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Sustainability: more of a prerequisite than a selling point

Does sustainability still drive sales of beauty products? Not in itself, according to Tom Patton, Director of Product Insights for Western Europe at NielsenIQ. Faced with rising living costs, consumers expect, first and foremost, products that meet their needs at the right price. He spoke on 28 October 2026 in Paris at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit.

No luxury without sustainability

Are consumers of high-end beauty and fashion products concerned about sustainability? Yes, according to Rémy Oudghiri, Deputy Managing Director of Sociovision, the foresight and sociological division of the Ifop Group. He spoke on the subject on 28 October 2026 in Paris, at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit.

The assessment of systemic toxicity in cosmetics

At the symposium “NAMs and NGRA for the predictive assessment of systemic toxicity (TOX26)”, organised by the Adebiotech association on 1 and 2 October 2026, Corinne Benoliel, founder of Institut Scientis, chaired the session on the regulatory framework for the assessment of systemic risk in cosmetics. She summarises the session here.

Layering and fluffing: a combination… that isn’t inevitable

In the age of layering and skincare routines, products are no longer used alone but in combination—one on top of the other—which increases the number of points of contact, the potential for incompatibilities between the skin and the products or between the products themselves, and the risk of unwanted flaking… At the Cosmed scientific conference held on September 29, 2026, Muriel Morelli, founder ...

Layering: the challenge of the safety assessment

At the Cosmed Scientific Congress entitled “Formulation in the Age of Layering and Cosmetic Routines” on 29 September 2026, Clarisse Bavoux (Deputy Managing Director in charge of digital solutions and ERT Toxicologist at CETHRA) and Agathe Deniau (Pharmacist and Toxicologist at Aroma-Zone) gave a presentation on safety assessment in the context of cosmetic routines.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Critical regulatory developments around the world

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The United Kingdom and its Brexit, China and the United States are not the only countries in the world where regulatory developments are impacting the...

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Preservatives: who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

Often banned by the consumerist press, they are considered dangerous ingredients although essential to the preservation of cosmetics. During a worksho...

Monday, January 7, 2019

Packaging safety assessment: the latest developments

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How does packaging affect the safety of the cosmetic product, what information must be made available by the supplier to enable this impact to be asse...

Friday, January 4, 2019

The impacts of Brexit on cosmetic companies

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Nothing is simple when it comes to Brexit. Neither the political negotiations nor the management of the impacts that the withdrawal of the United King...

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Preserving preservatives: the Cosmetics Europe action plan

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They are suspicious in the eyes of consumers and at the heart of the attention of the authorities, who are tending to regulate and limit them more and...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The value of cosmetovigilance

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Article 23 of the Cosmetics Regulation requires the communication of serious adverse reactions related to the use of cosmetics to the control authorit...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Perfumes: the regulatory requirements

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Alcohol, fragrance composition and its related ingredients… a perfume is a particular cosmetic product, which depends of course on Cosmetics Regulatio...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Reduce surfactants? The Greentech's solution

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When it’s less, it’s better? This is sometimes also true in cosmetics. Raw material suppliers are therefore competing with each other in their imagina...

Monday, December 17, 2018

United States: towards a tightening of cosmetics regulations?

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Unlike some countries, the cosmetics regulations in the United States are considered to be quite flexible. This “laxity” is not to the liking of some ...

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

ANSM: review of inspections in 2018

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At the Chartres congress organised by de la Cosmetic Valley, which took place on 14 and 15 November 2018, the supervisory authorities are still taking...

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Safety assessment, Brexit, International regulations: the FEBEA's answers

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The last part of the report of the traditional Q&A session, which closes the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes and Cosmetics Congress every year. The FEBEA...

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Controversial ingredients, Cosmetics Regulation and ISO Standard16128: the FEBEA's answers

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During the traditional Q&A that closes the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes and Cosmetics Congress every year, FEBEA’s scientific, regulatory, environment...