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The language of labels

Basics:The language of labels

No "Aluminum salt-free" claim on a deodorant!Subscribers only

Is it possible to claim the absence of aluminium salts on the packaging and in the commercial documents of a deodorant? The answer is to be found in the rules governing cosmetic claims… and it is very clear, as Anne Dux, Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs of the FEBEA, said at the January 2019 information meeting on the new rules applicable to cosmetic claims as from 1 July 2019.

Batch numbers and bar codes: what do they mean?Subscribers only

These series of numbers and initials may seem quite obscure, and therefore pretty useless. And yet, if they are mandatory on cosmetics labels, it means they do have role to play, that of giving information. And all consumers can understand and learn how to use them, whenever needed.

Evaluation criteria

Formula, tolerance, safety, pleasure, labelling, price… A list of six criteria has been defined by our experts to evaluate the different aspects of cosmetics. Checklist.

Cosmetics labelling as understood by the ConsumerSubscribers only

Sales points, tests results, logos, many mentions, claims, aspects and colour codes, list of ingredients … how does the consumer sees, and understands, the label of a cosmetic product? This is the question asked by Laurence Wittner, the Editor-in-Chief of the CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques website, as a speaker of the FEBEA conference, on 8 October 2012. Here is her document, almost as...

Made inSubscribers only

A general trend is to understand the mentions on a label in a comprehensive manner, and to give them a meaning that is driven by common sense. This may be misleading, or may lead to not “feeling” the “subtleties” allowed by the regulation. This is the case with the “Made in." Explanations.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
No "Aluminum salt-free" claim on a deodorant!Subscribers only
Is it possible to claim the absence of aluminium salts on the packaging and in the commercial documents of a deodorant? The answer is to be found in t...
Monday, March 21, 2016
Batch numbers and bar codes: what do they mean?Subscribers only
These series of numbers and initials may seem quite obscure, and therefore pretty useless. And yet, if they are mandatory on cosmetics labels, it mean...
Monday, August 18, 2014
Evaluation criteria
Formula, tolerance, safety, pleasure, labelling, price… A list of six criteria has been defined by our experts to evaluate the different aspects of co...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Cosmetics labelling as understood by the ConsumerSubscribers only
Sales points, tests results, logos, many mentions, claims, aspects and colour codes, list of ingredients … how does the consumer sees, and understands...
Monday, April 2, 2012
Made inSubscribers only
A general trend is to understand the mentions on a label in a comprehensive manner, and to give them a meaning that is driven by common sense. This ma...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The "Non comedogenic" mentionSubscribers only
Interesting, this mention, on the label of a cosmetic product, isn’t? Indeed, who would want a product able to produce or to help producing blackheads...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The mention: Moisturization of the upper layers of the epidermisSubscribers only
It is still often systematically written, after the asterisk, as soon as “hydration” is claimed as a benefit of the product. However, what does this m...
Friday, December 3, 2010
A QR Code on a cosmetic: what for?Subscribers only
The QR code (Flash Code in France), also known under the Data Matrix name (in the USA, for instance, in aerospace industry worldwide) is a development...
Monday, October 11, 2010
What value should be accorded to patents in cosmetics?Subscribers only
‘Registered patent, international patent, exclusive patent, patented active…’ The mention of a patent can appear, at the manufacturer’s discretion, ve...
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Which purpose is a cosmetic for?Subscribers only
The function of a product is a kind of its purpose: what and whom it is designed for. As per the applicable regulation, it is mandatory that this info...
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Cosmetic namingSubscribers only
The function of a product is a kind of its purpose: what and whom it is designed for. As per the applicable regulation, it is mandatory that this info...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Mandatory mentions ... on purpose!Subscribers only
Some regulatory mentions are mandatory and manufacturers shall have them printed on the packaging of their cosmetics. These are pieces of information ...
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