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Product coverage
Search 115,000+ skincare and beauty products across 9,000+ brands, with product-level pregnancy safety guidance.
Trusted by over 18,000 mums-to-beTrusted by over 18,000 mums-to-beRated 4.5Rated 4.5 by expectant parents
#1 Pregnancy-SafeSkincare & Beauty Ingredient Checker
#1 by product coverage
Built by a pregnant woman, for pregnant women.
Products analysed
115,000+
Continuously reviewed across major retailers
Ingredients mapped
37,000+
Clinical and regulatory evidence sources
Safety principle
We flag what matters
Not what scares
We flag what matters, not what scares.
Our scientific sources
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What Expecting Mums Are Saying
Real reviews from mums who are already using MamaSkin
★★★★★
"Love this! I downloaded it earlier, it's super interesting! I scanned some of my own products and it worked with all of them"
Ella
Falmouth, UK
★★★★★
"This app is absolutely fantastic, I wish I had it when I was pregnant"
Anna
London, UK
★★★★★
"This would have saved me so much stress during my pregnancy! I was freaking out about salicylic acid and other ingredients"
Aria
Kent, UK
★★★★★
"Finally! I was so often confused about what skincare I could use while pregnant. This is great!"
Sofia
Milan, Italy
★★★★★
"My midwife told me to be careful with ingredients but didn't explain which ones. And this app does basically all the research for me!"
Giulia
Rome, Italy
★★★★★
"It's great that you don't have to research every single ingredient, I can just scan and know instantly if it's safe"
Sarah
New York, USA
★★★★★
"Wish I had this during my first pregnancy! I was so paranoid about everything."
Jessica
California, USA
★★★★★
"Love this! I downloaded it earlier, it's super interesting! I scanned some of my own products and it worked with all of them"
Ella
Falmouth, UK
★★★★★
"This app is absolutely fantastic, I wish I had it when I was pregnant"
Anna
London, UK
★★★★★
"This would have saved me so much stress during my pregnancy! I was freaking out about salicylic acid and other ingredients"
Aria
Kent, UK
★★★★★
"Finally! I was so often confused about what skincare I could use while pregnant. This is great!"
Sofia
Milan, Italy
★★★★★
"My midwife told me to be careful with ingredients but didn't explain which ones. And this app does basically all the research for me!"
Giulia
Rome, Italy
★★★★★
"It's great that you don't have to research every single ingredient, I can just scan and know instantly if it's safe"
Sarah
New York, USA
★★★★★
"Wish I had this during my first pregnancy! I was so paranoid about everything."
Jessica
California, USA
How it works
Three simple steps to safer skincare during pregnancy.
Search or scan products
Search by product name or take a photo of ingredient labels. Browse our 115,000+ products and 9,000+ brands.
Get instant safety analysis
Our app analyses ingredients using scientific research to tell you if a product is safe during pregnancy.
Understand every ingredient
Get detailed explanations of what each ingredient does and why it matters for pregnancy safety, with research-backed insights.
For informational purposes only. Not medical advice.
Why MamaSkin
Built for pregnancy, unlike generic ingredient apps
Quick look at how MamaSkin stacks up against typical "clean beauty" or barcode scanning tools.
What MamaSkin offers:
- +115,000+ products and 9,000+ brands
- +Browse, search, and discover safe cosmetics
- +Research-backed pregnancy safety guidance
- +Detailed safety explanations and ratings
What others offer:
- −Generic ingredient scanning only
- −No product catalogue to browse
- −Limited pregnancy-specific guidance
- −Limited safety explanations
Inside the app
Everything you need to check skincare with confidence
A calmer way to search products, scan labels, and understand pregnancy safety without digging through ingredient lists alone.
Scan
Ingredient scanning
Scan an INCI list and see which ingredients are clear, which need caution, and why they were flagged.
Evidence
Risk explanations
Read calm, plain-language notes backed by clinical and regulatory sources, not vague clean-beauty claims.
Mia
Mia assistant
Ask product and ingredient questions in everyday language and get answers shaped around pregnancy safety.
Library
Ingredient library
Explore thousands of cosmetic ingredients, grouped from No Known Risks through to High Risk.
Saved
Saved products
Keep trusted products close, compare new finds, and sync your shortlist across your MamaSkin account.
Methodology
How MamaSkin turns ingredient evidence into a clear safety score
The same dataset behind the app powers each product result: hazard, mechanism, exposure, source quality, and pregnancy-specific context.
