Multi-Use Cosmetics: One Product, Several Uses, Several Exposure Calculations
A hair and body wash, a face and body balm, a stick for lips, cheeks and eyes. Each area of use carries its own exposure calculation, and all of them have to hold.
Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR)
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Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR)
Guides and updates on EU cosmetic & chemical compliance from the Lexora regulatory team.
Eyeshadow and Blush Palettes: The Annex IV Eye-Area Check That Decides Your Range
A twelve-pan palette fails on one pan as completely as on all twelve. The colorant, heavy metal and talc checks…
Body Lotions, Butters, Oils and Balms: The CPSR Checklist for Body Care
Body products use the highest applied quantity of any leave-on cosmetic, which tightens every limit. The full safety assessment checklist…
Lip Balms and Lip Oils: Why Lip Products Are Assessed as Something You Swallow
Lip products are assessed against an ingestion route, which tightens colorant and heavy metal limits. What that means for balms,…
Nail Polish and Nail Care in the EU: Solvents, Restricted Monomers and Shade Ranges
Nail polish is the only mainstream cosmetic assessed on what the user breathes. What an assessor examines, which restrictions bite,…
Product-Type Safety Assessment: Why a Serum, a Soap and a Lipstick Need Different CPSRs
One legal requirement, many different assessments. How the exposure model, the testing set and the annex checks change from one…
CPSR for Shampoos and Conditioners: Surfactants, Oils and Actives
What a safety assessor checks in haircare: the rinse-off retention factor, surfactant eye irritation, preservation and MIT limits, fragrance allergens,…
Margin of Safety (MoS) in Cosmetics: How It Is Calculated
How the margin of safety is calculated in a CPSR: NOAEL, SED, retention factors and dermal absorption, why the threshold…
CBD and Hemp Oil Cosmetics: Legal Status and Safety Assessment in the EU
The SCCS set 0.19% as the safe CBD level for cosmetics in April 2026. Which hemp ingredients are legal, which…
EU Safety Assessment for Foundations and Make-Up: What Brands Must Know
Foundations, powders, mascara and eyeliner raise distinct CPSR issues from skincare: Annex IV colorants, stricter eye-area microbiology, nano pigments, heavy-metal…
Lipsticks and Lip Glosses: Heavy Metal Testing and CPSR Requirements
Lip products are ingested, so the safety assessor must add oral exposure to the CPSR. Here is how colorants, heavy…
Who Can Sign a CPSR? Safety Assessor Qualifications Under EU Law
EU law is strict about who can sign a CPSR. Learn the qualifications Article 10(2) requires, what a real safety…