On 6 January 2025, Anses, which is now responsible for assessing cosmetic substances and cosmetovigilance in France, announced that it was postponing publication of its work programme for 2025, as it did not currently know what resources it would have available for the year.

It was due to come into force on 31 December 2024, but has been postponed for a year. And for good reason: nobody was ready, whether economic operators or the authorities. So there is still time to get to grips with it and prepare for it. At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, Thomas Delille, of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, presented a decoding of what he called “a veritable jewel of regulatory engineering th...

During the Cosmetic Days organised by Cosmed in early December 2024, Valérie Rager-Brossard, Director of Customer Relations at the Appinio research institute, presented an overview of the uses and understanding of sun protection products by French consumers. The findings were mixed…

To encourage consumers to go out of their way to buy cosmetics, it’s no longer enough to display products. The general public wants to have experiences. To help brands rethink their sales areas, Mintel, a forward-looking consultancy, has come up with a number of ideas.

Time goes by and the cosmetic needs of the general public evolve. To help professionals in the beauty sector, Spate, an online data analysis platform, has analysed the most popular searches made on TikTok and Google by Internet users.