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Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 9 March 2022 (Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products).

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.

None of the 12 recognised names is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; 2 unrecognized names could not be checked.

1 ingredient is prohibited, except for the exceptions provided for by the regulation: petrolatum. 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.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Prohibition or serious classification butylparabenECHA has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for human health.

• Babies and children

  • Worth watching butylparabenAnnex V, entry 12 a, prohibits it for children under 3 in certain products only: “Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age.”

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • 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.

• Read on the label

  • For information butylparabenAnnex V, entry 12 a, requires this to be printed on the pack: “For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age: "Do not use on the nappy area"”.

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: environment.

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

12 recognised ingredients out of 14.

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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”.