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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.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Cosmoprof 2019: an Italian show

As every year, the entire global cosmetics industry met from March 14 to 18 in Bologna for the Cosmoprof exhibition. This essential event on the cosme...

Monday, February 25, 2019

Towards a valid method for measuring SPF in vitro

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It has been missing for a long time and has already been the subject of much work and discussion. Cosmetics Europe (the European trade association) ha...

Monday, February 25, 2019

French cosmetics exports still on the rise

According to a press release from the FEBEA (Federation of Beauty Companies), French cosmetics exports surpassed the 14.5 billion euro mark in 2018 (+...

Monday, February 11, 2019

Clusters labelled by France: Cosmetic Valley is one of them

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The verdict has been announced. French Prime Minister Édouard Philipe unveiled the list of competitiveness clusters approved by the government for the...

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Electronic labelling of allergens: Unacceptable, for the BEUC

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At the beginning of December, the European Commission launched its inception impact assessment of the 2012 CSSC Opinion recommending the labelling on ...

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Cosmecert becomes the 1st French certification body accredited for COSMOS

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In active operation for just over a year, the inspection and certification body Cosmecert has just announced that it has reached two important milesto...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Cosmetic preservatives in 12 questions

Since 2005 and the paraben crisis, preservatives have been at the centre of controversy and consumer concern, far more so than any other category of c...

Monday, December 17, 2018

Discover the cosmetics jobs!

Perfumery and cosmetics are a key sector of the French economy. However, its professions and the opportunities they offer are often unknown to the gen...

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

FEBEA responds to apps with a White Paper

It is entitled “What does my cosmetic product contain?”. To this question that consumers are increasingly asking themselves and to which they are look...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A "Toxiscore" on cosmetic labels?

Will there soon be a “marking” of cosmetic products containing ingredients with carcinogenic potential? In any case, this is what the French League ag...

Monday, October 22, 2018

FEBEA goes to war against cosmetic apps

Almost one new one appears every morning. They promise the truth about cosmetics, the decoding of INCI lists, the highlighting of “dangerous” ingredie...

Monday, October 15, 2018

There we are… The wheel is turning and time is passing, and CosmeticOBS is officially 10 years old. Since its first articles published online in 2008,...