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The seventh edition of Mondial Spa & Beauté exhibition will take over the Palais des Congrès, in Paris (France), from 3rd to 5th of March 2012. An...

Bisphenol A, phthalates, parabens … every day, we are in contact with these scary endocrine disruptors. What do our politicians do to protect us? Bill...

Under the title "EU citizens to benefit from the new Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP)", Brussels has announced the launch of this new tool...

Fall 2011 has been exceptionally warm. CLIMPACT, the European leader of the Business Climate Intelligence, and SymphonyIRI Group, a specialist of the ...

The Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster has just released a prospective survey on four strategic areas (Vegetable, Formulation, Packaging, Sensory...

The debate was thought to be over and aluminium salts totally uncorrelated with the development of breast cancer. A study conducted by researchers at ...

Where are we with REACH? The European REACH regulation was implemented on 1 June 2007. The registration of substances began on 1 December 2008, and th...

The question is asked by Australian M.Ds and experts. The Friends of the Earth association passes on the information now. Its conclusion: nano-particl...

Few are the best! Many dermatologists say it over and over again: the less the baby is in contact with cosmetic products and ingredients, the lower th...

They are often said to be too coarse, too dry, too static, too flat, too oily, too thin, too unruly, too this or too that … What about giving them the...

Open your diaries: Cosmed has just released the dates of its 2012 first semester meetings. Along with the well-known Regulatory Conferences, and the 2...

The SCCS 13th plenary meeting was held on December 13 and 14, 2011. On the agenda, opinions on allergens and nitrosamines in cosmetics; questions on H...

In order to prevent and lower the allergies due to cosmetics, 26 substances, recorded as allergens shall be declared on the list of ingredients writte...

The list of 26 substances that shall be listed on a label, released in 1999, is, since a long time, the subject of a great deal of criticism: often co...

Interesting, this mention, on the label of a cosmetic product, isn’t? Indeed, who would want a product able to produce or to help producing blackheads...

A conservative guess is that 90% of cosmetic products come as emulsions: creams, gels, toothpastes, scrubs, masks, foundations … all are emulsions. An...

Violette Watine was known as the core person of Mademoiselle Bio, the website, then, her own shop, then, the Parisian shops. In 2012, she lets her “ba...

Mistrusting chemistry in cosmetics, an increasing number of women look at organic perfumes. Good news: they change, are more and more engineered, and ...

A renowned anti-ageing specialist, Dr Claude Dalle has come to explain the numerous attendance of the latest Breakfast Meetings - Cosmetics what he se...

More and more the "must-attend" event, the Matinales de la Cosmétiques (Breakfast Meetings - Cosmetics), these monthly meetings between professionals,...

It is yet (for how long?) a basically female action. Be it a daily custom, or performed only on gala days, be it almost undetectable or sometimes more...

How to register products and new ingredients in China? While this country is an essential market for the export of cosmetics, since April 2010, the re...

They are popular, and let us agree: they are very practical … when ideas are lacking for Xmas gifts. Two to three millions gift-packs, which allow for...

Gift-packs are a successful option every year during the Holiday season. Especially, those coming with a "Well-Being" flavour. By the way, why this gi...