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GMP, i.e. the Good Manufacturing Practices, is a major issue for cosmetics companies. Codified to become an international standard, they are now, atop...

All the ingredients used in cosmetic and hygiene products are allowed by the applicable regulation, measured and controlled to guarantee the safety of...

Deodorant or antiperspirant, it’s not the same thing! They are even two very different products, both in their compositions and in their modes of acti...

Up to the present, and since an opinion given in May 2000 by the scientific committee of European cosmetic products European, the use of the oil of ve...

REACH is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of CHemicals. It is a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of t...

The Australian branch of the international NGO Friends of the Earth releases its 2009-2010 guide on nanoparticles–free sunscreens, in 77 countries. In...

The excipient constitutes the base on which the formula of cosmetic product rests.

Galenic, derivation from the name of Greek physician Galien (2nd century A.D.), is the scientific discipline which deals with different forms that pha...

Ingredient which reduces the surface tension and favoures a uniform distribution of product during its use.

Hydrols come from the condensation of water (steam) during distillation of essential oils. This distillation, the first purpose of which is generally ...

The succession had been prepared for over four years. Despite the death of its founding president, who passed away on 26 December at the age of 79, th...

We have started to talk more and more about environmental impact, in professional circles. And soon consumers will have to consider it before buying a...

The Board of Directors of the Authority of Professional Regulation of Advertisement (ARPP, as per its French acronym) has just validated a new Code of...

She's brown, dynamic, direct. She is Director of the evaluation of advertising, cosmetic products and biocides at Afssaps, the French Health Products ...

Who said anything about a cosmetic tax? Forget it: it was removed… before it even existed!

While, early December 2009, the French Agency for the Sanitary Occupational and Environment Safety (Afsset), has commented the results of a study on n...

No moisturizer without it. No cream care, no body lotion, no facial mask, soap or toothpaste without it. It is also found in shower gels, in shampoos,...

There's a lot of talk about the organic wave. In cosmetics, there is even talk of a promising trend, with some not hesitating to see in it the only fu...

Surprise in the Senate on December 3rd. As part of the review of the 2010 Finance Bill, and against the advice of the government, Senators passed an a...

Quite often, this website (and others) draws your attention to the ingredients to avoid, for whatever reason. Less often, the topic is about the ingre...

What do dry and/or mature skins need to be comfortable, tonic, supple and withstanding the signs that time goes on?  Is it enough to pick up products ...

What is a "natural" cosmetic product? What can be understood from a "natural ingredient" label? What is the difference with an ingredient of "natural ...

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You are looking for what is best for your baby, and above all, for what may prevent any risk of allergy … Quite often, you do have undesirable reactio...