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Dangerous compounds, particularly for reproduction (phthalates and other endocrine disrupters), are at the heart of the debate on the safety of cosmet...

It is commonly used in skin whitening products. The Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) has published its evaluation. Conclusion: Kojic A...

Personal Care Products Council is the new name of CTFA (Cosmetics, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association).

FEBEA is the French federation of cosmetics industries.

Acronym for: Cosmetic Review Ingredient.

CAS stands for Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society, which assigns the numbers that universally designate chemical ...

Acronyms for: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances and European List of Notified Chemical Substances.

Acronym for: Cosmetics, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association.

The recent upsurge of the "Without preservative" mention on labels has drawn the attention of the French sanitary authorities. The General Directorate...

As for the "Without preservative" wording, this mention is more and more often seen or the labels of our cosmetics. For a similar reason, we need some...

Traditionally, the Pierre Fabre group (Avène, Klorane, A-Derma, Galénic…) refused to sell its products on the Internet and reserved them for the netwo...

Emulsifiers make it easy to mix not miscible liquids (for example water and oil). in other words, they allow for the making of emulsions of oil and wa...

Antistatic agents reduce static electricity, and prevent hair or skin to be electrically charged.

Astringent agents tighten skin pores.

Chelating agents react to form complexes with metal ions susceptible to affecting stability and/or the aspect of cosmetic products. Widely used in soa...

Bulking agents reduces the apparent density of cosmetic products.

Film forming agents produce a continuous film on skin, hair, or nails.

Keratolytic agents help to eliminate dead cells from the cornea or outer layer of the skin. It works by simple contact withe the skin, interacting wit...

Masking agents reduce or mask the base odor or aroma of a product.

Hair conditioning agents leave the hair easy to comb, smooth, soft and shiny and/or gives volume, highlights, brilliance, etc.

Emollients smoothe and soften the skin.

Humectants help to keep constant the water content of a cosmetic while in its package and on the skin.

Hydrotopes increase the solubility of a substance which is otherwise difficult to dissolve in water.

INCI is the acronym for International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients.