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According to a study by Canadean, the French shampoo market will continue to grow. Shampoo was the largest category in the French Haircare market in t...

Regulatory obligations… associated legal sanctions. Who, in France, can carry out a compliance survey of cosmetic product labels? What criminal sancti...

The latest cosmetic news: Communication of REACH information: Reminder - A standard to assess the carbon footprint of products - Revlon, Garnier… thes...

This year begins with a new challenge, the creation of the Cosmetotheque®, which is for me the culmination of a process I joined several years ago. In...

The nail polish saga at Chanel began in 1974 with the relaunch of a range of lipstick and associated nail polish. It was the first brick of the global...

Nail polish has become one of the leading products in the cosmetics industry, and make-up in particular. In its current form, it is the last great mak...

The world of nail polish has long been concentrated on a limited number of societies in which important figures have played a fairly fundamental role....

The application of nail polish is a fundamental operation for the final quality of make-up. The essential accessory of this step is the brush. It has ...

Created and run by Jean-Claude Le Joliff, the Cosmétothèque is an association governed by the law of 1 July 1901 and the decree of 16 August 1901. Its...

Among the new services of the Observatory of Cosmetics: free access to the Cosmetotheque. This space has the ambition to become a true Conservatory of...

Nail products, make-up… You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the sub...

Since the dawn of time, women have carried within them a sumptuous and miraculous treasure, unfortunately ousted and caricatured by the materialist er...

Beautiful to look at (but not that), they reinvent our cosmetic care, achieving a true"emulsion design". With them, the content itself (and no longer ...

This study published in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science describes a novel bioassay, with fast development and inexpensive, alternative t...

A cosmetic product is nothing – or at least it cannot be used – without its packaging. However, these multi-functional packages may also provoke the i...

The latest cosmetic news: A standard to assess the carbon footprint of products - Revlon, Garnier… these brands leaving China - ECHA adds 7 SVHC to th...

The 101 words of the fragrance take you on a journey of discovery of the senses. The modern notion of perfume designates a particular olfactory compos...

Everyone likes the sun… although its rays, which are often so pleasant, can have quite deleterious effects on cosmetic products: colour, smell and sta...

In search of new active ingredients, luxury brands are investing in this island in the Indian Ocean and developing cosmetic ingredient cultures, often...

The regulatory framework is an ever-changing field. And as if the rules specifically provided for cosmetic products were not enough, other texts also ...

A difference at the smallest level of DNA -- one amino acid on one gene --  can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino a...