CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

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Points to note

No ingredient in the recorded list is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • For information Sodium HydroxideClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1A (Skin Corr. 1A). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information EthylhexylglycerinClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information PhenoxyethanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • For information EthylhexylglycerinClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

• Read on the label

  • For information Sodium HydroxideAnnex III, entry 15a, requires a warning that depends on the type of product: Nail cuticle solvent: “Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children”; Hair straightener: “1. Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children. 2. For professional use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness”; pH adjuster for depilatories: “Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes”. None for: Other uses as pH adjuster.

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding, babies and children.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

20 recognised ingredients out of 20.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.