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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.

Friday, June 10, 2016

The 5 Cosmébio Trophy winners

On the occasion of its General Assembly held on June 7, 2016, the Professional Association of Ecological and Organic Cosmetics awarded the Cosmébio Tr...

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

France Lab is opening a beauty hub in New York

One year after being acquired in June 2015 by the Marie Claire Group, France Lab agency, specialized in creation, development and production of fragra...

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Hairdressing Night: 40,000 women with free hair

On June 9, 40,000 women will be styled free of charge in 2,300 salons throughout France during Hairdressing Night organised by the L'Oréal Professionn...

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Winners of InnoCos 2016 Innovation Leader of the Year Announced

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The organizers of the World Beauty Innovation Summit to take place in Vienna on June 9-10th, announced the winners of the InnoCos 2016 Innovation Lead...

Monday, May 23, 2016

Keskistri in the bathroom?

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It is declined in a light tone, but this campaign to raise awareness of sorting in the bathroom, launched on Monday 23 May by the FEBEA (Fédération de...

Monday, May 9, 2016

L’Oréal Paris remains the most valuable cosmetics brand

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Every year, brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance analyses thousands of the world’s top brands to determine which are the most powerf...

Monday, May 2, 2016

Pantone® Fashion Color Report Fall 2016

Inspired by consumers’ continued search for reassurance and stability, fashion designers seek to answer a common call for calm through a Fall 2016 col...

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

INPI 2015 list of patent applicants: state-of-the-art cosmetics

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The list of major patent applicants published in 2015 at the INPI confirms the trends of recent years: continued strong concentration by France's top ...

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Organic: widespread consumption that is changing lifestyle habits

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The organic market has been on a steady upward growth trend over the last decade. But who exactly are the consumers buying organic food and cosmetics?...

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Skinobs, a cosmetic testing platform

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Sninobs is the 1st web platform dedicated to in vivo efficacy cosmetics testing providing up-to-date information about the methods and the laboratorie...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Cosmetics claims in compliance, according to Cosmetics Europe

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Cosmetics Europe, which represents the interests of cosmetic industry in Europe, published in 2016 the result of its first audit on the compliance of ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

U'Cosmetics 2016 competition: the winners

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Perhaps these are our cosmetics of the future, coming from the imagination of the students participating in the U'Cosmetics 2016 competition. After se...