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Jojoba Esters
Jojoba EstersBarrier
Soft waxy beads or solids made from jojoba oil. They soften skin with a silky slip and also work as scrub beads.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2008) assessed nine jojoba ingredients. Jojoba esters are a mix of esters made by reworking jojoba oil, hydrogenated jojoba oil or both. In patch tests on people, they didn’t irritate skin or cause allergy, and they didn’t irritate rabbits’ eyes. The reviewers judged all nine safe as used, and asked makers to keep pesticide and heavy-metal traces low.Becker 2008 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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