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, January 13, 2020

A Swiss Consumers' Federation is calling for a ban on three cosmetic ingredients

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In a press release made public on 7 January 2020, the FRC (French-speaking Consumers’ Federation) denounces the “timidity” of the Swiss Federal Counci...

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Two acrylates classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the IARC

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Volume 122 of the recently published IARC Monographs contains the results of the carcinogenicity assessment of six substances, including two acrylates...

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

SCCS Opinion on Aluminium: FEBEA's "decoding"... and the forthcoming review of the BfR

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Ten years of controversy over the safety of aluminium and its salts in cosmetic products may have just ended with the recent Opinion of the SCCS. Publ...

Monday, December 9, 2019

Launch of PEPPER, a platform to develop research on endocrine disruptors

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The professional associations France Chimie, the FEBEA and the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, in partnership with the French Ministry of Ecologi...

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Report of the Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs during 2020–2024

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IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) has just released the Report of its Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs ...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Cosmetics 360®: to infinity and beyond

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A successful fifth edition of Cosmetics 360. For two days, the Carrousel du Louvre vibrated to the rhythm of 220 exhibitors from all over the world. M...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Achiever Awards 2019: the winners!

For the past eight years, the CEW France network has been rewarding professionals in the beauty sector at the Achiever Awards. An opportunity to salut...

Monday, October 21, 2019

Contest Game - Chartres Congress: the answers and the winners!

In mid-September, in partnership with Cosmetic Valley and abe, CosmeticOBS launched the second edition of the Contest Game organized on the occasion o...

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Cosmetic ingredients: the Cosmébio Awards

During its first “Ingredients Meeting” devoted to raw materials that can be used in COSMOS-certified formulas, the Cosmébio association also granted, ...

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Prohibition of "Free-from.." texts without legal value according to Cosmébio

Following the entry into force of the new rules applicable to cosmetic claims provided for in the European Technical Document and the 8th Recommendati...

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Solidarity in beauty: a required commitment

Cosmetics is a matter of pleasure and sensoriality, but not only. In many cases, it helps to feel better, to re-appropriate one’s image. “Beauty is no...

Monday, July 1, 2019

The prohibition of "Free-from..." claims: a misreading of the law and an infringement of freedom, for Cosmébio

Is the prohibition of “Free-from…” claims on the labels of cosmetic products justified or is it an attack against natural and organic cosmetics? Does ...