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e.l.f. on the ingredient apps

Two of e.l.f.'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 e.l.f. products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 4 and mean Skincarisma score 97.5.

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 e.l.f.?

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.

e.l.f.: the verdict grid2 products, four databases, read 21 and 23 October 2026
e.l.f. Power Grip Primer: EWG Skin Deep flagged, INCIdecoder flagged, SkinSAFE flagged, Skincarisma clean. e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter: EWG Skin Deep flagged, INCIdecoder clean, SkinSAFE flagged, Skincarisma cleanEWG Skin DeepINCIdecoderSkinSAFESkincarismaPower Grip Primer51 icky9196Halo Glow Liquid Filter30 icky9199
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?

e.l.f. Power Grip Primer

Split verdict: 3 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 4 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep5 of 10Fair data, updated September 2025source
INCIdecoderrates Menthol "icky"source
SkinSAFE91ingredients updated Oct 04, 2026source
Skincarisma96 of 100, "Excellent"data updated May 2026source
SkinSorttags it fragrance-freesource

e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter

Split verdict: 2 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 3 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep3 of 10Fair data, updated September 2025source
INCIdecoderrates no ingredient "icky"source
SkinSAFE91ingredients updated Sep 28, 2026source
Skincarisma99 of 100, "Excellent"data updated Jun 2026source
SkinSortdoes not tag it fragrance-freesource
Where to buy

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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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