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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 19 June 2020 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

List recorded in 2020. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2020 list.

None of the 26 recognised names is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; 1 unrecognized name could not be checked.

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.

• Babies and children

  • Worth watching propylparabenAnnex V, entry 12 a, prohibits it for children under 3 in certain products only: “Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age.”

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • 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.
  • For information sodium hydroxideClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1A (Skin Corr. 1A). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Read on the label

  • Worth watching retinolAnnex III, entry 376, requires this to be printed on the pack: “For any cosmetic product containing Retinol, Retinyl Acetate or Retinyl Palmitate the following, labelling is obligatory: ‘Contains Vitamin A. Consider your daily intake before use’.”. Regulation (EU) 2024/996 gives the reason: to inform people already exposed to vitamin A from food and food supplements that a cosmetic may add to an excess (recital 3).
  • For information propylparabenAnnex V, entry 12 a, requires this to be printed on the pack: “For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age: "Do not use on the nappy area"”.
  • For information sodium hydroxideAnnex III, entry 15a, requires a warning that depends on the type of product: Nail cuticle solvent: “Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children”; Hair straightener: “1. Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children. 2. For professional use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness”; pH adjuster for depilatories: “Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes”. None for: Other uses as pH adjuster.

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding, environment.

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

List recorded on 19 June 2020, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BHT (Annex III, entry 325): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 July 2023, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 January 2024 ; RETINOL (Annex III, entry 376): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 November 2025, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 May 2027. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

26 recognised ingredients out of 27.

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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”.