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Drunk Elephant on the ingredient apps

Two of Drunk Elephant's best sellers, read on five public ingredient databases: every one got different verdicts from different databases.

SlipperSkin finding

Read on 21 and 23 October 2026, 2 of 2 Drunk Elephant products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 3.5 and mean Skincarisma score 98.5.

Part of our study of how ingredient apps disagree, now 88 products from 48 brands. Every figure below links to the page it was read from.

How do the ingredient apps rate Drunk Elephant?

They do not agree on any of them. EWG Skin Deep scores hazard from 1 to 10 (1 to 2 is its low band); INCIdecoder names the ingredients it rates "icky"; SkinSAFE rates freedom from common allergens (100 is its top); Skincarisma scores from EWG's ingredient ratings out of 100. 0 of 2 get SkinSAFE's top rating.

Drunk Elephant: the verdict grid2 products, four databases, read 21 and 23 October 2026

Values in the cells are each database's own figure. Blush is flagged, glass is clean, dashed is not listed.

What does each database say, product by product?

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

Split verdict: 2 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 3 of 5 databases. Read 21 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	4 of 10Fair data, updated November 2022	source
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Sep 15, 2020	source
Skincarisma	99 of 100, "Excellent"data updated Jun 2026	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

Split verdict: 2 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 4 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	3 of 10Limited data, updated August 2022	source
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Jul 07, 2025	source
Skincarisma	98 of 100, "Excellent"data updated Jun 2026	source
SkinSort	tags it fragrance-free	source

Where to buy

Find the Drunk Elephant products we checked on Amazon

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide CreamOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.2 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon → Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration SerumOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.2 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon →

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Where the law stands: FDA says cosmetic ingredients, other than colour additives, need no approval before sale (FDA's ingredient page); California bans a named list of intentionally added chemicals (Health and Safety Code section 108980); and the EU keeps its own prohibited and restricted annexes (Regulation 1223/2009 on EUR-Lex). Check any ingredient in our ingredient files.

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