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The SCCS has just published its Opinions on the safety of two cosmetic preservatives, the Polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB) and the Ethylzingerone - Hy...

Everyone knows it under the name ‘Task Force Packaging’. The working group created to draft guidelines to help perform the safety assessment of cosmet...

Like many others, the cosmetics industry is the victim of counterfeiting. In addition to being often badly crafted, these imitations expose consumers ...

On 6 October 2016, during its plenary meeting, the SCCS adopted the final versions of its Opinions on two preservatives – Phenoxyethanol and EcoG+ – a...

There is no doubt they are the quickest way to remove makeup (well, you still need to wash them yourself or in the washing machine afterwards). Softer...

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 ...

At the regulatory congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley in Chartres, France, in November 2016, Sophie Roques-Violin and Vanessa Picot, both from t...

The performance of a sunscreen product and the level of its SPF do not only depend on the mixture of UV-filters in the formula. That is what Laurent B...

Ukraine has just transmitted to WTO a draft technical regulation based on the European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. There is no indication on when ...

If cleansing your makeup is a prerequisite for a healthy glow at all times, it is even more important to do it well. Indeed, there are several essenti...

This young creation, which continues to be the object of the permanent torment of a large number of professionals in the cosmetic industry, good or ba...

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation to ban the use of three fragrance allergens in cosmetic products. The text should en...

At the regulatory congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley in Chartres, France, in November 2016, Sophie Roques-Violin, Director of the Market Survei...

Health and Beauty group will launch the event Beauty Business Day in spring 2017. In addition to being the editor of the monthly B2B magazine Beauty F...

Supposedly hard to do, frizzy and curly hair wrongly suffers from a bad reputation! Of course, it is drier than Caucasian hair, but it simply needs to...

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 ...

Its anti-fatigue and detoxifying action, particularly helpful in this period of the year, has been seducing more and more cosmetics brands. What lies ...

The National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations (DNRED) announced on 4 January that it had searched two laboratories manufacturing...

At the Cosmetic Valley regulatory congress in Chartres in November 2016, Raphaëlle Bove, Director of the Health Products and Services & Human Serv...

Understanding the key purchase drivers and expectations of the growing demographic of senior consumers is becoming a strategic priority for beauty pla...

A few people have already pointed out to me that they were surprised I could take interest in issues related to artificial intelligence applied to for...

In the field of cosmetics, heavy metals are unfailingly associated with the notion of technically inevitable traces… although they are to be reduced t...

At the 3rd CosmeticDays organized by Cosmed, Estelle Loing, Biologist at Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, presented a short history of sun protection in cosmeti...

For 17 years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, ho...