powder touch

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Brand

Nivea

EAN-8

42246657

Quantity

40 ml

Sales countries

Algeria

Record created on

24 August 2017

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Fiche 42246657. Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 23 October 2026.

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Points to note

Findings according to the 2017 list.

• Information

  The composition recorded on 24 August 2017 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 (Algeria): the EU rule may not apply there (liste de 2017, ancienne).

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

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.
  • 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.
  • Worth watching LinaloolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 84, 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 Alpha-Isomethyl IononeAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 90, 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 GeraniolClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 78, 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 Benzyl AlcoholClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 45, 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 CoumarinAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 77, 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.

• 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).
  • 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).

• 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

List recorded on 24 August 2017, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BHT (Annex III, entry 325): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 July 2023, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 January 2024 ; 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 ; BENZYL ALCOHOL (Annex III, entry 45): 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.

18 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”.