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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 9 August 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 21 recognised names is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; 8 unrecognized names could not be checked.

1 ingredient is prohibited only in certain cases (product type, form, use): violet 2 (c1 60730). Its rule, in the table, says which.

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.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching fragrance (parfum)“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.
  • For information aminomethyl propanolClassified 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 aminomethyl propanolClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

• Read on the label

  • Worth watching retinyl palmitateAnnex 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).

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

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 9 August 2020, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: RETINYL PALMITATE (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.

21 recognised ingredients out of 29.

Hover over or tap a badge for its meaning.

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”.