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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 25, 2024

The essentials of essential use

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The concept of essential use was introduced by the European Commission as part of its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. In April 2024, it adopted...

Monday, November 25, 2024

5 key facts from the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2024

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The 22nd edition of the Congress on Regulatory Issues Fragrance & Cosmetics, organised by the Cosmetic Valley, was held in Chartres (France) on 20...

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The European "One substance, onr assessment" initiative: an update

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The “One substance, one assessment” (1S1A or OSOA) assessment process is a commitment by the European Commission, expressed in the European Green Deal...

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Which anti-ageing claims in the United States?

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In a country where legal action is easily taken (both by consumers through class actions and by competitors), it is particularly important to understa...

Monday, July 15, 2024

Revision of the European Commission's "Sunscreen Products" Recommendation

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In 2006, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation “on the efficacy of sunscreen products and the claims made relating thereto”. Twenty years l...

Monday, June 24, 2024

The revision of the Cosmetics Regulation: we're still talking about it (?)

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The CEAC (Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference), held in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2024, had the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation on its agenda (we...

Monday, May 13, 2024

The fate of cosmetic ingredients in Great Britain

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Since the Brexit, Great Britain has regained control of the management of cosmetic ingredients. With its own CLP classifications, specific provisions ...

Monday, April 22, 2024

The cosmetics regulatory framework in the United Kingdom

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With Brexit, the United Kingdom has also regained its regulatory independence, and this has not spared the cosmetics sector. After initially copying t...

Monday, April 22, 2024

The British cosmetics market

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There’s movement in the Great Britain! And we’re not just talking about regulations, but also the cosmetics market, which, despite the Brexit, continu...

Monday, March 4, 2024

The revision of the Cosmetics Regulation? It will be... one day... maybe...

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We’ve been talking about it for almost three years now: the targeted revision of the European Cosmetics Regulation has been analysed, prepared, discus...

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the DGCCRF

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At the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, representatives of the DGCCRF answered a large number of pract...

Monday, December 18, 2023

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the FEBEA - Miscellaneous questions section

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As every year, at the close of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, the FEBEA team answered questions ...