Safety Assessment for Eyeshadow
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.
Price range: € 200.00 through € 675.00
Do all shades share the same base formula and differ only in colour pigments (the May Contain +/- system)?
This service is not the right fit. It is intended only for cosmetic ranges built on a common base formulation with a May Contain (+/-) ingredient declaration.
If each shade has its own individual formulation, please order our standard Cosmetic Product Safety Report, or contact us for a quotation covering the range.
Please contact us before ordering. Whether your shades share one base formula decides both the scope and the price, so we would rather check it with you than sell you the wrong assessment.
This range needs a tailored quote. Above 120 shades, or with 40+ ingredients in the combined formulation, the pigment matrix is reviewed in groups. A flat online price would either overcharge you or under-scope the work.
From order to signed report
Select & order
Answer the three questions above so we scope your shade range correctly, then order online.
Document collection
We send a secure intake listing exactly what we need for a eyeshadow. The checklist below is the usual set.
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.
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.
| Test | Usually needed | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Microbiological test (ISO 17516) | Usually not | No water phase — microbial growth is not supported |
| Preservative efficacy / challenge test (ISO 11930) | Usually not | Anhydrous powder system — no available water |
| Accelerated stability and compatibility test | Yes | Supports the shelf life and PAO you print on the pack |
| Certificate of Analysis (physicochemical) | Yes | pH, 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.
| Document | Needed |
|---|---|
| Full formulation with INCI names and exact percentages | Always |
| Raw material specifications and technical data sheets | Always |
| Safety data sheets for the raw materials | Always |
| Finished product specification | Always |
| Primary packaging specification (material in contact with the product) | Always |
| Manufacturing method and GMP statement (ISO 22716) | Always |
| Label artwork or draft | Always |
| Stability and packaging compatibility data | Always |
| Base formula with the full pigment matrix per shade | Always |
| Colour Index numbers for every pigment | Always |
| Heavy metal analysis for pigments | Always |
| Asbestos-free certificate for talc | If talc is used |
| Loose or pressed format | Always |
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.
Safety Assessment for Eyeshadow
Q & A
Every EU cosmetic needs an EU Responsible Person
A safety report proves your product is safe. To legally place it on the EU market you also need an appointed EU Responsible Person — a role we can take on for you.
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