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On 11 June 2019, the European Commission published a Call for Data for six nanos forms of gold, platinum and copper used in cosmetics. The aim is to g...

Environmental crisis, societal revolutions, new relationships: standards are exploding. Beauty brands and companies must now demonstrate commitment, t...

This June 17, 2019, is the first step in the implementation of Regulation 2018/1847, which provides for a reduction in the concentration of o-Phenylph...

Seducing the consumer? This is the question to which all brands would like to have the answer. Consumers are becoming increasingly difficult to attrac...

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 ...

A shower gel is 80 or 90% water and surfactants. The best are no exception to the rule: it is the basis of the formula. Does that mean we can choose a...

With widely diverging global regulations, increasingly controversial filters, whether due to their potential toxicity or their harmful effects on mari...

Anses publishes its research work on ammonium, potassium and sodium persulphate substances used in particular in hair bleaching products. The Agency c...

As Cosmetic Valley celebrated both its 25th anniversary and its fourth state certification as the national coordinator of the cosmetics sector, the fo...

Orange, burgundy, blue-grey or red or bright pink, summer mascaras come in increasingly bold colours. And it will even continue in the fall… enough to...

For the past ten years, Luxe Pack Monaco has been the must-attend event for prestigious packaging professionals looking for the latest innovations. Fo...

At its General Assembly held in Paris on 4 June 2019, FEBEA presented the results of a study on the attractiveness of France’s cosmetics sector. The F...

Stretch marks are disfiguring skin lesions that often cause problems of self‐esteem, but little effort has been put to studying this pathology. During...

The market for essential oils is growing exponentially. It is therefore imperative for manufacturers to be as familiar as possible with the design, cl...

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 ...

The art of Grasse perfumery is part of the French heritage and has just been inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible heritage. In Grasse, the International M...

Three studies, published in the July issue of the Journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, explore the toxicity of different essential oils and their con...

Contractual relations with subcontractors and suppliers or control of the quality and release of raw materials are regularly among the critical points...

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...