Paula’s Choice
Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
Solid overall. Mostly clean with a few minor flags.
- Safety97
- Ethics93
- Personal Fit
Public score based on Safety and Ethics. We are still collecting evidence for Value on this product, so that pillar is left off for now.
This is the public anonymous score. Personal Fit is calculated after you add it to your shelf. Extended analysis blends imported data with our review prompts and is checked before it appears.
Solid overall. Mostly clean with a few minor flags.
Ingredients tracked
8
Flagged ingredients
1
Category
treatment
Safety
97
- SALICYLIC ACID has an SCCS safety opinion with noted concerns.-3
Ethics
93
- Leaping Bunny cruelty-free certified+8
Value
Pending evidence. We'll update this once we have data to grade.
Our analysis
Contains Salicylic Acid, which may cause irritation for sensitive skin types.
Review confidence: 85%
Our analysis combines imported ingredient, regulatory, certification, and retailer data with prompt-based review. Some passages use generative models and are checked before publishing. How we analyze products
Likely benefits
- Salicylic Acid is known for its exfoliating properties, helping to remove dead skin cells.
Routine notes
- Best used in the evening to avoid sun sensitivity.
Claims to treat carefully
Nothing flagged here yet.
INCI-ordered, the way regulators print it. Earlier ingredients usually appear at higher concentration.
1 ingredient is flagged below.
Water
Methylpropanediol
Butylene Glycol
Salicylic Acid
The EU Scientific Committee noted safety concerns at certain concentrations or for certain populations.
Polysorbate 20
Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract
Sodium Hydroxide
Tetrasodium EDTA
Who this formula is aimed at, based on product tags and our taxonomy.
Use areas
- Face
Skin types
- Oily skin
- Acne-prone skin
Concerns
- Acne
- Texture
Safety flags come from the same ingredient overlay used by the inthat Score. We do not deduct points just because an ingredient is synthetic or hard to pronounce.
Salicylic Acid
The EU Scientific Committee noted safety concerns at certain concentrations or for certain populations.
Safety
- SALICYLIC ACID has an SCCS safety opinion with noted concerns.-3
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