Most Peach and Lily products are safe to use during pregnancy, but a handful contain ingredients worth avoiding. The brand doesn’t publish an official pregnancy safety policy, so you’ll need to check individual product labels. Here’s a breakdown of the most popular products and where the ingredient concerns actually lie.
Ingredients to Watch For
The ingredients that raise flags during pregnancy in skincare generally fall into a few categories: retinoids (vitamin A derivatives), high-concentration acids, hydroquinone, and kojic acid. Peach and Lily’s lineup is relatively clean on these fronts, but not entirely. Some products contain salicylic acid, glycolic acid, licorice root, or arbutin, all of which deserve a closer look depending on the specific product.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists lists topical salicylic acid and glycolic acid as acceptable for use during pregnancy. That said, concentration matters, and leave-on products with high percentages carry more exposure than a rinse-off cleanser with trace amounts.
Glass Skin Refining Serum
This is the brand’s bestseller, and the good news is straightforward: it contains no retinoids, no salicylic acid, no hydroquinone, and no kojic acid. The active ingredients are niacinamide, multiple forms of hyaluronic acid, peach fruit extract, and centella-derived compounds like madecassoside. These are all considered safe during pregnancy. Niacinamide in particular is one of the most widely recommended pregnancy-safe actives for brightening and barrier support. This serum is a solid pick if you’re building a pared-down routine.
Pure Peach Retinoic Eye Cream
The name sounds alarming if you’re pregnant, but the formula doesn’t actually contain retinol or any vitamin A derivatives. Instead, it uses bakuchiol, a plant-based compound that mimics some of retinol’s anti-aging effects without the same mechanism. Bakuchiol is not a retinoid and is generally considered safe during pregnancy. The rest of the formula relies on niacinamide, rosehip, and beta-carotene. Despite the word “retinoic” in the product name, this one doesn’t contain the ingredient pregnant people are told to avoid.
Super Reboot Resurfacing Mask
This is where things get more complicated. The mask contains 10% glycolic acid and 0.5% salicylic acid. While ACOG does list both topical salicylic acid and glycolic acid as usable during pregnancy, 10% glycolic acid is a fairly potent concentration, especially in a leave-on treatment. Some dermatologists and pregnancy skincare experts flag glycolic acid at this level as one to skip, particularly when combined with salicylic acid in the same product. If you want to err on the cautious side, this is a product to set aside until after delivery.
Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser
This sulfate-free cleanser has a skin-friendly pH of 5.5 and is built around soothing botanicals like centella, chamomile, cucumber, and aloe. It does contain licorice root extract, which some conservative pregnancy ingredient lists flag. The concern with licorice root relates to glycyrrhizin, a compound that in large oral doses can affect cortisol levels. In a rinse-off cleanser at low concentrations, the actual exposure is minimal, but it’s worth knowing if you’re following a strict avoidance list.
One other note: this cleanser contains lavender oil and geranium flower oil. Some practitioners advise limiting essential oil exposure during pregnancy, particularly in the first trimester, though the amounts in a face wash are very small compared to aromatherapy or body oil applications.
Snail Mucin and K-Beauty Staples
Peach and Lily carries several products featuring snail mucin (snail secretion filtrate), a signature K-beauty ingredient. Snail mucin is considered safe during pregnancy. It functions as a hydrator and skin-soother with no known hormonal activity or absorption concerns. There’s limited formal research on it overall, but nothing in its composition raises the red flags associated with retinoids or chemical exfoliants.
Products That Are Less Clear-Cut
A few Peach and Lily products fall into a gray zone depending on how conservative your approach is. Products containing arbutin (a brightening agent that converts to hydroquinone in small amounts), kojic acid, or higher concentrations of licorice root are the ones most commonly flagged by pregnancy skincare reviewers. These tend to appear in the brand’s brightening and dark spot treatments.
Tranexamic acid, another brightening ingredient found in some of the brand’s products, also lacks strong pregnancy safety data for topical use. The NHS notes that oral tranexamic acid is “not often recommended in pregnancy” unless prescribed. Topical application involves far less systemic absorption, but the ingredient hasn’t been studied enough in pregnant populations to get a definitive green light.
Building a Pregnancy-Safe Routine
If you want to stick with Peach and Lily during pregnancy, the simplest approach is to focus on the products with the cleanest ingredient profiles. The Glass Skin Refining Serum, the Pure Peach Retinoic Eye Cream (despite its name), and basic hydrating products from the line are your safest bets. For anything containing acids, brightening agents, or essential oils, check the specific ingredient list against your comfort level.
Keep in mind that “pregnancy safe” exists on a spectrum. Some people follow a strict elimination approach, cutting anything without robust human safety data. Others follow ACOG guidelines, which are more permissive with ingredients like topical salicylic acid and glycolic acid. Neither approach is wrong. The key is knowing what’s in each product so you can make a choice that matches your own risk tolerance.