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	The world’s main cosmetics groups May 23, 2012 From SMEs to multinational companies, the actors of the cosmetic industry the world over are numerous and different. The consumer may think that, by switching from a brand “A” to a brand “B”, or from this retail network to that retail network, he opts for products from different companies. Not that sure! In the end, the cosmetic world is built on a score or two of major...
	Methylene Glycol: a request for the SCCS opinion May 21, 2012 Is Methylene Glycol safe for use? Is the quantity of formaldehyde it can release when in hair straightening products compliant to the regulatory acceptable levels? Shall it be restricted for use within some time, when it is not nowadays? The question has been raised to the SCCS by Ireland. An opinion is waited for soon.
	Parabens: the file May 18, 2012 They stir up controversy since several years in the cosmetics world. They fuel public anxiety. They are a constant food for journalists’ reports; they draw the politicians’ attention to regulate them; they draw the attention of the scientists who study them. They are a recurrent worry for the formulators who have to use them … or to replace them, thanks to the pressure of...
	Parabens used in cosmetics May 18, 2012 Maybe you are looking after them with caution, maybe you do your best not to have them in your cosmetics … The concern due to them led to the European Commission publishing an information file on parabens. What are they? Which kind of endocrine disruptors are they? Which regulation do they have to comply with? Are they more harmful to children? A summary of the official position about...
	Mother’s Day: a selection of books May 15, 2012 Mother’s Day: would you like to offer a beautiful book about perfumes, or to make her discover a novelty issued in May? CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques suggests its selection of books specifically for Mother’s Day, which comprises twelve “beauty and cosmetics” works. From the Lola Montes breviary on the art of beauty to the history of make-up...
	A history of make-up May 14, 2012 In this work, the author brings us to a trip through the beauty along the time and on all the continents. You may find the secrets of manufacturing make-up in the Ancient times, the changes in habits of fashion and beauty standards along the centuries, the habits and customs in Egypt, Greece, Italy, in Oceania or Japan, the different rules for hygiene, face, hair and body care, the meaning of...
	1001 female secrets May 14, 2012 Femininity in full bloom, well-being, the feminine way, naturally healthy, beauty recipes…Similar to the secrets shared between women from different generations, here are some advice and ideas to pick-up or to share between female friends, sisters, mothers and daughters, to make us beautiful.
	Recalls of products - May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012 You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful... and are the subject of a recall or ban by the European sanitary authorities. Underneath, you may find all the cosmetic products targeted by the RAPEX alert system this week.
	Organic Body Care Recipes May 11, 2012 Stephanie Tourles, a licensed esthetician, herbalist, and aromatherapist, has developed 175 recipes that are fun, simple, and immensely satisfying to make in home kitchens. Her natural beauty treatments deliver the results promised by department store brands - skin, hair, and nails that glow with vitality and inner wellness. Lotions, scrubs, toners, balms, and masks polish and balance the...
	For Mother’s Day: the CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques selection May 11, 2012 You want the best for her? So does CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques! Face creams, anti-wrinkles serums, new-generation make-up removers, body cares, make-up …here is a selection of the best beauty products to offer your preferred mother without being mistaken, on Sunday, 3 June 2012.
	The Arts of Beauty May 11, 2012 Originally published in 1858, this unusual book will appeal greatly to all who have an interest in the history of early cosmetics and beauty regimes.New republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
	Five cosmetic products to follow May 9, 2012 The cosmetic industry is always innovating, learning from the female beauties the world over, or bringing back long-forgotten recipes. The recent years have been focused on micellar waters, B.B. creams or battery-operated mascaras. Do-all creams, anti-dark circles or peelings for hands. Some are now essential. Others have been available on shelves … for a short time...
	The beauty of social networks May 7, 2012 Being on the social networks is valuable for a cosmetics brand. This is the conclusion of a survey by Mintel, in Great Britain, which has analysed the behaviour of Internet users in the beauty sector. A way for brands to take advantage of some opportunities…
	Active ingredients: the innovation and its challenges, by Karl Lintner May 4, 2012 Innovation is at the core of the today’s cosmetic, up to the point when one wonders what the latter would be without the former… Active ingredients, the basis for formulae and sales points, obviously are at the forefront of this theme. With as many constraints as challenges to fight. This was the topic of the lecture given by Karl Lintner during the 25th Morning Meeting of...
