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On 11 January 2013, the on-line portal for notification of cosmetic nano-materials was made operational by the European Commission. Should you hurry u...

During the 30th session of its Matinales de la Cosmétique, Sylvain-Romain Cotte, expert in cosmetic regulation, presented the details of the content o...

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 December 11, the Cosmetic Network team of Ubifrance organized the first Rencontres Internationales de la Beauté (International Meetings on Beauty)....

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...

Dichloromethane (CAS: 75-09-2), listed as a solvent in the CosIng, is currently restricted to a concentration of up to 35% in cosmetic products. This ...

This text, adopted during the 17th SCCS plenary meeting of 11 December 2012, has just been published. These "Notes of guidance for the testing of cosm...

What is the ideal formula for a sun protection product? What type of formulation should I choose? With which filters, dispersed in which form? To prov...

A warning is sometimes enough, when relayed by a buzz shown over and over the world over on the Internet and in media, for "discovering" the undesirab...

If there is an unavoidable molecule to structure any form of life, that is ADN (in French; DNA, in English). In France, it is also a structure that ca...

Article 23 of the Cosmetics Regulation requires, since 11 July 2013, the “Communication of serious adverse reactions” to the competent authorities of ...

Green chemistry, green chemistry: this concept, paradoxical at first sight (how could chemistry be "green"?), is more and more trendy, and could be an...

According to the Kline study and consulting firm, at the end of 2012, tendencies in the overall beauty industry suggest a continued recovery of the ma...

They have been adopted during the 17th plenary meeting, on 11 December, 2012, and are open for comments until 1st February, 2013. The SCCS has just re...

Married, two children, twenty years in Pierre Fabre group. Valerie Roucoules works for Avène since 2001; however, she has been responsible for some ti...

Do not look for the term "Cosmetovigilance" in the text of the Regulation on cosmetics, which will be fully applicable as of 11 July 2013: it does not...

Areas (those linked to olfaction) that are more developed, and which enlarge with expertise … Researchers investigated the brains of professional perf...

Who is naughty, and who is nice? The American "The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics" organization, which works for healthy, safe, harmful-chemical-substanc...

Which sun protection should I choose? With which SPF? In a sun cream or moisturiser with SPF? Why so many “anti-sun” prevention messages? What is the ...

In December 2011, CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques reproduced a piece of information from the UK Daily Mail: a 38-year old woman went into a...

Manufacturer and supplier of natural ingredients from the Brazilian biodiversity, Beraca has partnered with the German Agency for International Cooper...

It is not a scoop: cosmetic products have a positive impact on one’s self-image and self-esteem. No way: one feels far better when imperfections are m...

Claims, advertisements… what can be written on cosmetic product labels and in commercial documents since July 11, 2013? The Cosmetics Regulation 1223/...