Score 90-100
No Known Risks
Severity 0.00-0.18
No pregnancy-specific concerns at typical cosmetic concentrations and routes of use, based on current evidence.
Niacinamide
Barrier-supporting vitamin B3 with no known pregnancy-specific risk in the dataset.
Panthenol
A pro-vitamin B5 humectant marked safe across ingredient references.
Score 70-89
Low Risk
Severity 0.18-0.38
Minor cautions such as irritation potential, limited pregnancy data, or less transparent fragrance blends.
Azelaic Acid
Often used for blemishes and pigmentation; recorded as low risk with concentration context.
Lactic Acid
A gentle AHA at modest cosmetic strengths, with irritation as the main caution.
Score 40-69
Medium Risk
Severity 0.38-0.68
Ingredients we recommend avoiding or discussing first because of systemic, endocrine, or data-gap concerns.
BHT
Tracked as medium risk because of systemic and endocrine concern signals.
Oxybenzone
A sunscreen filter flagged for endocrine disruption concerns in the evidence set.
Score 0-39
High Risk
Severity 0.68-1.00
High-concern categories where strong warnings, contraindications, or systemic exposure drive the score.
Tretinoin
A retinoid category ingredient with strong pregnancy warnings in the dataset.
Isotretinoin
Systemic retinoid with well-known pregnancy contraindication warnings.
Scoring flow
From scan to score
Step 1
Ingredient match
We normalise each INCI list so product formulas line up with the ingredient library, including synonyms and dosage hints.
Step 2
Evidence weighting
Matched ingredients carry hazard, mechanism, exposure, evidence, and source notes.
Step 3
Band-first logic
The riskiest ingredient sets the product band so one avoid-level ingredient cannot hide behind safer ones.
Step 4
Safety score
Severity is translated into the 0-100 MamaSkin Safety Score shown with ingredient explanations.
Clinical guardrails
Checks mirrored inside the app
- Hormone disruption potential
- Skin absorption during pregnancy
- Fetal development and teratogenicity
- Allergen and irritation profile
- Chemical stability and metabolites
- In-market concentration trends
Ingredient detail screens explain terms like teratogenic, contraindicated, endocrine disruptor, and fetotoxic in plain language.
Evidence base
Primary sources behind the scoring model
Public medical, regulatory, and systematic-review sources are combined with product ingredient data and reviewed into plain-language flags.
Our Story
👨💻
Simone
Tech professional with hands-on experience growing mission-driven businesses. When Martina became pregnant with our second child, I saw firsthand how difficult it was to find safe skincare and beauty products during pregnancy. That's when I knew we had to build something better.
🤱
Martina
Mother of two and the inspiration behind MamaSkin. During my second pregnancy, I spent countless hours researching which skincare and beauty products were safe to use. The lack of reliable, easy-to-use information motivated us to create the solution we wished we had.
Our Mission
We believe every expecting mother deserves access to reliable, evidence-based information about skincare and beauty product safety during pregnancy. MamaSkin combines cutting-edge technology with rigorous scientific research to give you peace of mind when choosing products for you and your baby.
🤱By a pregnant woman
🔬Research-Backed
💻Tech-Enabled
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about MamaSkin.
MamaSkin has a complete product catalogue of 115,000+ skincare, beauty, and cosmetic products, not just ingredient scanning. We provide comprehensive product checking you can browse and search for pregnancy-safe products, backed by research from US, EU, and UK sources.
When you scan a label, we use on-screen OCR to extract the ingredient text and match it to our database. In some cases, we may send the photo to a third-party AI provider solely to identify the product or improve text extraction. We then use the extracted text to run the safety analysis. For details on how data is handled, please see our Privacy Policy.
Our guidance is based on peer-reviewed research from FDA (US), EMA (EU), and NHS (UK) sources. We constantly update our product catalogue with the latest scientific findings and regulatory guidelines.
While MamaSkin is specifically designed for pregnancy safety, the app can be useful for anyone interested in understanding cosmetic ingredient safety. However, our recommendations are tailored for pregnancy-specific concerns.
If a product isn't in our catalogue, you can still scan the ingredients list and we'll analyse it against our research data. We're constantly adding new products, so check back regularly.
No, MamaSkin is for informational purposes only and is not a medical device. Always consult your midwife, doctor, or healthcare provider before making decisions about skincare products during pregnancy.