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Paula's Choice on the ingredient apps

Two of Paula's Choice's best sellers, read on five public ingredient databases: 1 of 2 got different verdicts from different databases.

SlipperSkin finding

Read on 21 and 23 October 2026, 1 of 2 Paula's Choice products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 2 and mean Skincarisma score 96.

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 Paula's Choice?

They agree on 1 and split on 1. 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. 1 of 2 get SkinSAFE's top rating.

Paula's Choice: 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?

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

Agreement: all 4 databases say the same. Fragrance-free on 5 of 5 databases. Read 21 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	2 of 10Good data, updated February 2024	source
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	100, its top ratingingredients updated Aug 03, 2024	source
Skincarisma	94 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	tags it fragrance-free	source

Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster

Split verdict: 1 of 3 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 3 of 4 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	not listed
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Jul 22, 2018	source
Skincarisma	98 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	tags it fragrance-free	source

Where to buy

Find the Paula's Choice products we checked on Amazon

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid ExfoliantOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.All 4 databases say the sameView on Amazon → Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide BoosterOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.1 of 3 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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