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Horizon 2045: four scenarios to prepare for the future

To mark CEW France’s “Journé de la Beauté 2026”, an innovative session broke with the usual round-table format. Olivier Parent (Director of Prospective Studies at Comptoir Prospectiviste), Frédérique Lenglen (Strategic Communications Advisor) and Karine Cottin (Senior Advisor, Inspire Positive Change) presented the Biotech 2045 Forecasting Capsule, a project initiated by Jean-Yves Berthon, Chairman of Greentech, in partnership with Burson and Comptoir Prospectiviste. The task: to imagine four po...

Retail in the age of the experience

To mark CEW France’s Beauty Day 2026, a round-table discussion brought together Catherine Spindler (President of Sephora for Europe and the Middle East) and Hubert de Malherbe (Director of the design agency Malherbe Paris) to address a single question: what will the shop of the future look like in ten years’ time? Their answers both centre on experience and emotion.

Impact, comparison, brand and stocks in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The final section of their presentation covered claims of carbon neutrality, comparison services, brands and product names, and the is...

Claims in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on June 12, 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Delegate for Ecological Transition, and his team addressed the main issues raised by the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices that amount to greenwashing. The second part of their presentation focused on generic environmental claims and future environmental claims.

Sustainability labels in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The first major section of their presentation focused on sustainability labels (and the subsequent question-and-answer session).

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Cosmetics Regulation: the Annex I Guidelines

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Their publication was expected as early as 2012, and in any case before the Cosmetics Regulation came into force on 11 July 2013. The guidelines on An...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Cosmetic regulations: no, everything is not finished!

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Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 entered into force on 11 July 2013. There, the mass is said? Now we just have to apply the text and we can move on? "No...

Monday, November 25, 2013

The Chartres Congress: between safety and uncertainty

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The 11th edition of the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress organised by Cosmetic Valley was held in Chartres on 20 and 21 November 2013, just four mont...

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Safety assessment seen by a toxicologist

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Today, there is a shortage of toxicologist experts. Especially, of course, since the entry into force of Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, with its new ...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Products for sensitive skin: what tests to perform?

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Cosmetic products formulated for sensitive or intolerant skin often claim to be"hypoallergenic","high tolerance","dermatologically tested","soothing"…...

Monday, October 28, 2013

Formulate for sensitive skin: the active ingredients

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Designing a good cosmetic product for sensitive skin is first and foremost a response to a very specific problem. Knowing the condition and needs of t...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Interculturality, the key to success in the export of cosmetics

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The cosmetics industry is a major exporter. For many brands, selling abroad is the only way to ensure a company's turnover and sustainability. But exp...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Formulate for sensitive skin: preservatives

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The problem of sensitive skin, whether irritable, reactive or intolerant, affects 1 in 2 women and 2 in 3 men. It is therefore a major challenge for c...

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Claims: why and how

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They are designed to “talk to the consumer". However, today, we … talk about them! How to write them, what can they let us know, what are they not all...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Triman in practice

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This new logo will be mandatory as from January 1, 2015. But it is not too early to get ready: the logo is intended to help consumers identify recycla...

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Regulation: what is new, the world over?

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When thinking “compliance to regulation", European requirements are not enough, especially if export is a target. China, India, Morocco, Africa and Mi...

Monday, September 23, 2013

Reformulate "for a lower safety"

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In the cosmetic world, the trend is: reformulate. Since three years, Cosmepar, a laboratory specialised in tests and analyses for cosmetics manufactur...