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If there is only one key factor for our skins’ health and beauty, it is its moisturization. Any imbalance in this characteristic is a systematic sourc...

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...

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...

How can the Internet resources be used in order to support the development, then, the launch of a new cosmetic product, active ingredient or service? ...

BB Creams, more and more trendy, are said to be "all-in-one" products, and pile up claim after claim: up to eight different claims, from a complexion ...

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...

Indeed, the debate on parabens is far from over! A complementary element to add to their already bad track record: a new evaluation of two of them, to...

Propyl- and butyl- parabens: is their safety for use to be evaluated again? Anyway, the SCCS is resquested today to reconsider its previous evaluation...

On 18 October 2011, the European Commission proposed a “universal definition of nanomaterials that shall be used for any regulatory purposes”, i.e. an...

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has just released its position on Triclosan. According to this organisation, the use of triclosan needs to b...

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 24 October, the European Commission and its 3 non-food Scientific Committees launched a consultation on the following discussion paper: Addressing ...

Do not mistake it for a common water-based toning lotion. Rich and textured, the care lotion is a true “pre-care”. A new cosmetic way, not-to-be-misse...

The cosmetics industry is increasingly turning to the sea and oceans in the search for new ingredients. Although many novel raw materials are emerging...

Sales points, tests results, logos, many mentions, claims, aspects and colour codes, list of ingredients … how does the consumer sees, and understands...

Anti-aging is the single largest product type in the global personal care market and a key growth engine for the entire industry. It has been outpacin...

They have been adopted by written procedure on 12 October 2012, and are open for comments until 15 November. The SCCS has just released 2 new Opinions...

Is DEGEE, or Éthoxydiglycol, a glycol ether, safe when used in spray? Can its maximum use concentration be increased from 1.5% to 2.6% in all cosmetic...

Thanks to a second certification level, called “Blue", One Voice makes its certification available to much more products and brands. In order to get t...

Basic Brown 16, 4-Amino-2-nitrodiphenylamine-2’-carboxylic acid, Acid Black 1, 5-amino-6-chloro-o-cresol, and the new 2-Methoxy-methyl-p-phenylenediam...

Their skin moisturization is a major cosmetic concern for the consumers, the world over. For the industry, it is not only an important source of reven...

There are several ways to promote and sell products during a promotional campaign (which may comprise the sets designed for Christmas, Mother’s Day or...

More than a thousand of beauty and care products, of home-care  products are One Voice labelled. Identifying the animal-, planet- and human beings-fri...

Epidermal if ever there was one, sensitive and reactive skins require a lot of attention and precautions to (re)become liveable on a daily basis. This...