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More than 1.4 million EU citizens sign Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics ECI

The signature-collecting initiative launched August 2021 with the deadline ending 31 August 2022

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L’Oréal Group Chairman handed 2022 Appeal of Conscience Award

Chairman Jean-Paul Agon previously received the Anti-Defamation League’s Courage Against Hate Award in 2021

More than 1.4 million EU citizens sign Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics ECI

The signature-collecting initiative launched August 2021 with the deadline ending 31 August 2022

Amorepacific and MIT develop world's first chip-less and wireless electronic skin

The breakthrough ‘e-skin’ patches will enable accurate skin measurements in even the most demanding environments, says the Korean cosmetics conglom...

Mapping moisture: Textured facial maps for claim substantiation

To visualise the treatment effects of skin care actives, DSM Nutritional Products developed textured facial mapping, as Remo Campiche, Thibault Ver...

Linda Evangelista blames CoolSculpting nightmare on commercials shown ‘over and over’

In a British Vogue interview, the supermodel confessed to liking the concept of no downtime or surgery; but what does excessive promotion of treatm...

US report finds insufficient data to support UV filter bans, calls for an environmental risk assessment

The recommended assessment by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has been welcomed by the PCPC

DNA protection: Proving this trending skin care claim

Gattefossé’s new Solastemis offers a novel approach to photoprotection against UVA, but how did it verify these claims? Laurie Canel, Product Marke...

Are beauty companies doing enough to improve boardroom diversity?

New initiatives are challenging the status quo, but there is still much room for companies to build ethnic diversity and female leadership at the h...

Regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures within a year, MPs urge UK government

Call for swifter change follows the publication of a body image report, which also pushes for legislation to identify body images that have been di...

Edgewell recalls Banana Boat sunscreen spray amid benzene scare

Trace levels of the human carcinogen were discovered among three lots of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 during an internal review

Social selling has empowered counterfeiters – how can you fight back and protect your brand?

Bharat Kapoor, Vice President of Authentix-owned online brand and content rights protection service Strategic IP Information, or ‘SIPI’, tells Cosm...

L’Oréal turns off operations in Russia

Beauty giant has ceased trading from its standalone stores and counters, and pulled the plug on its e-commerce site in the country

Rhode founders break silence on Hailey Bieber's legal victory: 'We remain confident we will win'

Since filing its lawsuit against Bieber and her new skin care brand Rhode, customers have reached out to the fashion label offering their support f...

EU regulatory change: A light or complete makeover?

The consultation period for the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – Cosmetic Products Regulation (revision) is now over. Sylvie Gallage-Alwi...

Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Skin can continue brand promotion amid trademark fiasco

Fashion label Rhode-NYC originally filed the lawsuit against Beieber in June for allegedly infringing upon the fashion label's trademark for 'Rhode'

'No good reason for a limited panel': Why sunscreen testing should respect all skin shades

Historically, darker skinned consumers have been woefully underrepresented in consumer testing for sunscreens, but retail chain Superdrug is pushin...