What is EWG certification? Learn about skincare ingredient safety in 3 minutes! Trust this certification for safe skincare products.

When selecting health supplements, you can look for the SNQ mark and the little green man mark. But do you know what certifications to look for when choosing skincare products? Skincare products come into contact with our skin every day, and if they are masks or mud masks, they may even stay on the skin for more than 15 minutes. If harmful ingredients are used, it could lead to permanent damage to the skin, requiring more time to care for it. Therefore, whether the ingredients in skincare products are safe is an important issue that everyone must understand. Today, Le Moi-Peau will introduce you to EWG — the gatekeeper of skincare products! What is EWG? EWG stands for the Environmental Working Group, an organization established in 1993. It aims to promote brand transparency regarding public health and environmental information, helping the public to live in a healthier environment. Its scope includes not only skincare products but also food, cleaning supplies, water resources, agriculture, and children's products, all of which are closely related to our lives. In addition to its authoritative annual reports on consumer product research, it has also promoted regulations on related environmental issues, allowing the public to live in a more friendly environment. EWG’s Skin Deep® database of safe ingredients EWG Skin Deep is an online searchable ingredient database. EWG collects data and conducts scientific research to compare over 60,000 ingredients, more than 3,000 brands, and data from nearly 60 toxicity and regulatory databases to conduct risk assessments. This helps consumers evaluate the potential impacts of these products on human health and the environment when making purchases. In the EWG Skin Deep database, each ingredient has a score from 1 to 10, with 1 indicating low risk and 10 indicating high risk. Consumers can easily compare products and make choices based on their needs and tolerance for chemical risks. Scores below 2 are considered green low hazard; scores from 3 to 6 are orange moderate hazard; and scores above 7 are red high hazard. Of course, the more green ingredients a product has, the lower its hazard level. However, not all green ingredients are completely safe, especially since most product ingredients have varying scores. Therefore, to help consumers make more informed choices, products that have received the "EWG verified" certification mark have undergone comprehensive safety checks. EWG VERIFIED: For Your Health™ — The assurance certification for skincare products EWG VERIFIED is a certification program established by EWG. Its purpose is to identify and encourage skincare and cosmetic products that meet a series of strict standards. Products with EWG VERIFIED certification are considered relatively safe and free from harmful ingredients, meeting EWG's high standards for consumer health and environmental protection. With thousands of products on the market, knowing which ones are safer and healthier can be overwhelming. If you were to check all candidates in Skin Deep, it could also be quite laborious. The EWG VERIFIED™ mark can help us save a lot of time on data inquiries. When consumers see the EWG VERIFIED™ mark on a product, they can be assured that the product does not contain harmful chemicals of concern to EWG and meets EWG's strictest standards for consumer health. How brands obtain EWG VERIFIED certification The difference between EWG’s Skin Deep and EWG VERIFIED Just because a product appears in Skin Deep does not mean it is safe; having EWG VERIFIED certification is the guarantee. Skin Deep is merely a large database, and brands can also register their products themselves. Therefore, after searching there, one should further assess the safety of the ingredients based on the risk scores provided. EWG VERIFIED is manually reviewed by EWG to confirm compliance with three major indicators, including product type, usage, ingredients, target audience, and special product claims. Only after passing the review can the mark be displayed on the webpage and product packaging. Choosing safe skincare products is the first lesson for healthy skin. The quality of skincare ingredients directly affects skin health, so before focusing on efficacy, one should first understand whether the product is safe. Le Moi-Peau has not only obtained EWG VERIFIED certification but also adheres to the principle of pure skincare, not adding unnecessary products, and transparently labeling ingredients, all to ensure that consumers can choose Le Moi-Peau with greater peace of mind.