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Product score: 01

Data Availability:

Limited

Skin Owl Matcha Beauty Bar (2018 formulation)

Skin Owl Matcha Beauty Bar (2018 formulation)

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CATEGORY

Facial Cleanser

BRAND

Skin

DATA LAST UPDATED

June 2018

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • MODERATE
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • LOW
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
SAPONIFIED OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) OIL
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 01
BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, viscosity controlling, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, viscosityincreasing agent - nonaqueous
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Use restrictions (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
THEOBROMA CACAO (COCOA) SEED BUTTER
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, masking, skin conditioning, skin protecting, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, skin protectant
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Ingredient score: 02
RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, masking, moisturising, skin conditioning, smoothing, solvent, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive
CONCERNS • Cancer (low)
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity (moderate)
• Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
• Biochemical or cellular level changes (low)
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Ingredient score: 03
MENTHA SPICATA (SPEARMINT) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) LEAF POWDER
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) not reported
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Use restrictions (low)
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Ingredient score: 02
CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) EXTRACT
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
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Ingredients from packaging:

Distilled (Water) Aqua, Saponified Olea europaea (Olive) Oil, Unrefined Organic Vitellaria Paradoxa (Shea) Butter, Unrefined Organic Theobroma cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, GMO-free Ricinus communis (Castor) Oil, Mentha spicata (Spearmint) Essential Oil, GMO-free Matcha Green Tea Powder, GMO-free Camellia sinensis (Green Tea) Extract

Directions from packaging:

Soak bar under warm water and apply lather onto entire face. Rinse and pat face dry. Can be used morning and night as a daily face cleanser.

Product's animal testing policies

Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. For consumers who are concerned about companies’ policies on animal testing, Skin Deep reports this information.


PETA Cruelty-free Companies

Companies that join the "Caring Consumer" program of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a leading international animal rights advocacy organization, attest that "neither they nor their ingredient suppliers conduct or commission any animal tests on ingredients, formulations or finished products, and that they pledge not to do so in the future."

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Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.


HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG Verified® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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