REFRESH NATURE CREAM

US over-the-counter (OTC) label

Brand or trade name

REFRESH NATURE CREAM

Manufacturer

GP INTERNATIONAL CORP.

Label date

22 June 2022

Stated use in the United States

purpose Acne Control

Label in the official openFDA API. This is the label date; the formula may have changed. Compare with the packaging.

Cosmetic analysis in the European Union

1 ingredient prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union: Butylphenyl Methylpropional (since 1 March 2022). A product that contains it should no longer be sold in the Union. 5 ingredients allowed under conditions (maximum concentration, product types): some active ingredient concentrations are printed; the other conditions and the product's classification in the European Union remain to be checked. 52 names recognised out of 62.

Warning: 10 names out of 62 are not recognised (Skin Protection, Antioxidant, Anti Flammatory, Skin lightening, Exfoliating, Exfoliating, Sodium Acrylate, Sodium Acryloyldimethyl, Taurate, Copolymer): nothing below covers them.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding : Prohibition or serious classification BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL

Glycerin 5.0 %, Skin Protection, Xanthium Strumarium Fruit Extract, Antioxidant, Cnidium Monnieri Fruit Extract, Anti Flammatory, Angelica Acutiloba Root Extract, Skin lightening, Citric Acid, Exfoliating, Malic Acid, Exfoliating, Water, Butylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Beeswax, Cetearyl Olivate, Methylpropanediol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Sorbitan Olivate, Stearic Acid, Rhus Semialata Gall Extract, Hexanediol, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Sodium Acrylate, Sodium Acryloyldimethyl, Taurate, Copolymer, Palmitic Acid, Propanediol, Isohexadecane, Hydroxyacetophenone, Carbomer, Arginine, Limonia Acidissima Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Chlorphenesin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 80, Xanthan Gum, Fragrance, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Linalool, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Arachidic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium PCA, Myristic Acid, Lactic Acid, Pyruvic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Alcohol, Polysorbate 20, Madecassoside

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.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Prohibition or serious classification BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONALClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility (known or presumed hazard) and the unborn child (suspected hazard).

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching PARFUM“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • Worth watching BENZYL SALICYLATEClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 75, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching COUMARINAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 77, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LIMONENEClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching LINALOOLClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 84, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information CITRIC ACIDClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). 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.

• Environment

  • Worth watching LIMONENEClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).
  • For information ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children, read on the label.

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.

Selling elsewhere

Ingredients of this list that are prohibited, prohibited in some cases or subject to conditions in the other countries whose rules we record (nothing changes for sale in France). Absence is not approval: several countries only allow the preservatives, UV filters and colorants on their lists, and the function of an ingredient in the product is not known. What is covered for each country.

No prohibition or condition found in the recorded lists for: United States (federal), Washington State, China, Australia.

Ingredient by ingredient

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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”.

All US nonprescription labels

List in the official revision dated 22 June 2022 (register: openFDA: US OTC product labels, analysed under European cosmetic rules).

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