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Ingredients in the news: cannabidiol

Even though cannabidiol has been gaining ground in cosmetics since 2020, it does raise questions. That’s why Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, has chosen to focus on the continuation (and end) of the series devoted to these ingredients that are the talk of the town.

Ingredients in the news: Talc

Another chapter in the series by Labosphère’s Estelle Dehier on ingredients that are the talk of the town: once considered harmless, or even very popular, then caught up in the turmoil of safety warnings, before eventually being overtaken by regulations, restrictions and even bans… Episode 2 is devoted to talcum powder.

Ingredients in the news: salicylic acid

Some cosmetic ingredients are all the rage and are all the rage for years, but then cosmetovigilance reveals certain problems or toxicological requirements come into play, the regulatory axe falls, and the “flagship” ingredient becomes the one that absolutely must be boycotted. The first episode in this series by Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère: salicylic acid.

How to assess the safety of innovative cosmetic ingredients?

Cosmetic regulations require cosmetic products to be safe for human health under normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use. Before a product is placed on the market, a safety assessment must be carried out and signed off by a safety assessor. To do this, a range of data must be studied. A Toxicological Reference Value, generally derived from an animal study, must be determined for each s...

Misleading the consumer

The claims made on cosmetic product labels (and on all communication media, for that matter!) are clearly governed by European cosmetics regulations. They must be proven and justified in the Product Information Dossier (PIF) of the cosmetic product being developed. Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, explains.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

To a regulation at cost?

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The implementation of the new Regulation is going on; I must confess I’m surprised by how low is the anticipation of the actors as a whole. However, c...

Monday, July 2, 2012

For a multiple-facetted cosmetic industry

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During a recent conference, Karl Lintner correctly referred to the fact that the term “active cosmetic ingredient” should not be used to every word. I...

Monday, June 4, 2012

The tyranny of the immediate

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Recently, while I was reading a paper by Jacques on our relationship to time, a short time after the In Cosmetics exhibition, the link between these t...