEPPERMINT BODY BAR (at Target, Amazon)
• POMEGRANATE ACAI FACIAL MIST (at Target)
• RADIANCE BOOSTING BALM (at Target, Amazon)
• RADIANCE BOOSTING CLEANSER (at Target, Amazon)
• RADIANCE BOOSTING SERUM (at Target, Amazon)
• RESTORATIVE BODY BALM (at Amazon)
• ROSE PETAL BODY BAR (at Amazon)
• ROSE PETAL DEODORANT
• ROSE PETAL FACIAL MIST (at Target, Amazon)
• ROSE PETAL FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
• SOOTHING BODY BALM (at Amazon)
• UNSCENTED DEODORANT
• UNSCENTED FACIAL MIST (at Target, Amazon)
• UNSCENTED FACIAL TONER (at Target, Amazon)
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• BLEMISH CLEARING 2% SALICYLIC ACID ACNE TREATMENT BALM (at Target, Amazon): Salicylic Acid
• BLEMISH CLEARING 2% SALICYLIC ACID ACNE TREATMENT CLEANSER (at Target, Amazon): Salicylic Acid
• BLEMISH CLEARING 2% SALICYLIC ACID ACNE TREATMENT PADS (at Target, Amazon): Salicylic Acid
• BLEMISH CLEARING 2% SALICYLIC ACID ACNE TREATMENT TONER (at Target, Amazon): Salicylic Acid
• PH BALANCING GENTLE FACE WASH WITH ALOE VERA (at Target): Salicylic Acid
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• ORANGE GROVE SLIPPERY ELM SLIP BALM (at Target, Amazon): Hemp
• PEPPERMINT SLIPPERY ELM SLIP BALM (at Target, Amazon): Hemp
• VANILLA BEAN SLIPPERY ELM SLIP BALM (at Target, Amazon): Hemp
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Hi Doc, I would like to ask if this korean product that Inbought is safe.
SERUM
*Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Beta-Glucan, Arisaema Amurense Extract, Psidium Guava Leaf extract, Rosa Centifolia flower extract, Illicium Verum (Anise) fruit extract, Camellia Sinensis leaf extract, Artemisia Vulgaris extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Morus Alba Leaf Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Trehasole, Panthenol, Dipotassium glycyrrhizate, Adenosine, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Arginine, Disodium EDTA, Decyl Glucoside, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Oil, Rose Wood oil, Zeolite, 1,2-Hexanediol
This has licorice root so I wouldn’t use it for pregnancy, only nursing
I was recently told that phenoxyethanol is found in my Thayers Rose Petal Toner and causes “nervous system interactions” in infants so it wasn’t recommended for breastfeeding or pregnancy. I don’t see them as “not recommended” and was curious why.
Everything that I’m worried about and that have enough evidence to support avoidance (per the mainstream medical community) is discussed here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy
Phenoxyethanol isn’t felt to have enough to be of a concern currently.
The researches seem to show that Phenoxyethanol might not be recommended for pregnancy only because your skin might be sensitive during this time, or if you ingest it.
Thank you Dr. for this very helpful site, this site definitely helps ease a lot my stress when it comes to finding safe products to use during pregnancy 🙂
I’d love your feedback on witch hazel toner.
I’m reading conflicting information on witch hazel, a main ingredient for DIY postpartum padscicles, yet there’s ‘not much evidence it’s pregnancy/nursery safe’ on the other hand.
Ingredients: Natural Witch Hazel Extract and fragrance, Aloe Vera, Purified Water and natural grain alcohol (10% as a preservative)
Witch hazel is fine. Everything you need to worry about is here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy
I would be careful with it in a padscicle, if any gets on your skin, which is insanely sensitive after giving birth….
Thayers Hydrating Milky Toner
Aqua / Water / Eau, Glycerin, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Citric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sambucus Nigra Flower Water, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Coco-glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycol Distearate, Polysorbate 20, Benzoic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Thayers Natural Remedies Hydrating Milky Face Wash
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sambucus Nigra Flower Water, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Stearyl Alcohol, Potassium Phosphate, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-40 Stearate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 20, Cetyl Alcohol, Tocopherol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol (T70015914/1)
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Thayers 2% AHA Exfoliating Toner
INGREDIENTS: AQUA / WATER / EAU • ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE • VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS FRUIT EXTRACT • SODIUM HYDROXIDE • HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA WATER / WITCH HAZEL WATER • SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM EXTRACT / SUGARCANE EXTRACT / EXTRAIT DE CANNE A SUCRE • CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER EXTRACT / MATRICARIA FLOWER EXTRACT • ACER SACCHARUM EXTRACT / SUGAR MAPLE EXTRACT • CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS FRUIT EXTRACT / ORANGE FRUIT EXTRACT • CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS OIL / ORANGE PEEL OIL • CITRUS LIMON FRUIT EXTRACT / LEMON FRUIT EXTRACT • PVP • ISOCETETH-20 • DISODIUM EDTA • PROPYLENE GLYCOL • CITRIC ACID • POTASSIUM SORBATE • SODIUM BENZOATE • PHENOXYETHANOL • CHLORPHENESIN • LIMONENE (F.I.L. T70022844/1).
Thank you!
Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hi:)
Wondering if this is safe for breastfeeding:
Thayers Let’s Be Clear Water Cream
From Ulta website:
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Isononyl, Isononanoate, Propylene Glycol, Azelaic Acid, Niacinamide, Squalane, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide EOS, Ceramide NP, Ceramide NS, Sorbitan Isostearate, Behenic Acid, Ceteareth-25, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Silica Silylate, Cholesterol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hydroxyacetophenone, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Caprooyl Phytosphingosine, Caprooyl Sphingosine, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 60, Cetyl Alcohol Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Phenoxyethanol.
Ok for nursing but not pregnancy due to licorice root
Hello!
I would like to ask if Thayers
Blemish Clearing Toner with 2% Salicylic Acid (use to be Thayers Lemongrass) safe to use during pregnancy?
Ingredients:
Water, Certified Organic Witch Hazel Exract Blend (Hamamelis Virginiana Extract (Witch Hazel*), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Filet of Aloe Vera*)), Melalecua Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oik, Cymbopogon Flexuosus Oil, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Citric Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin.
*Denotes Certified Organic Ingredients
No, it’s already in the list under not safe for pregnancy.