Paula's Choice
Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
exfoliant118ml
Cleaner pick · Safest treatments we have rated
Iunik Global
Lime Moisture Mild Peeling Gel+17 on ingredient safety
$14
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Labor
A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.
55Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofit
vs88Open Beauty Facts CertificationsNonprofit
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All 634 cleaner options, safest first We show the best 12, including the strongest on each axis.
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Ingredient safety
20 pts apartIndependent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Also screened, nothing found: California Proposition 65 · IARC Monographs · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 50% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.
Environmental
Run by a nonprofit. Match to this product confirmed. Checked Jun 2026. about this rater →
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
Labor
33 pts apartRun by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Paula's Choice as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Coverage & match quality
8 ratings · 3 of 4 axes
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- Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust8 of 8 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 8 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (2)
EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)flagged by 4 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (6)
What these ingredient tags mean (1)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
exfoliating acidSalicylic Acid
- Salicylic Acid: A beta hydroxy acid that clears the inside of pores; the EU restricts its level and keeps it off children under three. SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid, Submission I (SCCS/1601/18, corrigendum of 20 to 21 June 2019); EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 98, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/850, which for purposes other than preservation caps it at 3,0% in rinse-off hair products, 2,0% in other products, and 0,5% in body lotion, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, lipstick and roll-on deodorant, and states "Not to be used in preparations for children under 3 years of age." Its separate PRESERVATIVE use sits at Annex V entry 3, capped at 0,5% (acid), where the salts carry the carve-out "except for shampoos".
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