- Price
- €0.95 · €0.48 per use
- Size
- 2 x 4 ml
- Format
- Cream
- Brand from
- Germany
- Ingredients
- 33
- Vegan
- Yes
Where we found it
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Santé Naturkosmetik
Skin Vitality Maske Parakresse
€0.95 · €0.48/use
Parakresse is Acmella oleracea, the toothache plant sold as a botanical alternative to muscle-relaxing injectables - and here it is twenty-third of thirty-three, well below the cocoa butter and almond oil. Salicylic acid at fifteen is the more consequential entry. Compare it with Rosental's Botanical Lifting mask, which puts the same plant eighteenth at roughly nine times the price per millilitre.
Aimed at
What stands out in the list
Worked out from the ingredients, not the packaging claims.
Contains fragrance
Listed as Parfum/Fragrance, which can stand for dozens of undisclosed aroma chemicals. Fragrance is one of the most common causes of cosmetic contact allergy.
7 declared fragrance allergens
EU law requires these to be named on the pack: Benzyl Alcohol, Linalool, Limonene, Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Citral, Citronellol.
Contains drying alcohol
Alcohol appears at position 19, well down the list, so the amount is likely small.
Exfoliating acids
Contains Salicylic Acid. Use sunscreen the following day; EU law caps these (Salicylic Acid: EU max 2% (most face products, incl. masks); 3% (rinse-off hair); 0.5% (body lotion, eye/lip make-up, roll-on deodorant); 0.5% when used as a preservative).
3 concentration-capped ingredients
EU law sets a maximum for Salicylic Acid. Products on sale in the EU must comply. It also sets one for Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, which products must comply with from 1 January 2027.
1 ingredient flagged for pregnancy
Salicylic Acid is usually avoided or used with caution during pregnancy. This is what the ingredient entries say, not medical advice, so ask your midwife or doctor.
The panel
All 33 ingredients, in the order they appear on the pack. Tap a name to read the full entry.
- Well tolerated
- No meaningful concern for most people; irritation is possible but rare.
- Depends on you
- Genuinely relevant for some people, or depends on dose and pH.
- Worth knowing
- EU-restricted, a common contact allergen, or subject to live debate.
- Avoid
- Banned in EU cosmetics or credibly linked to serious harm.
- Not yet documented
- No encyclopaedia entry for this ingredient yet, so we make no claim about it.
- 07Isoamyl Laurate·
- 09Glyceryl Stearate SE·
- 11Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter·
- below ≈1% - ingredients may be listed in any order
- 20Alaria Esculenta Extract·
- 21Phytic Acid·
- 23Acmella Oleracea Extract·
How to use it
After cleansing, apply to face, neck and décolletage, avoiding the mouth and eyes. After no more than 7 minutes, take the residue off with a tissue and massage in gently.
What the brand claims
Reproduced from the pack or the brand’s own page. We have not tested these.
- Certified natural cosmetics
- Parakresse is Acmella oleracea, declared twenty-third
- Also declares salicylic acid
- Six fragrance allergens declared
