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Cosmetic product labelling in the EU June 2015 Pro Beauty SA

The assignation of responsibility – Professional Beauty South Africa March/April 2015 March 2015 Pro Beauty SA

Cosmetic product labels Estimated Symbol European Union is an average fill market, meaning that that cosmetic (and other) products on average shouldn’t contain less than the nominal quantity written on the label. United States, on the other hand, are a minimum fill country. You can see the Estimeted or “e” symbol (the correct name of the

EU cosmetics classification maze can be found in CE.way CEO article in Professional Beauty South Africa magazine. Link to cosmetics classification maze

Cosmetic product claims The following interview on cosmetic product claims was conducted as a part of a Datamonitor Consumer Project between Imogen Matthews and CE.way CEO Tadej Feregotto. 1. When working with clients, what steps do you take to ensure compliance of their cosmetic product claims? First we review their labels and identify the claims

EU cosmetics regulation compliant Cosmetics manufacturers that want to start selling their cosmetic products on the EU market need to follow these 5 steps in order to be able to do so: 1. Classify your products Manufacturers firstly need to determine if their products are indeed cosmetic products or not. Product classification may not be as

Restricted ingredients An important amendment of the Annexes II and V of the EU cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 was published in April. The most important changes to the Regulation are the following: Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben, phenylparaben, benzylparaben, pentylparaben can no longer be used in cosmetic products Measures on propylparaben and butylparaben are under preparation Triclosan is banned