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New Zealand has just transmitted to WTO a consultation document aimed to manage microbeads in personal care products. The Government is considering to...

At the Jean-Paul Marty Days, Fabrice Lefevre, Marketing & Innovation Director of Givaudan Active Beauty, presented the result of his group’s lates...

International cosmetics and personal care leaders will gather again in Brussels to discuss global trends and the latest industry developments at Cosme...

On March 13, the French Minister of Social Affairs and Health launched a new online portal to declare adverse effects with a negative impact on health...

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed at restricting the peanut protein level of peanut oil, its extracts and its de...

Aluminium in cosmetics, HEMA and Di-HEMA Trimethylhexyl Dicarbamate in nails products: the safety of these ingredients will be assessed by the SCCS. T...

This datasheet contains exhaustive basic information: chemical identification, technical data, functions, origins, regulations, sa...

Born ‘backstage’, these finishing powders can be scary at first (that fear of transforming into a geisha!), but women do adopt them. As a matter of fa...

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 ...

It is not because politicians have just discovered this issue that I am taking interest in it now, but simply because things are all focused on this t...

Organized in Orléans – France on 30 March, this event aims to enable cosmetics sector personnel to fully align their production conditions and practic...

Make-up removal is an essential act in beauty routines. There are many types of products on the market that perform this function effectively. Today, ...

At the Jean-Paul Marty Days, a two-day scientific congress organized by the SFC (French Society of Cosmetology) in Paris in late 2016, Fabrice Lefevre...

As every year, COSMED organizes a day dedicated to the French and European regulations of cosmetic products: Les Rencontres Réglementaires. This day o...

This datasheet contains exhaustive basic information: chemical identification, technical data, functions, origins, regulations, safety, trade names an...

You do not like those days when it is humid? As a matter of fact, this equation is perfect when it comes to beauty! Indeed, one of the best rituals to...

There is no doubt creativity is most productive in the cosmetics segment of face masks. Among the hundreds of new launches, here is a selection of fou...

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 ...

While beauty products may seem like the kind that shoppers would prefer to ‘try before they buy’, there’s growing digital engagement with the sector. ...

The time when biofunctional active ingredients were only used in high-end products is a thing of the past. Now it is a key cosmetic component for the ...

Cosmetics increasingly boast about having ‘isotonic’ formulas. This complex term is often misunderstood by the general public: it refers to a cosmetic...

On February 15, the European Parliament approved CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Europe and Canada. Although it still rem...

While the world of cosmetics constantly renews its offering and keeps innovating, elderly people cannot always find cosmetics answers adapted to their...

Apples, pears, citrus fruit… though more exactly grapefruit, here. But you can also find mangosteen, quince, blackcurrant, litchi… Is this the end of ...