Ingredients:News

REACH restriction on Octocrylene: ECHA SEAC final Opinion

At its meeting on September 15–16, 2026, ECHA’s SEAC (Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis) adopted its final opinion on the proposal to restrict octocrylene, submitted by France.

Measuring benzene in sunscreens: the Australian TGA shares its method

The TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, made available its analytical method for detecting and quantifying benzene residues in suncare products. Professionals are encouraged to use it as part of their routine quality control procedures.

Beauty goes green, but can you prove it? New rules on environmental claims take effect

The European Union initiated a set of legislative acts aimed at improving consumer protection and ensuring reliability sustainability-related declarations.

Rosin and its derivatives, propylparaben, and spearmint essential oil: ECHA’s RAC adopts its opinions

ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) has just published the minutes of the 78th meeting of its RAC (Risk Assessment Committee), which took place in early September 2026. Opinions on several cosmetic ingredients were adopted, resulting in four classifications as reprotoxic and one as an environmental endocrine disruptor.

Consultation in Australia on 4-MBC

On 11 September 2026, the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, launched a one-month consultation on the conditions of use for the UV filter 4-MBC (4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor).

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Carcinogenic and allergenic: Formaldehyde in the hot seat in the U.S.

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It is known that Formaldehyde is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Group 1 (carcinogens to humans), specially for the...

Friday, November 26, 2010

Bisphenol A: a risk through food ... but not through cosmetic products

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News has just came out: Europe decided to ban (as have already done Canada and France) the production of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A and thei...

Sunday, November 21, 2010

New incriminating against the Butylparaben

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Certainly, the trial heard cons parabens is not finished! Last piece made of record: a study showing its ability to impair sperm DNA …

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Mineral oils and waxes

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Paraffin and liquid paraffin, Vaseline, synthetic wax … all are hydrocarbons very often used in our cosmetics. You never thought you would apply a pet...

Friday, October 22, 2010

Canadians against harmful ingredients in their cosmetics

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Contrary to what some people stubbornly continue to say, the fight against potentially harmful substances in ingredients is no longer the privilege of...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Hyaluronic Acid

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No one is vaunting any more the merits of the Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in the fight against ageing marks. Injected, it is one of the most popular ways of ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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They are an ingredient of many face-care creams, and cannot be ignored in hair products, shampoos and hair-conditioners. Silicones are synthetic produ...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Vegetable active ingredients: Green is rich

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They are more and more often in our cosmetics. The "organic" trend is a major factor in the highlighting of their interest for this application. Hurra...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Confirmed fears about Triclosan safety

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On our CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques website, we have already drawn your attention on the strong doubts dealing with Triclosan. This anti...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Animal ingredients and cosmetics

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Animal tests are often referred to on labels, very often to emphasize the fact that no animal testing has been performed. Less often, the animal origi...

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

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Since some few years, hydrolyzed wheat proteins are an ingredient commonly used in our cosmetics. In the list of ingredients of many hair-care product...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Precious Stones

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You dream of gold or diamond? You think of jewels? And what if you looked at cosmetics? Indeed, you may find some precious stones in cosmetics (well, ...