Exfoliating Body Wash Shea Butter & Brown Sugar vs Body Wash: which is safer?

Caress Exfoliating Body Wash Shea Butter & Brown Sugar is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Caress Exfoliating Body Wash Shea Butter & Brown Sugar

Caress

Exfoliating Body Wash Shea Butter & Brown Sugar

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

water, glycerin, surfactants, shea butter, brown sugar exfoliant

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens

Irish Spring Body Wash

Irish Spring

Body Wash

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

aqueous surfactant solution, no known PFAS-targeted additives

Confidence

85%

PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed components

PossibleSkin irritation from sodium lauryl sulfate

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance allergens on the Caress and not on the Irish Spring.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and undisclosed components and Skin irritation from sodium lauryl sulfate on the Irish Spring and not on the Caress.
  • The Caress is water, glycerin, surfactants, shea butter, brown sugar exfoliant where the Irish Spring is aqueous surfactant solution, no known PFAS-targeted additives, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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