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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 19 May 2022 (Automatic transcriptions of Open Beauty Facts ingredient-list photos (two AI readings, checked by text recognition)).

List recorded in 2022. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging

Points to note

Findings according to the 2022 list.

• Information

  The recorded composition on 19 May 2022 lists Cyclomethicone, prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union (rule applicable since 12 June 2019) (Annex II, entry 1388). Check the current packaging: the record is contributed and the formula may have changed. List transcribed automatically from the photo, and this name is not confirmed by the control reading: check the packaging (selon la liste de 2022).

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

• 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 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 Propylene CarbonateClassified 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

  • 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).

• 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

9 recognised ingredients out of 9.

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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”.