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Product score: 02

Data Availability:

Limited

Simply Organic Beauty Galència 114. Sensitive Nectar

Simply Organic Beauty Galència 114. Sensitive Nectar

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CATEGORY

Facial Moisturizer/Treatment

BRAND

Simply Organic

DATA LAST UPDATED

May 2025

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • MODERATE
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

Ingredient score: 01
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) FLOWER WATER
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
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Ingredient score: 01
GLYCERIN
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, humectant, perfuming, solvent, fragrance ingredient, hair conditioning agent, oral care agent;oral health care drug, skin-conditioning agent - humectant, skin protectant, viscosity decreasing agent
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) FRUIT EXTRACT
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, proprietary, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
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Ingredient score: 01
BOSWELLIA SERRATA GUM
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) smoothing, tonic, adhesive, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
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Ingredient score: 01
ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT EXTRACT
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) masking, perfuming, skin conditioning, tonic, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYGONUM BISTORTA ROOT EXTRACT
Data Availability: None
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
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Ingredient score: 01
EPILOBIUM FLEISCHERI EXTRACT
Data Availability: None
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Ingredient score: 02
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) OIL
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
• Endocrine disruption (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) emulsifying, skin-conditioning agent - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying agent
CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
CITRIC ACID
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) buffering, chelating, masking, chelating agent, fragrance ingredient, ph adjuster
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
ETHANOL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antifoaming agent, antimicrobial agent, cosmetic astringent, fragrance ingredient, solvent;viscosity decreasing agent
CONCERNS • Enhanced skin absorption
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
SODIUM BENZOATE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) anticorrosive, masking, preservative, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 02
SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) preservative
CONCERNS • Endocrine disruption (low)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Ecotoxicology (low)
• Occupational hazards (high)
• Biochemical or cellular level changes (low)
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Ingredient score: 02
POTASSIUM SORBATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) preservative, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 03
LINALOOL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) deodorant, masking, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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Ingredients from packaging:

Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Water, Glycerin, VItis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract, Boswellia Serrata Resin Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Polygonum Bistorta Root Extract, Epilobium Fleischeri Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender Oil), Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Citric Acid, Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Potassium Sorbate, Linalool

Product's animal testing policies

Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. For consumers who are concerned about companies’ policies on animal testing, Skin Deep reports this information.


Unknown

Leading international certifiers PETA and Leaping Bunny have no information concerning this company’s use of animal testing.

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.


HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG Verified® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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