Nivea double effect

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Brand

Nivea

EAN-13

4005808231065

Sales countries

Argentina

Record created on

2 April 2019

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Fiche 4005808231065. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.

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Packaging photo dated 2 April 2019 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

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Points to note

Findings according to the 2019 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 2 April 2019 lists Cyclomethicone, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union from 12 June 2019 (Annex II, entry 1388). It predates that date: the formula may have changed since. This product is reported as sold outside the European Union (Argentina): the EU rule may not apply there (liste de 2019, ancienne).

  Source: EU regulations amending the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation, annexe II, entrée 1388.

2 ingredients are prohibited only in certain cases (product type, form, use): Butane, Isobutane. The rule for each one, 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.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Worth watching CyclomethiconeClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching CitronellolAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 86, 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 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 Benzoic AcidClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Prohibition or serious classification CyclomethiconeClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1). ECHA has included it in the Candidate List (substances of very high concern, REACH Regulation) because it is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).

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

List recorded on 2 April 2019, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: CITRONELLOL (Annex III, entry 86): 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.

11 recognised ingredients out of 18.

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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”.