Is The Honest Company clean? Ingredient check of 64 products
Updated · Based on 4158 screened products
Short answer: we checked 64 of The Honest Company's products, the current baby, bath, body, skin care and makeup range on honest.com (US) on 19 October 2026, taken from the Ingredients panel on each product page (every scent and shade list). 61 of 64 pass our clean check (none of our watchlist ingredients listed). 3 are flagged; the flags are due to titanium dioxide (3 products). This is a factual check of ingredient lists against our definition of clean. It is not a verdict on the brand and says nothing about how well any product works.
What "clean" means here
On CleanGlow, a product is clean if its listed ingredients contain none of our 10 watchlist groups, based on the IARC Monographs – List of Classifications and on bans and restrictions under the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009. A product is flagged if at least one listed ingredient matches a watchlist group. The rules are the same for every brand (see the methodology). We do not judge fragrance, essential oils, performance or any marketing claim the brand makes.
Why The Honest Company products get flagged
Titanium dioxide (3 The Honest Company products)
IARC classifies titanium dioxide as Group 2B ("possibly carcinogenic to humans"), based on evidence from inhaling the powder. We flag every product that lists it, including where it is only a pigment, an opacifier or a "may contain" shade pigment, and including mineral sunscreens that use it as a UV filter. A flag means the ingredient is on the list. It is not a measured risk for that product. Source: IARC Monographs Vol. 93. See Titanium dioxide for every product we flag for it.
Every The Honest Company product we checked
Ingredient lists come from honest.com (fetched 19 October 2026) unless the source column says otherwise. Formulas change and can differ by country, so always check the pack.
Scents and shades: the Shampoo + Body Wash, Face + Body Lotion, Conditioner, Conditioning Detangler, Bubble Bath and Body Oil scents (Sensitive, Calm, Refresh, Comfort, Nourish) each have their own ingredient list, so each scent is listed separately. Disney and Pixar's Toy Story versions publish their own lists and are listed separately too. Tinted Lip Balm publishes three lists for its shades, with titanium dioxide (CI 77891) listed or in the "may contain" line of each; we show all three. Glow On Body Oil shows the same list as Body Oil, Sensitive on honest.com. Actives: US over-the-counter products list their active ingredient first (zinc oxide in the diaper rash creams, colloidal oatmeal in Eczema Relief Cream, allantoin in Healing Head-To-Toe Ointment); we check actives and inactives together. Formulas: every product here comes from honest.com, so these are US formulas; no non-US formulas are included. The Honest Company has an official brand store on Amazon, so the Amazon button goes to that store. Ulta's brand list has only the separate "Honest Beauty" line, not The Honest Company, so there is no Ulta button. Comparing with Babo Botanicals? See The Honest Company vs Babo Botanicals, compared on our ingredient data. Comparing with ATTITUDE? See ATTITUDE vs The Honest Company, compared on the US formulas.
Not included
- Diapers, overnight diapers and diaper cakes: not cosmetics. The Overnight Diapers record was removed from our database.
- Hand sanitizer sprays and sanitizing alcohol wipes: hand sanitizers, not in our cosmetic categories. Flushable wipes (toilet wipes) and Clean Conscious Dry Wipes (cotton only, no formula).
- Gift sets, bundles and the Shampoo + Lotion Duos, which combine products already listed.
- Travel sizes, Value Sizes, Carton Refills and the Hydrogel Cream Refill Pod: other sizes of listed products (each product is listed once). The older Value Size records were merged into the matching product.
- Clean Conscious Wipes in printed packs (Terrazzo, Sunburst, Rainbow and others): the same wipes and ingredient list, listed once.
- Disney's Mickey Mouse Comfort products: licensed packaging that shows the Comfort ingredient list, listed once as the Comfort product.
- The older Hydrogel listing (same list as Hydrogel Cream) and a second Diaper Rash Cream, Sensitive listing (other size).
- Face + Body Lotion and Bubble Bath in Nourish (Sweet Almond): the list is still on honest.com, but no Nourish version was on sale on 19 October 2026.
Clean alternatives by product type
For each product category where a The Honest Company product is flagged, these are clean products from other brands in the same category of our database, ordered by our data score (methodology). We match on product category only. They are not presented as equivalents: we have not tested them and make no claim that they look, feel or work like the The Honest Company product.
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Clean lip care from other brands
Same product category as Tinted Lip Balm.
| # | Product | Brand | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kissu Lip Treatment | Tatcha | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Moisture Surge Lip Hydro-Plump Treatment | Clinique | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Peptide Lip Boost | Rhode | ✓ | 9/9 | Rhode |
| 4 | PHA 5% Exfoliating Lip Serum | The Ordinary | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
TatchaThe Kissu Lip TreatmentLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
CliniqueMoisture Surge Lip Hydro-Plump TreatmentLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: Moisture Surge Lip Hydro-Plump Treatment →
Clean serums from other brands
Same product category as Daily Green Juice Antioxidant Super Serum, Vitamin C Radiance Serum.
| # | Product | Brand | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indigo Overnight Repair | Tatcha | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum | Glow Recipe | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Equilibrium Restoring Essence | Hourglass | ✓ | 9/9 | Hourglass |
| 4 | Targeted Wrinkle Corrector | Murad | ✓ | 9/9 | Murad |
TatchaIndigo Overnight RepairSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Glow RecipeGuava Vitamin C Dark Spot SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
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- Methodology
Hazard is not risk. An IARC classification says whether a substance can cause cancer under some conditions (e.g. titanium dioxide is classified for inhaled powder), not that a cosmetic containing it is harmful at normal use. EU restrictions set use limits. This page is informational, not medical advice; talk to a dermatologist about your own skin.