ABSTRACT: Colourants in cosmetics cover both, colouring agents and oxidative hair dyes. Risk assessment of these compounds is achieved following the Notes of Guidance of the former SCCP and includes data on physical and chemical properties as well as data on relevant toxicological endpoints which are performed mainly following OECD guidelines. In future, safety assessment of all cosmetic ingred...

The CIR Expert Panel assessed the safety of 6 Cucumis sativus (cucumber)-derived ingredients and found them safe in cosmetic formulations in the present practices of use and concentration. These ingredients are reported to function in cosmetics as skin-conditioning agents. Cucumber is a commonly consumed food with no history of significant adverse effects, suggesting that its ingredients should...

The present study investigates and evaluates „attitude characteristics‟ which affects consumer buying behaviour of male cosmetics products in Pune city. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to Pune male consumers aged 20 to 50 years by using convenience sampling technique. The total sample consists of 156 respondents. Data was analyzed by using factor analysis in SPSS version 17.0. The...

COLIPA (the European Federation of the Cosmetics Industry) represents 24 international companies and 2000 small and medium-sized enterprises. Together with ECVAM, COLIPA has been involved in the development and validation of alternative methods since the beginning of the validation efforts. The work of the Steering Committee on Alternatives to Animal Testing (SCAAT) is based on collaboration be...

The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel (Panel) assessed the safety of 24 Vitis vinifera (grape)-derived ingredients and found them safe in the present practices of use and concentration in cosmetics. These ingredients function in cosmetics mostly as skin-conditioning agents, but some function as antioxidants, flavoring agents, and/or colorants. The Panel reviewed the available animal and c...

This research mainly explores the influence of "web celebrity" phenomenon on young consumers' perception social media. Taking Kylie Jenner’s successful marketing cosmetics company as background, from perspective consumer’s to discuss question in depth Instagram. It analyzes consumers’ perceptions through collecting data media detect perceived value and satisfaction e-WOM communication. The effe...

This study aims to determine How Waterproof Cosmetics Affect the Validity of Wudhu. type research uses a qualitative with field studies in Islamic Boarding School for Students Muhammadiyah University Surakarta. While approach used isPhenomenologicalwith analysis data is using inductive analysis. The results this indicate that first, use waterproof cosmetics by students very high, and significan...

The authors review ageing in its extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms, as well as the therapies available for improving its effects, and present some of the facts and controversies related to anti-aging cosmetics.

The U.S. FDA has not regulated metals in cosmetics except in the case that zirconium is prohibited in aerosol preparations and mercury can only be used (generally as a preservative) when no other alternative is possible. They do have the authority to protect consumers against contamination deemed to be deleterious to health. Proposition 65 in California requires notice when concentrations in a ...