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Luxury cosmetics brands are often accused of being unspoken about their internal procedures or of not caring about environmental issues. Guerlain has ...

Asphyxiated hair? It is not only the skin that must be protected from pollution! The hair too! Tarnished and weakened by pollutants, they regrease fas...

On 27 May 2019, the OECD added two new opuses to its series on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials. These Nos. 90 and 91 are intended to facilita...

Long eyelashes with a doll’s eye look have always seduced consumers. Rather than conscientiously applying mascara every day, more “permanent” solution...

The new stars of the skin are them: bacteria. There are no less than 100,000 billion different microorganisms on our skin. Nothing to whiten, they are...

The 3rd Seminar on Quality in the Cosmetics Industry will be held in Paris on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June 2019. This edition will seek to analys...

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 ...

Ultra-sensory, they immerse the skin in a bath of freshness and hydration. These typically Asian textures are flooding the Select and Pharmaceutical m...

On 24 May 2019, RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) published the results of a new study on Butylparaben, focusing o...

Social media have changed the way people seek and share health information. Recent consumer interest in natural, organic, and ethically-made personal ...

Ubiquitous in many consumer products, including cosmetics, essential oils are complex substances containing many active compounds. How to control thei...

As every year, the UEBT organised its “Beauty of Sourcing with Respect Conference” in Paris. This event brought together stakeholders from the food, p...

It was said to be imminent by the end of 2017, a draft text had even already been transmitted to the WHO… But this “Omnibus” has experienced many stop...

Although cosmetics is above all a question of well-being and pleasure, it must nowadays be part of an approach to protect the environment. More and mo...

The 8th version of the Recommendation “Cosmetic Products” will enter into force on 1 July 2019. The ARPP (Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la...

For the past two years, the cosmetics brand Laboté has been offering personalized, up-to-the-minute facial skincare products. Lucille Battail, founder...

Tired of the mat? Spring lipsticks offer the comfort of balms. Little loaded with pigments, less “involving” than real lipsticks, they seduce women wh...

Solabia Group announced that it has acquired Algatech Ltd., a global leader in the development, cultivation and commercialisation of ingredients deliv...

For the eleventh consecutive year, the UEBT has unveiled the results of its biodiversity barometer at a conference held in Paris on 20 and 21 May 2019...

Essential oils are plant extracts, whose cultivation does not necessarily exclude plant protection products… How many of them can be found once the ex...

Launched four years ago by the Cosmetic Valley, the international innovation competition The Cosmetic Victories has three objectives: to detect and re...

On 16 May 2019, the European Commission published a Call for data for 14 substances with with potential endocrine-disrupting properties used in cosmet...

Peaked face, dull complexion or a tired face are all skin issues that consumers face. To provide solutions, Codif focused on the internal functioning ...

The safety of the cosmetic ingredient, preservative and anti-dandruff agent, Zinc Pyrithione, will be re-assessed by the SCCS. The request was publish...