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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 4 February 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 14 recognised names is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; 24 unrecognized names 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.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching Beta-CaryophylleneAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 332, 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 LimoneneClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 88, 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 Citric AcidClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information Potassium SorbateClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Worth watching LimoneneClassified 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).

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

List recorded on 4 February 2020, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA OIL (Annex III, entry 358): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE (Annex III, entry 332): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028 ; LIMONENE (Annex III, entry 88): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

14 recognised ingredients out of 38.

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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”.