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Sustainability is a growing concern for the cosmetics industry. Among “sustainable” ingredients, there is shea butter, which is harvested in Africa an...

Highly “instagrammable”, it is the accessory that can make all the difference in the purchase of a facial treatment. Sold in a box (but can also be bo...

Ten years of controversy over the safety of aluminium and its salts in cosmetic products may have just ended with the recent Opinion of the SCCS. Publ...

We know how difficult it is today for many cosmetic manufacturers or ingredient suppliers to define whether or not their raw material is a nanomateria...

RBB Economics, in collaboration with FEBEA, conducted a Europe-wide study on the selective sale of cosmetics. This report, prepared for Cosmetics Euro...

The cosmetic product as a mixture or the active principle of a cosmetic can be easily modified in their compositions under the influence of environmen...

As part of its partnership with CosmeticOBS, Business France details the new rules of the customs clearance procedure for cosmetics and related produc...

The DGCCRF has just published a recall notice for Urtekram All-over Wash No Perfume Baby lotions due to a risk of microbial contamination.

It is because of “non-compliances and significant deficiencies” that the ANSM has just sent to NEOCOS company a compliance injunction concerning its P...

This cosmetic ingredient has been present in many formulations for a long time, and has been acclaimed for its softness on the skin and its low cost a...

Since 2012, the battle has been raging between the ANSM on the one hand, the FEBEA, Cosmetics Europe and the SCCS on the other hand. Issue: the safety...

ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has just announced that its two Committees, RAC and SEAC, support its proposal to restrict siloxanes D4, D5 and D6 to...

How to assess the real ecotoxicity of cosmetic ingredients and their effects on the environment? How can we measure their biodegradability, their pers...

The SCCS has just published a corrected version, dated December 6, 2019, of its Final Opinion on the solubility of SAS (Synthetic Amorphous Silica). T...

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

This will have escaped no one’s notice, long hair is furiously trendy, especially among the younger generations (even very young girls are asking for ...

The scientific congress Lipids & Cosmetics will take place on 29th and 30th of January 2020 in the heart of Bordeaux. The New Aquitaine Region, IT...

The beneficial role of microbiome is widely demonstrated and many researchers around the world agree. But to develop new care, consumer opinion and ex...

Silab, an expert in skin biology and in the mastering of nature and biotechnologies, presents its new active ingredient: Lactobiotyl, a postbiotic con...

As every year, at the end of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres on November 6 and 7, 2019, the entire FEBEA team a...

The SCCS has just published its new Opinion on the safety of aluminium and its compounds in cosmetic products. It has been adopted during the plenary ...

From 1 January 2020, companies must provide additional information on nanomaterials on the EU/EEA market under the REACH Regulation. The new informati...

Canada has just updated its Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist (Prohibited and Restricted), which is now available on Health Canada’s website. As announced, ...

On 4 October 2019, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation providing for the classification of certain powders containing titanium diox...