Talc

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 17 May 2019 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

List recorded in 2019. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2019 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 17 May 2019 lists Boric Acid, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 12 June 2019 (Annex II, entry 1395). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since (liste de 2019, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1395.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 17 May 2019 lists Sodium Borate, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 1 May 2020 (Annex II, entry 1396). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since (liste de 2019, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1396.

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

• Babies and children

  • Worth watching TalcAnnex III, entry 59, sets a condition for children, for these products only: (a) Powdery products intended to be used for children under 3 years of age. “(a) Powdery products intended to be used for children under 3 years of age”

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching Fragance“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.

• Environment

  • Worth watching Zinc OxideClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).

• Read on the label

  • For information TalcAnnex III, entry 59, requires a warning that depends on the type of product: Powdery products intended to be used for children under 3 years of age: “Keep powder away from children's nose and mouth”. None for: Other products.

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

6 recognised ingredients out of 7.

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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”.