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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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