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What can we expect from the new Ecocert Sourcing platform?

On October 15, 2026, CosmeticOBS attended Ecocert’s press conference for the launch of its new Ecocert Sourcing platform. Sara Mayor (Director of the Cosmetics Business Unit at the Ecocert Group) introduced us to this new tool.

Organic cosmetics: sales are rising only in pharmacies

Sales of organic cosmetics are rising in chemists, but falling in organic shops and health and beauty shops. In organic shops, however, the decline is slowing. This is shown by the figures presented by Antonin Le Masle, Business Analyst at OpenHealth, during a webinar organised by Cosmébio and Synadiet on 15 October 2026.

A French FEBEA white paper on digital risks

Digital fraud has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a systemic threat to businesses, including those in the cosmetics sector. This white paper, which FEBEA has just published, aims to document the scale of the phenomenon and identify the conditions necessary to strengthen protection against it.

Joint call to action against counterfeiting

On September 30, 2026, nine organizations representing European industries, including Cosmetics Europe, released a document calling on the European Union to strengthen liability rules for online platforms and intermediaries in order to better prevent the sale of dangerous, illegal, or counterfeit products to European consumers.

Manifesto for the Digital Transition

In late September 2026, a coalition of organizations published a manifesto outlining recommendations for a digital transition. It advocates for a “one product, one EU Data Carrier” approach and calls for the implementation of a harmonized, flexible, and technology-neutral digital labeling system that would allow certain physical information to be replaced with information accessible online.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Reopening of beauty salons and cosmetic shops: the FEBEA guidelines

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With a view to the gradual reopening of cosmetics sales stores (perfumeries, parapharmacies), hairdressing salons and beauty institutes, the FEBEA has...

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

U'Cosmetics 2020: and the winners are...!

It’s a tradition now. Every year, in mid-March, the U’Cosmetics student competition is held. For the 11th edition, the students worked on the theme of...

Monday, January 13, 2020

A Swiss Consumers' Federation is calling for a ban on three cosmetic ingredients

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In a press release made public on 7 January 2020, the FRC (French-speaking Consumers’ Federation) denounces the “timidity” of the Swiss Federal Counci...

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Two acrylates classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the IARC

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Volume 122 of the recently published IARC Monographs contains the results of the carcinogenicity assessment of six substances, including two acrylates...

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

SCCS Opinion on Aluminium: FEBEA's "decoding"... and the forthcoming review of the BfR

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Ten years of controversy over the safety of aluminium and its salts in cosmetic products may have just ended with the recent Opinion of the SCCS. Publ...

Monday, December 9, 2019

Launch of PEPPER, a platform to develop research on endocrine disruptors

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The professional associations France Chimie, the FEBEA and the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, in partnership with the French Ministry of Ecologi...

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Report of the Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs during 2020–2024

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IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) has just released the Report of its Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs ...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Cosmetics 360®: to infinity and beyond

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A successful fifth edition of Cosmetics 360. For two days, the Carrousel du Louvre vibrated to the rhythm of 220 exhibitors from all over the world. M...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Achiever Awards 2019: the winners!

For the past eight years, the CEW France network has been rewarding professionals in the beauty sector at the Achiever Awards. An opportunity to salut...

Monday, October 21, 2019

Contest Game - Chartres Congress: the answers and the winners!

In mid-September, in partnership with Cosmetic Valley and abe, CosmeticOBS launched the second edition of the Contest Game organized on the occasion o...

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Cosmetic ingredients: the Cosmébio Awards

During its first “Ingredients Meeting” devoted to raw materials that can be used in COSMOS-certified formulas, the Cosmébio association also granted, ...

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Prohibition of "Free-from.." texts without legal value according to Cosmébio

Following the entry into force of the new rules applicable to cosmetic claims provided for in the European Technical Document and the 8th Recommendati...