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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 ...

Nomenclatures, VAT, customs duties, ATA carnet, Made in France, technical standards, counterfeiting and CE marking: the customs services have just mad...

According to a study conducted in New York by the Department of Consumers Affairs (DCA), being a woman costs more than being a man when it comes to pu...

Luxury trend for these new very"natural" treatments (sometimes certified organic, but not always), top of the range in their prices as in their formul...

The European Commission has just transmitted to WTO a draft Regulation aimed to amend Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 (list of allowed p...

On June 25, 2015, the SCCS has adopted an Opinion on the cosmetic ingredients o-Phenylphenol, Sodium o-phenylphenate, and Potassium o-phenylphenate. T...

In the series"Forgotten Concepts", we address today the often discussed question of skin colour in relation to tanning. This question is important and...

The importance of halal cosmetics keeps growing, and not just in terms of exports to Middle Eastern countries. The market is developing all around the...

The acceptable and safe trace level of 1,4-Dioxane in cosmetic products, and the conclusions of the ICCR's report on this topic will be formally evalu...

There is a passion going on in the world of cosmetics for micro-organisms and other bacteria, both those that are found in the environment and those t...

After ending the year 2015 with a paper on this theme, I start this new year on the same, because if there are current topics, this one is really part...

In this illustrated beauty guide, Soko Glam co-founder Charlotte Cho shares the South Korean secrets for getting healthy skin and a youthful glow. As ...

The Fragonard house, founded in 1926 in Grasse, transforms an old velodrome into a museum. Underground, between the Garnier Opera and the Galleries, u...

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 ...

2018 is not that far. And the last step of the chemicals registration process provided for in the REACH regulation is likely to impact many cosmetic i...

Winter 2016 will change the world of lip balms: care formulas, gourmet perfumes, colourful"candy" packaging, but above all soft, tangy or brighter sha...

The safety of Hydroxyethoxyphenyl Butanone, currently listed as a skin conditioning agent, will be evaluated regarding its use as a preservative by th...

President Barack Obama signed it on December 28, 2015: the ban of plastic microbeads in cosmetic products became a law in the United States with the M...

The cosmetics industry has long practiced, and sometimes without knowing it, what is now called storytelling. Storytelling or"storytelling" is a metho...

Looking ahead to 2016, the market research firm Mintel has announced six key trends set to impact global packaging markets over the next year, includi...

In addition to the Cosmetics Regulation, which is specific to this sector, other more cross-disciplinary regulatory texts are to be taken into account...

The Carrefour store chain announces the recall of the Defatigant Energy Express - Men Activ Science Cleansing Gel from Les Cosmétiques Design Paris br...

The 2016 edition of Connected Life, a TNS Group study, reveals that with a connected and increasingly informed consumer, the shopper journey is no lon...

The NPD Group, one of the world leaders in market research, is looking at the new growth of the holiday skincare market. The good scores posted since ...