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 Ultra Violette as of 1/18/2022. 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 Ultra Violette
• None
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
• Bod Brigade: Chemical Sunscreens
• Clean Screen SPF 30: Chemical Sunscreens
• Dream Screen SPF50 Tinted Veil: Chemical Sunscreens
• Extreme Screen SPF 50+ Hydrating Body & Hand SKINSCREEN™: Chemical Sunscreens
• Lean Screen SPF 50+ Mattifying Zinc SKINSCREEN™: Gluconolactone
• Queen Screen SPF 50+ Luminising Serum SKINSCREEN™: Chemical Sunscreens
• Sheen Screen™ SPF 50 Hydrating Lip Balm: Chemical Sunscreens
• Supreme Screen SPF 50+ Hydrating SKINSCREEN™: Chemical Sunscreens
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
• None
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Hi there, can you please let me know why ‘Queen Screen SPF 50+ Luminising Serum SKINSCREEN™: Chemical Sunscreens’ isn’t safe for pregnancy? Their website says all their sunscreens are safe. I’m also looking for a non-greasy physical sunscreen that is safe for pregnancy if you can suggest any? Thanks
That’s already in the list above.
I’d love to know too – their site says it is safe.
Chemical sunscreens aren’t safe, they’re linked to a specific birth defect. Info here: skincare ingredients to avoid during pregnancy
This will also help: Why does X Brand say this product is safe but you don’t think it is safe? (or Vice Versa)
Hi, can you lik the study that demonstrates that chemical sunscreens aren’t safe please? I’ve been doing research and I cant find any. Most of them agree that chemicals sunscreen ingredients can get to the bloodstream but none of them have evidence that that affects the unborn baby. I undertant if you said that is best to avoid them just in case but why are you stating that it’s link to certain birth defects? I can’t find one study that is conclusive about this
There are multiple studies linking to Hirschsprung’s.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26454118/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30831214/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34351731/
Here’s one that links to hypospadias:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17707034/
There’s emerging evidence that it can have an effect on sperm production in men who were exposed prenatally
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36568115/
And also evidence in mice (I don’t always look at animal models, but this might be the only info we can get) looking at neuro issues in relationship to both chemical sunscreens and nano-particles of titanium dioxide. There isn’t enough out there yet to say “avoid nano-physical sunscreens” but there’s enough coming out that many in the medical community are a bit nervous about it. Those nano-sunscreens have only been out for a few years and the evidence is new but concerning. Personally, I won’t buy them for my family and I know quite a few dermatologists who do the same.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34543901/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36108982/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30237468/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29704544/
Note, due to the nature of the science (experimenting on pregnant women?) you’re never going to have a “convincing” study. We can’t double blind these things, look at brain biopsies, etc. It’s unethical. It’s easy enough to avoid chemical sunscreens though. Perhaps I’m coming at this too much from the standpoint of a pediatrician (which I am), but if you could swap out a product or two and avoid this issue for your kid, shouldn’t you?
Hi there, just wondering which ingredient in the clean screen is the chemical sunscreen component as I thought titanium dioxide was a physical sunscreen?
Titanium Dioxide is a physical sunscreen. But there are more sunscreens in there.
Here are the ingredients:
Active Ingredients: Titanium dioxide 3%, Methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol 2.25%, Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate 1.6%
Inactive ingredients: Aqua/Water/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Titanium Dioxide, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Silica, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Saccharide Isomerate, Decyl Glucoside, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides).
Methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol = Bisoctrizole, a chemical sunscreen
Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate = Uvinul A Plus, a chemical sunscreen
Hi there are these two products pregnancy safe:
https://ultraviolette.co.uk/collections/mineral/products/lean-screen-spf50
https://ultraviolette.co.uk/collections/mineral/products/clean-screen-spf30
Thank you!
As mentioned in the post, I need a full ingredient list to review your product as I’ve reviewed all of the ones I have access to. More info here: why I need an ingredient list to comment on product safety. Note, I do not follow links from readers, I need the actual list. Thanks!
Clean Screen SPF 30 Fragrance Free Weightless Gel SKINSCREEN™ 50ml
Full Ingredients:
AQUA/WATER/EAU, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, METHYLENE BIS-BENZOTRIAZOLYL TETRAMETHYLBUTYLPHENOL, SILICA, DIETHYLAMINO HYDROXYBENZOYL HEXYL BENZOATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, POLYSORBATE 60, AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER, SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE, DECYL GLUCOSIDE, CAPRYLHYDROXAMIC ACID, DIMETHICONE, GLYCERIN, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CHLORIDE, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES).
Lean Screen SPF 50+ Mattifying Zinc SKINSCREEN™ 50ml
Full Ingredients:
AQUA/WATER/EAU, ZINC OXIDE, COCO-CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE, OCTYLDODECANOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, GLYCERIN, PEG-30 DIPOLYHYDROXYSTEARATE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, POLYGLYCERYL-3 POLYRICINOLEATE, AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER, DISODIUM EDTA, SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, XANTHAN GUM, GLUCONOLACTONE, CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE, ISOSTEARIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA FRUIT EXTRACT, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES)
Thank you!
#1 Ok for nursing but not pregnancy due to chemical sunscreens
#2 Safe for pregnancy and nursing
Hey did you get my last comments with the ingredients?
Eventually I did. You asked 6x within 2 hours, while I was asleep (it was 2 am). And then I went on a 2 day field trip with my daughter’s school. I’m a person, and it can take a little time for me to answer the hundreds of comments. i’m a person, not a chat bot, please be patient.