Ingredients:News

Brazil updates its list of substances banned in cosmetics

On 7 January 2025, Brazil notified a draft Resolution designed to update the list of substances banned for use in personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes. A 60-day consultation was opened.

SOPHIM: the choice of stability!

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Homosalate: new restrictions come into force

On this 1st january 2025, the new restrictions on the UV filter Homosalate set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2195 come into force. They apply to all new products placed on the market.

United Kingdom: an omnibus regulation for 64 CMRs and Kojic Acid

On 17 December 2024, the UK published Statutory Instrument 2024 No.1334. It includes a ban on 64 CMR substances (eight of which have INCI names), and new restrictions on kojic acid.

US FDA proposes mandatory testing of talc-containing products

On 26 December 2024, the US FDA opened a consultation on a draft rule aimed at requiring talc-containing products to be tested for asbestos using standardised methods.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Natura-Tec reveals the beauty of the natural

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Natura-Tec, specialized in the development of natural and eco-responsible cosmetic ingredients, presents its two latest launches: a cocktail of micro-...

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The new natural extracts from Biolandes

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For more than 30 years, Biolandes has specialized in the production of essential oils and natural plant extracts. The Group has just presented its lat...

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

EPS Seaglow, Codif's healthy-glowing active ingredient

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For its new launch in 2020, the Breton ingredient supplier is hunting for a dull complexion. Seaglow EPS improves vascularization and gives the skin a...

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Three new actives from Lipoid Kosmetik

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In view of the in-cosmetics Global trade fair, which was originally scheduled to take place in Barcelona (Spain) in the spring of 2020, Lipoid Kosmeti...

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Silab's Agreynist: a repigmenting active to fight against grey hair

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The ingredients supplier Silab presents its latest natural active ingredient Agreynist®, designed to foil the natural processes of hair greying. It is...

Monday, May 18, 2020

How Covid-19 affects the demand for natural cosmetic ingredients

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According to Ecovia Intelligence (formerly known as Organic Monitor), a specialist research, consulting & training company that focuses on global ...

Monday, May 18, 2020

Butylphenyl methylpropional: a name to keep in mind… and ban

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It has such a barbaric official name, Butylphenyl methylpropional, that it is commonly referred to by its main trade name: Lilial. And the toxicologic...

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Gelyma's three latest marine active ingredients

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Based in Marseille and an expert in phycology (the science that studies algae), the French supplier of cosmetic raw materials Gelyma presents three ne...

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

CutiBiome CLR: recalibrating the skin's ecosystem to fight acne and dandruff

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Acne and dandruff have a large impact on quality of life. Scientific research of the last ten years has provided critical new information on the patho...

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Cosmetic ingredients: what's new with Solabia?

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The French supplier has just released its new 2020 actives ingredients. In the program, ingredients that can fight urban’aging, strengthen the skin’s ...

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Reminder: the 2nd CMR Regulation applicable since 1st May 2020

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Published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 25 November 2019, Regulation 2019/1966 came fully into force on 1 May. This second text int...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Urban'Hair by Berkem, the anti-pollution protector

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More than nine out of ten people today live in a polluted atmosphere. Not only the skin, but also the hair and scalp are particularly exposed, especia...