News:Sector

YSL Beauty takes a stand against violence against women

YSL Beauty has come up with the Abuse is Not Love program in 2020 to prevent and combat domestic abuse. The brand wants to go further, committing to fund university research, train its employees and educate two million people by 2030 on the subject of violence through partnerships with NGOs.

FEBEA: two new appointments to the Executive Committee

The Fédération des Entreprises (FEBEA) de la Beauté makes its winter mercato. Marie Audren takes over from Olivia Guernier as Head of Communications and Public Affairs. The Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Department is entrusted to Brice Leclerc, replacing Valérie Colin.

Slow Cosmétique association closes its doors

For the past 11 years, the Belgian-based NGO has been campaigning for “healthier, more authentic” cosmetics. Julien Kaibeck, its founder, has announced the closure of the association due to unfavorable economic conditions.

The FEBEA imagines the "Fresque de la Cosmétique"

Committed to a more sustainable beauty sector, the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (FEBEA) has designed (in collaboration with several member brands) a tool to help brands better identify all the environmental and social issues facing the industry, while offering concrete levers for action.

Rakuten and L'Oréal Japan join forces to improve online customer experience

The cosmetics giant has just formed a partnership with a major retailer. The aim of this collaboration between the two companies is to develop personalized online shopping paths.

Monday, June 15, 2015

OECD releases new data on nanomaterials

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On June 9, 2015, the OECD marked the end of a seven year experimental testing programme, investigating 11 commercially viable nanomaterials across ove...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

China Beauty Expo Cements its Position in the Beauty Industry

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China Beauty Expo (CBE), Asia’s leading beauty trade, recently concluded its 20th edition on a high note, reinforcing its status as the definitive exh...

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Triman: a FEBEA guide

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Since January 1, 2015, the new Triman logo must be affixed to recyclable products that fall under a sorting instruction. A provision that also concern...

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The true face of NaTrue

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We tend to consider it simply as a natural cosmetics label, or yet another one, one among others, or even as a label for German cosmetics… But NaTrue ...

Monday, May 18, 2015

MI: a 'problematic" exposition for consumers (Danish survey)

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Carried out for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, this survey aimed to determine the concentration of Methylisothiazolinone (MI, a high alle...

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

William G. Koeberlé will represent selective perfumery in Paris and Brussels

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The General Assembly of the European Federation of Perfume Retailers (Fédération Européenne des Parfumeurs Détaillants or FEPD) has appointed its bure...

Thursday, April 2, 2015

The cosmetics industry was the 2nd biggest exporting sector in 2014

In a press release published on 31 March 2014, the FEBEA (French Federation of Beauty Companies) reveals the results of the cosmetic sector. In 2014, ...

Monday, March 30, 2015

The shark, an endangered species, still used in cosmetics

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At the end of 2012, the Bloom association, which works for marine conservation, denounced the massive use by the cosmetic sector of deep shark liver o...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

U'Cosmetics competition: the new wave takes off

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The 6th edition of the U'Cosmetics competition of the UCO (Université Catholique de l'Ouest) of Guingamp had as its theme marine cosmetics. A subject ...

Monday, March 2, 2015

L’Oréal called to order by the American FDA

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Following an inspection of the La Roche-Posay website in the United States, the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) sent a warning letter to the group...

Thursday, February 26, 2015

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In a"dinner in town" as they say, I found myself next to a charming person who, knowing my professional past, challenged me on a fairly common questio...

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Animal testing: debate between PETA and Europe

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As from March 11, 2013, the Regulation that governs cosmetic products in Europe (no 1223/2009) introduced the principle of a total ban on testing cosm...