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Judith Levy and Juliette Couturier, two young 25-year-old entrepreneurs, have developed a skincare range for women suffering from cancer. Their brand,...

It is the end of mono blush! Two, four, or even seven colours of blush are now available in the same palette! That is just perfect to offer our cheekb...

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 ...

On 7 November 2016, the SCCS published its Opinion on the new cosmetic hair dye ingredient HC Orange No. 6, adopted by written procedure. After the co...

WestRock is an American packaging supplier. To anticipate trends and market expectations, the company regularly conducts consumer studies. Sandy Grégo...

Whilst dry shampoo is now considered a veteran in the fast and fickle beauty industry, the mind-set around its place in the hair care routine is evolv...

Extremely popular among major cosmetics groups, thermal waters are on a roll. Their benefits are not only useful for marketing arguments: the evidence...

Christophe Rousselle is in the middle of his third mandate at the SCCS. CosmeticOBS met him. He dreamt of being a vet, he is a toxicologist. He publis...

On 14 October 2016, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu notified the WTO of its intention to ban plastic microbeads in ...

Here is the third (and last) part of our special focus on the innovative formulas showcased for the Cosmetagora Formulation Award organized at the 9th...

Beware, The Pore Connection is coming! Cleansers/makeup removers, lotions, patches, peelings, masks, creams… this spring will mark the consecration of...

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft Regulation aimed at allowing the use of MBBT (Methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphen...

The ARPP (French Advertising Self-Regulatory Organization) has just confirmed it in a press release: as from January 1, 2017, the indication ‘Photogra...

One of those sad, grey days of January, the pride of the cosmetics industry gathered in Paris to discuss a highly topical issue. Kindly invited by the...

La Cosmétothèque offers you today to retrace an adventure, a project that carried within it many ferments of innovation… that confirmed brands are pur...

50 laboratories, mainly cosmetic ingredient suppliers, had entered the lists for the Cosmétagora Formulation Award: the prizes were attributed at the ...

Ukraine has just transmitted to WTO a draft norm aimed to amend microbiological qualitative and quantitative limits for finished cosmetic products. Th...

The notion of thermal baths and thermal water-based treatments is very old: it dates back to Ancient Greece. As a guarantee of skin beauty, thermal wa...

From now on, you will find quite surprising ingredients in the composition of nail varnish, like radish, manioc, or potato… Everyone knows that right ...

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 European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed at restricting the use of Zinc oxide as a colorant in uncoated non-nano form i...

Just like every year, the Cosmétagora show organized by the SFC (French Society of Cosmetology) on January 10-11 celebrated cosmetic formula innovatio...

You take care of what you love; when your skin struggles to produce enough lipid to keep it moist, then it is time for you to give and extra hand to...

It is in the name of"non-compliance and significant breaches" that the ANSM has just sent Nature & Découvertes an injunction to bring its Toussus-...