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Chlorine in swimming pools can strip the coating off titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sunscreens that protect against UV radiation, leaving them able...

While the men’s global perfume and fragrances market remains strong, until recently, perceptions have remained fixed in China associating fragrance as...

Since ten years, the Cosmebio Charter bans any use of genetically modified vegetable raw materials. Following the publication of the Professor Gilles-...

There is no doubt you have one at home, and you have no idea it is a real incendiary bomb – one of those that can destroy everything in their path, je...

You do want to display box sets for Christmas (or Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…)? What a good idea, it sells well! However, beware: putting two cosmetic...

Perfuming substances, suspected to be endocrine disruptors, musk xylene and musk ketone have just been evaluated by the French ANSM. Its conclusion: d...

Nanoparticles are the topic of the moment, even in the cosmetic world. They raise concerns and lead to recurrent controversies, especially those based...

Research by scientists at the University of Bath (UK) is challenging claims that nanoparticles in medicated and cosmetic creams are able to transport ...

Clinical assessments, instrumental measures, tests with consumers, sensory analyses: all these methods are used to evaluate the efficiency of a cosmet...

Is Climbazole safe for use? Is the possible induction of antimicrobial cross-resistance to other antimicrobials, especially those used in medicinal pr...

They have been adopted during the plenary meeting, on September 18, 2012, and are open for comments until october 22. The SCCS has just released eight...

The question was that simple, “Does the SCCS zinc oxide in its nano-form safe for use as a UV filter?” The answer by the european experts takes 112 pa...

As the beauty industry enters the pre-holiday season with timid expectations for the sales performance of the last quarter, all eyes are on those vibr...

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...

The mouth and teeth hygiene (oral hygiene) is a part, or should be a part, of the daily cosmetic cares. However, study after study, it is known that i...

A not-to-be-missed event for everyone involved in regulatory affairs in the cosmetic world: the Parfums et Cosmétiques (Perfumes and Cosmetics) Conven...

Pharmacists, owners of a perfume shop, of a beauty parlour, of a spa, hair-dressers, retailers of cosmetic products … do you know that you are conside...

The spas world is full of standards, labels and of other marks of quality or excellence. One was missing for ecological and sustainable development cr...

The consultant company Euromonitor has made available its yearly study of the French cosmetic market. Slowing growth,trend to "natural", and fragmenta...

This withdrawal, announced by the French ANSM, involves a batch of cosmetic wipes for daily care of lids and sensitive skins, manufactured by Laborato...

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...

Click here for the full list of the launches expected this season. Send your new products and your press releases to L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques to...

In an article published on 31 August 2012 in the Journal of Chromatography A, a procedure of analysis has been presented, based on works performed in ...

Article 16 of the new Cosmetic Regulation requires any cosmetic product containing nanomaterials to be notified to the Commission six months prior to ...