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The SCCS published its Opinion nano cosmetic ingredient Hydroxyapatite, adopted by written procedure on 16 October 2015. This Opinion is open for comm...

During its plenary meeting of 29 September 2015, the SCCS adopted the 9th revision of its Notes of Guidance for the Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients an...

Mini-laboratory of cosmetic formulation, micro-dermabrasion devices, massaging and suction brushes allowing kneading worthy of the pros, epilators tha...

On Monday, December 7, 2015, COSMED (the association of SMEs in the cosmetics industry) is organizing in Paris a day devoted to the international regu...

The European Commission has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to amend Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. On the agenda: th...

The two-day 2015 Naturkosmetic Branchencongress held in Berlin, Germany, last October 6-7, was an opportunity to make an update on the natural cosmeti...

In the great saga of nail polish, one question has come up repeatedly for many years, that of water-based varnishes. Long reserved for children, a mar...

An increasing number of cosmetics brands position themselves on the cosmeceutic segment. But what does this term refer to, exactly? What realities doe...

Durable smoothing, Japanese, Brazilian, straightening… So many services that it is not always easy for a professional hairdresser to explain to his cu...

ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has just published its proposal to update the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP). The draft plan contains 138 subs...

On December 8th & 9th, 2015, the 6th Jean-Paul Marty Days, organised by the Société Française de Cosmétologie (SFC) in Paris, will be dedicated to...

Make-up, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the old...

Claude Grison is a ‘bio-inspired’ chemist. She has been working on a new concept to recycle and recover mining waste since 2008: ecological catalysis ...

With the phenomenon of the Korean Sleeping pack, she was a little bit in the background of cosmetics, not to say that she had taken a serious blow of ...

Advertising claims are governed by various European regulations transposed into French law, the majority of which are contained in the Consumer Code. ...

As time goes by, good oral and dental hygiene is no longer enough to preserve tooth enamel and whiteness. Here are the good habits and right cosmetics...

According to a study conducted par researchers of the university of Duke and EWG (Environmental Working Group), a plasticizer used in nail polishes an...

On 21 October 2015, Cosmetics Europe published a recommendation on plastic microparticles. Taking into account public concerns about plastic debris in...

The Spameeting is launching a conference programme, preceeding the Business Meeting to provide a learning forum for budding-entrepreneurs, spa profess...

How can a brand become a market leader? Which factors can help it differentiate itself and reach the No.1 position? And how can these factors apply to...

Many massage professionals have understood that their body is their main working tool. It is precious and taking care of it is therefore essential. Ho...

Foresight has always been a very difficult exercise. Psychics or mediums of all kinds or experts were very wrong in the interpretation that one could ...

We live in the era of the reconciliation of opposites… which can involve most paradoxical situations. This has implications on the trends underlying t...