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Foam boosting agents improve the quality of foam (volume, texture, stability …).

What’s been happening over the last six months? In this “Retail” section of the summer Round-ups: the beauty industry is reinventing itself on all fro...

Recalls, marketing bans, import refusals, destruction orders… Non-compliant and/or unsafe cosmetic products detected on the market by control authorit...

What has happened over the last six months? In this “Regulations” section of the summer Round-ups, Europe – alongside the heated debates on Omnibus VI...

What’s been happening over the last six months? In this “Trends” section of the summer Round-ups: The beauty industry is seeking its bearings. Longevi...

On 30 July 2026, the European Commission notified a draft Regulation, which is in fact a corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2026/78 (the 8th “CMR” Regulat...

On 29 July 2026, the SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety) approved, by written procedure, two mandates from the European Commission to asses...

Every month, the Regulation Checklist reviews key information from the world of regulations in Europe and Worldwide: the essentials you shouldn’t miss...

Each month, the Trend Roundup compiles the key industry news, analyzed by the CosmeticOBS editorial team. It features a curated selection of major dev...

As part of the JACOP (Joint Actions on Compliance of Products) initiative launched in 2025, the European Commission funded a campaign to test SPFs and...

It sets out the names that must be used in the list of ingredients, which must appear on the labelling of cosmetic products. The latest version of thi...

It comes into force for products made available on the market this 31 July. Regulation 2022/1181 of 8 July 2022 amended the preamble to Annex V (autho...

Luxe Pack Monaco reaffirms its role as an international showcase for premium packaging. The trade fair will take place from 28 to 30 September 2026 at...

McKinsey has published a new analysis of the cosmetics sector and its distribution channels. The finding is that growth remains strong, but the compet...

The US contract manufacturer Accupac has published its annual trends report, “Future Forward 2026”, produced in collaboration with Cobalt Labs, its re...

On 20 July 2026, the Commission published a new edition of its “Guidance document for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products” in the...

A claim for infringement based on a breach of copyright and trade mark rights requires the claimant to prove that they are indeed the exclusive and un...

This is the first step in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1545: from 31 July 2026, all cosmetic products newly placed on the market in the ...

Spate, an American beauty trends analysis firm, has published its study on deodorants. It is based on Google, TikTok and Instagram searches in the Uni...

How do the French decide what to buy online? This is the question posed by the Sofinscope barometer, an OpinionWay survey conducted for Sofinco.

In its “State of Shopping 2026” report, Scalapay devotes an entire chapter to beauty. The instalment payment platform combines its internal data with ...

On 8 July 2026, the European Commission notified a draft Regulation aimed, on the one hand, at prohibiting the use in cosmetics of substances classifi...