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Product score: 03

Data Availability:

Limited

Ethique Bombshell Gradual Tanning Bar (2019 formulation)

Ethique Bombshell Gradual Tanning Bar (2019 formulation)

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CATEGORY

Sunless Tanning

BRAND

Ethique

DATA LAST UPDATED

January 2019

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • MODERATE
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    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
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: 01
ETHYL MACADAMIATE
Data Availability: None
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, skin-conditioning agent - emollient
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Ingredient score: 01
JOJOBA ESTERS
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, moisturising, skin conditioning, soothing, skin-conditioning agent - emollient
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Ingredient score: 01
CETYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, surfactant, viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilizer, fragrance ingredient, opacifying agent, surfactant - emulsifying agent;surfactant - foam booster, viscosity increasing agent - aqueous, viscosity increasing agent -nonaqueous
CONCERNS • Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 03
DIHYDROXYACETONE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) reducing, skin conditioning, tanning, colorant, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (high)
• Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
STEARYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, refatting, surfactant, viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilizer, fragrance ingredient, surfactant - emulsifying agent, surfactant - foambooster, viscosity increasing agent - aqueous, viscosity increasing agent - nonaqueous
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) opacifying, opacifying agent
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
HELIANTHUS ANNUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED WAX
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) proprietary
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Ingredient score: 01
ERYTHRULOSE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) tanning, colorant
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYGLYCERYL 4 OLEATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) emollient, emulsifying, skin-conditioning agent - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying agent
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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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: 02
SODIUM LACTATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) buffering, humectant, keratolytic, buffering agent, exfoliant, skin-conditioning agent - humectant
CONCERNS • Cancer (low)
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Use restrictions (high)
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Ingredient score: 02
LECITHIN
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) antistatic, emollient, emulsifying, skin conditioning, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, surfactant - emulsifying agent
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Enhanced skin absorption
• Use restrictions (low)
• Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
• Contamination concerns (NITROSAMINES)
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Ingredient score: 01
UNDECANE
Data Availability: Fair
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Ingredient score: 02
TRIDECANE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) perfuming
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Ingredient score: 04
CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) cleansing, hair conditioning, masking, skin conditioning, tonic, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 04
BENZYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) masking, preservative, solvent, external analgesic, fragrance ingredient, oral health care drug, solvent;viscosity decreasing agent
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
• Occupational hazards (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
DEHYDROACETIC ACID
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) preservative
CONCERNS • Ecotoxicology (low)
• Occupational hazards (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
MAGNESIUM SULFATE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) bulking, hair conditioning, viscosity controlling, bulking agent
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Ingredient score: 01
MICA
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) opacifying, colorant
CONCERNS • Persistence and bioaccumulation (high)
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Ingredient score: 01
CI 77499
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) cosmetic colorant, colorant
CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (high)
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Ingredient score: 03
CITRAL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) masking, flavoring agent, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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Ingredient score: 04
LIMONENE
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) perfuming
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)
• Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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Ingredient score: 03
LINALOOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) deodorant, masking, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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Ingredients from packaging:

Water (aqua), Theobroma cacao (cocoa) butter, ethyl macadamiate, jojoba esters, cetyl alcohol, dihydroxyacetone, stearyl alcohol, tapioca starch polymethylsilsesquioxane, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed wax, erythrulose, polyglyceryl-4-oleate, Butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium lactate, lecithin, undecane, tridecane, Citrus aurantifolia (lime) essential oil, benzyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid, magnesium sulfate (epsom salt), mica, iron oxides, citral, limonene, linalool

Directions from packaging:

To use, ensure skin is freshly exfoliated (within 24 hours). Best results when just out of the shower so skin is still warm but dry. Slide bar several times down each leg (or area to be tanned). Use less than you think you need. Massage in well and wash hands after application. Leave on. Colour will develop from 2-4 hours and final result will be present within 24 hours. You can shower two hours after application if necessary. One application will give even the palest of skins a gentle glow, whilst a second application is perfect for a more robust colour. This product may soften or melt in transit over the summer months. If so, please pop in the fridge for 3-4 hours upon arrival for it to harden up.

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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PETA: Companies That Do Test on Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a leading international animal rights advocacy organization, has identified companies that "either test on animals or pay a laboratory to conduct tests on animals."

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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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