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Skin Deep's safety assessment ratings provide a measure of potential health concerns linked to ingredients used by personal care product companies. The companies listed below are those using ingredients with the highest average levels of concern according to our rating system, from among the 184 companies with at least 50 products in Skin Deep's database. (For details on safety assessment rating methodology, please see About Skin Deep.)
| Rank | Company | Product in the Databse |
Unique Ingredients Used |
Average Score | Compact Signer? |
| 1 | Victoria's Secret | 94 products | 444 | 10.0 | No |
| 2 | Graham Webb International | 62 products | 288 | 8.2 | No |
| 3 | Avon Products, Inc. | 708 products | 1253 | 8.0 | No |
| 4 | Bioforce Of America, Ltd. | 54 products | 59 | 7.9 | No |
| 5 | Bath & Body Works | 62 products | 312 | 7.5 | No |
| 6 | Combe Inc. | 149 products | 259 | 7.3 | No |
| 7 | June Jacobs Laboratories LLC | 64 products | 392 | 7.0 | No |
| 8 | NARS Cosmetics | 210 products | 384 | 7.0 | No |
| 9 | Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. | 53 products | 439 | 7.0 | No |
| 10 | Diamond Products Co. | 56 products | 184 | 7.0 | No |
| 11 | Clarins of Paris | 56 products | 463 | 7.0 | No |
| 12 | ALES Group USA | 199 products | 677 | 7.0 | No |
| 13 | Elizabeth Arden, Inc. | 494 products | 913 | 6.8 | No |
| 14 | Coty, Inc. | 488 products | 768 | 6.8 | No |
| 15 | Colomer Group | 118 products | 446 | 6.8 | No |
| 16 | Phytomer Laboratories | 84 products | 386 | 6.7 | No |
| 17 | L'Occitane | 118 products | 414 | 6.7 | No |
| 18 | pH Beauty Labs | 101 products | 363 | 6.6 | No |
| 19 | Fresh | 117 products | 538 | 6.6 | No |
| 20 | Essence of Beauty | 50 products | 73 | 6.5 | No |
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