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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.

Monday, November 28, 2016

Current cosmetics regulatory affairs as seen by the European Commission

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Every year, the Perfume & Cosmetics Congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley invites a representative of the European Commission to make an updat...

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Exchanges at the Chartres Regulatory Congress

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A call from the President of the Cosmetic Valley to unite the profession, a peaceful speech from supervisory authorities, encouragements to exchange a...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Cosmetics labelling: is information digitization an option?

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The quantity of information to be provided on cosmetic product labels is already quite significant, and the possibility to have to add the presence of...

Monday, November 14, 2016

Is your website compliant with regulations? (2/2)

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Terms of use, information on cookies, and personal data collection concern all websites, whether institutional or e-commerce websites. But in addition...

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Protect your business, protect your innovations

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It is not an unknown fact that counterfeiting and hacking are developing, putting at risk the business community. They constitute violations of the ri...

Monday, November 7, 2016

Is your website compliant with regulations? (1/2)

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Which requirements must a website publisher meet? What information must absolutely be made available to web users, whether on an institutional or e-co...

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Cosmetics distribution: perceptions and consumer expectations (2/2)

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At the conference and meetings morning about the transformation process of selective distribution organized by the FEBEA (French Federation of Beauty ...

Monday, October 31, 2016

Cosmetics regulations in the EAEC (2/2)

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What should be done to place a cosmetic product on the EurAsian Economic Community’s market? Which requirements must be met, in particular in terms of...

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Cosmetics distribution: perceptions and consumer expectations 1/2)

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Where and how do consumers buy their cosmetics? How do they go to and fro between physical stores and online networks? What changes should distributio...

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Sunscreen products around the world (2/2)

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OTC or cosmetic, Drug Facts, Broad Spectrum, UVA logo, PA, UVA/UVB protection ration… If there is a category of cosmetic products for which regulatory...

Monday, October 24, 2016

Cosmetics regulations in the EAEC (1/2)

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Russia and its neighbours form an economic union where regulations governing cosmetics are enforced on a harmonized basis. The registration procedure...

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Sunscreen products around the world (1/2)

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OTC or cosmetic, Drug Facts, Broad Spectrum, UVA logo, PA, UVA/UVB protection ration… If there is a category of cosmetic products for which regulatory...