Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 Eye area · shade range

Safety Assessment for Eyeshadow

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A Cosmetic Product Safety Report covering a full eyeshadow palette on one base formula — with the Annex IV eye-area colorant check that palettes live or die on.

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Price range: € 200.00 through € 675.00

Priced by shared base formula, shade count and ingredient count · VAT calculated at checkout
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Do all shades share the same base formula and differ only in colour pigments (the May Contain +/- system)?

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Prepared by EU-recognised, VUB-trained Safety Assessors.
Covers Part A (safety information) and Part B (expert assessment).
Written for a eyeshadow specifically — exposure, tests and warnings to match.
Anhydrous formula: challenge and microbiological testing usually not required.
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Good to know. A safety report is mandatory, but it is not the whole job. To place your eyeshadow on the EU market you also need a CPNP notification and an EU Responsible Person — we handle both.
EU-recognised assessors
Signed by qualified, VUB-trained Safety Assessors.
Part A + Part B
Structured exactly to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
Right-sized testing
Anhydrous formulas skip tests they do not need.
Transparent pricing
One assessment can cover a whole shade range.
How it works

From order to signed report

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Select & order

Answer the three questions above so we scope your shade range correctly, then order online.

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Document collection

We send a secure intake listing exactly what we need for a eyeshadow. The checklist below is the usual set.

3

Assessment & testing

Your assessor reviews the formulation against Annexes II–VI and calculates exposure. If tests are missing we arrange them with our partner laboratories.

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Signed report

You receive the signed CPSR digitally, ready to go into your Product Information File.

Safety assessment for eyeshadow and eyeshadow palettes

A twelve-pan palette is normally one powder base with twelve pigment loadings. That is one assessment, not twelve, and pricing it per pan makes no commercial sense. What does need doing carefully is the colorant check: Annex IV lists which colorants are permitted in cosmetics, and several otherwise-permitted pigments are explicitly not allowed in products applied near the eyes. A palette fails on one pan as readily as on all of them.

You receive a full CPSR covering the base formula and the whole pigment matrix.

What we look at in a eyeshadow

  • Annex IV eye-area restrictions. The column that says whether a permitted colorant may be used near the eyes. This is the first check on any palette and the most common failure.
  • Heavy metal traces in mineral pigments — lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, antimony, chromium and nickel — as technically unavoidable impurities.
  • Talc, where used, and the asbestos-free certification behind it.
  • Loose versus pressed powder. Loose powders raise an inhalation exposure question that pressed ones largely avoid.
  • Glitter and effect pigments under the synthetic polymer microparticle restriction in Regulation (EU) 2023/2055.
  • Proximity to the eye, and the ophthalmological tolerance expectations that follow.

What you receive

A complete Cosmetic Product Safety Report in two parts, prepared and signed by a qualified Safety Assessor:

  • Part A — safety information. Composition, physicochemical characteristics and stability, microbiological quality, impurities and packaging, the exposure assessment for your eyeshadow, the toxicological profile of every substance, and any undesirable effects.
  • Part B — safety assessment. The assessor’s reasoned conclusion on whether the product is safe, together with any warnings or usage restrictions that must appear on the label.

Which laboratory tests you actually need

A eyeshadow is normally anhydrous, and that changes the testing bill. Microbiological and challenge testing exist to address microbial growth, and microbial growth needs available water. We will tell you when you can skip them rather than sell you tests your formulation does not need.

TestUsually neededWhy
Microbiological test (ISO 17516)Usually notNo water phase — microbial growth is not supported
Preservative efficacy / challenge test (ISO 11930)Usually notAnhydrous powder system — no available water
Accelerated stability and compatibility testYesSupports the shelf life and PAO you print on the pack
Certificate of Analysis (physicochemical)YespH, viscosity, density, appearance and odour for the CPSR

Testing is arranged through our partner laboratories. If you already hold valid reports, we use yours — you are not asked to repeat work.

Typical required documents

This is what we normally ask for to start a eyeshadow safety assessment. You do not need every item on day one — send what you have and we will tell you what is missing.

DocumentNeeded
Full formulation with INCI names and exact percentagesAlways
Raw material specifications and technical data sheetsAlways
Safety data sheets for the raw materialsAlways
Finished product specificationAlways
Primary packaging specification (material in contact with the product)Always
Manufacturing method and GMP statement (ISO 22716)Always
Label artwork or draftAlways
Stability and packaging compatibility dataAlways
Base formula with the full pigment matrix per shadeAlways
Colour Index numbers for every pigmentAlways
Heavy metal analysis for pigmentsAlways
Asbestos-free certificate for talcIf talc is used
Loose or pressed formatAlways

Why order your eyeshadow assessment with Lexora

  • Assessed as a eyeshadow, not as a generic cosmetic. One base plus a pigment matrix is one assessment — but every pigment still has to clear the Annex IV eye-area column individually.
  • EU-recognised assessors. Signed by qualified, VUB-trained Safety Assessors.
  • No unnecessary testing. We tell you which tests your formulation genuinely needs and which it does not.
  • Transparent pricing. Published upfront and scaled to your formula — no hourly surprises.
  • End-to-end route to market. Pair it with CPNP notification and an EU Responsible Person and you are done.
By how many shades share one base formula, and how many ingredients that combined formulation contains — including every pigment listed under May Contain (+/-). A range of 40 shades built on one base costs far less than 40 separate assessments, which is the whole point.
Then this service is not the right one. Each individually formulated shade needs its own assessment — order the standard Cosmetic Product Safety Report instead, or contact us and we will quote the range properly.
Contact us for a quote. Above 120 shades the pigment matrix usually needs to be reviewed in groups, so a flat online price would either overcharge you or under-scope the work.
A qualified Safety Assessor — a toxicologist, pharmacist or equivalent professional, EU-recognised and trained at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), as Annex I of the Regulation requires.
No. The CPSR is mandatory but not sufficient on its own. You also need a complete Product Information File, a CPNP notification and an appointed EU Responsible Person. We provide all three.
It depends on the size of the formula and how complete your documentation is. Once your intake is in we confirm a timeline — and if laboratory testing is still outstanding, that is usually what sets the pace.
Yes. The safety report is one component of the PIF. We can assemble the whole dossier, or review the one you already hold.

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