Protini Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer 1.69 fl oz vs Skin Food Body Butter: which is safer?

Skin Food Body Butter is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer 1.69 fl oz

Drunk Elephant

Protini Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer 1.69 fl oz

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Water-based cosmetic emulsion (moisturizer cream)

Confidence

72%

PossibleFormaldehyde releasers (preservative by-products)

Our pick

Weleda

Skin Food Body Butter

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Plant oils, butters, waxes

Confidence

82%

PossibleFragrance allergens

PossibleOil oxidation and rancidity

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde releasers (preservative by-products) on the Drunk Elephant and not on the Weleda.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and Oil oxidation and rancidity on the Weleda and not on the Drunk Elephant.
  • The Drunk Elephant is Water-based cosmetic emulsion (moisturizer cream) where the Weleda is Plant oils, butters, waxes, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Weleda is the one to buy.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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