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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 15 May 2021 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

List recorded in 2021. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2021 list.

• To check

  The recorded composition on 15 May 2021 lists cyclomethicone, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union (rule applicable since 12 June 2019) (Annex II, entry 1388). Check the current packaging: the record is contributed and the formula may have changed (liste de 2021, ancienne).

  Source: CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients., Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (prohibited substances), annexe II, entrée 1388.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Worth watching cyclomethiconeClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching parfum/ ragrance“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • Worth watching benzylbenzoateAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 85, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching eugenolAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 71, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • Worth watching hexyl cinnamalAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 87, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information phenoxyethanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Prohibition or serious classification cyclomethiconeClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1). ECHA has included it in the Candidate List (substances of very high concern, REACH Regulation) because it is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).
  • For information benzylbenzoateClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 2 (Aquatic Chronic 2).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children, read on the label.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

23 recognised ingredients out of 40.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.