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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 14 October 2023 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

List recorded in 2023. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2023 list.

• Information

  The recorded composition on 14 October 2023 lists boric acid, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union (rule applicable since 12 June 2019) (Annex II, entry 1395). Check the current packaging: the record is contributed and the formula may have changed. This product is reported as sold outside the European Union (United States): the EU rule may not apply there (selon la liste de 2023).

  Source: CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients., Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (prohibited substances), annexe II, entrée 1395.

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

  • Prohibition or serious classification boric acidClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • For information aminomethylpropanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • For information aminomethylpropanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

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

7 recognised ingredients out of 12.

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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”.