	ANSM May 2, 2012 French National Agency for the safety of medicines and health products
	My beauty "to-do" list May 2, 2012 Get to the point! This guide, full of advice coming as lists, has reported for you the “tops of the top” to make you even more beautiful, more surely and quicker: face, cleavage, hair, arms, hands, nails, stomach, thighs, feet, nothing is forbidden!
	Bye-bye Afssaps, welcome ANSM May 1, 2012 A new entity, the French National Agency for the safety of medicine, health products and cosmetics (ANSM) replaces the French Agency for the safety of sanitary of health products (Afssaps). The Agency press release states that “it has the same missions, rights and obligations," in order to “increase the sanitary safety of medicines and health products," along with a new approach of...
	Afssaps May 1, 2012 French Health Products Safety Agency.
	Recalls of products - April 27, 2012 April 29, 2012 You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful... and are the subject of a recall or ban by the European sanitary authorities. Underneath, you may find all the cosmetic products targeted by the RAPEX alert system this week.
	Aluminium: 100% of doubt - 0.6% of controversy April 27, 2012 October 2011: the French Afssaps finalizes its evaluation of the risk linked to the use of aluminium in cosmetic products. It recommends the setting of a 0.6% limit to its concentration in antiperspirants. This gives rise to objections by the industry and to a scientific controversy. It this recommendation relevant? Are the studies on which it is based reliable? What will be the consequences...
	Aluminium: the file April 27, 2012 It is more and more questioned, especially when used as salts in cosmetics. Is aluminium dangerous when applied on our skins? Is it to be more strictly regulated? What are the alternatives for the formulators, as answers to in the increasing worries of the consumers? CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques has compiled all the exculpatory and incriminatory documents of this...
	Aluminium and cosmetics April 25, 2012 It is in cosmetics, as it is… everywhere. Almost never pure in nature, it is present as salts, mainly, and stirs up controversy. Many do not know what they talk about. What is aluminium? Where is it? What is its use? What are its dangers? What is its regulation? Let us make the point.
	On Beauty April 25, 2012 "On Beauty" is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times. In terms of form and style, "On Beauty" has been conceived for a vast and diverse readership. Packed with examples from painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, the...
	I am allergic to … soy April 24, 2012 It is not a star ingredient that the cosmetic industry puts forward on its labels. Not noble enough, not trendy enough… though, discreetly but surely, in many formulae of our personal-care and beauty products. Discreetly, this is the problem, when one is allergic to soy.
	Organic cosmetics: a standard in 2014? April 24, 2012 It is often a pity not to have, for natural and organic cosmetics, an independent frame of reference, supported by an administrative authority, and displayed as a single logo (as for the AB logo, in France, for food). Let it be known: work is in progress, and the lack of this single document could be overcome soon, at least for some points. Thanks to the upcoming release of a standard.
	Recalls of products - April 21, 2012 April 22, 2012 You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful... and are the subject of a recall or ban by the European sanitary authorities. Underneath, you may find all the cosmetic products targeted by the RAPEX alert system this week.
	Body care … the male way April 21, 2012 Shower and shampoo one’s hair: is that so different for a woman or for a man? The movements look the same, yes… though the needs of our skins may be somewhat different, as the most suitable cosmetics are also! Hygiene, to control body odours, moisturization… this is the full (and good) program of body care for men.
	Belgium: the consumption of cosmetics on the decline April 20, 2012 A study by the Center of Research and information of the Consumers Organisations (CRIOC, a Belgian not-for-profit Foundation) gives a non-waited for result: during the last ten years, the consumption of cosmetics products has changed a great deal… down. Face cares, anti-wrinkles and beauty cares follow the same trend.
	From the milk jar to our skins: animal milks April 18, 2012 Milk, milk, milk: animals from the farm able to supply milk are a new trend. Their names are more widely used in our cosmetics than ever before. Several brands have even been created during the last years based on this ingredient and its derivatives. Others have made it the leading active ingredient in their new programmes, from soap to anti-ageing creams. Let us see the different properties...
	Make-up, the right actions and the eyes good health April 17, 2012 A Spanish study sets things off. Irritant products, diversion of their use, incompatibility with contact lenses, and lack of hygiene may be the cause for eye irritations and visual impairments. A summary.

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