A New Source for EU Cosmetic Ingredients Data

Cosmetics Europe launched Cosmile Europe, a European ingredient database to help European consumers easily find information on cosmetic ingredients.

Available in 14 languages, Cosmile provides information on nearly 30,000 ingredients used in cosmetics. It includes information on ingredient properties, their function, whether they are man-made and/or of natural origin and in which types of products they can be found.

“Cosmetics Europe is delighted to be sharing this tool with European citizens,” explained John Chave, director general, Cosmetics Europe. “There’s a deluge of information on cosmetics on the internet and it can be difficult to know which sources are reliable. The European cosmetics and personal care industry wants to provide European citizens with a simple way to access reliable, verified and scientifically supported information on cosmetics ingredients.”

The ingredient list on the label or packaging of cosmetics and personal care products uses INCI names. The cosmetic ingredient information in Cosmile Europe can be searched by common ingredient names or/INCI names, or by group of substances or product type.

This Cosmetics Europe initiative has been developed in partnership with the German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association (IKW), in collaboration with the French Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (FEBEA) and with the technological development support of health&media GmbH.

Cosmetics Europe member associations representing the cosmetics and personal care industry at a national level made available Cosmile Europe in the following 14 languages: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian and Spanish. More languages will be available next year, according to the organization.

To search the ingredient database, click here.