European Commission’s Omnibus VII Bans Two Nail Care Ingredients Starting In September

As the European cosmetics industry fights a high-profile battle against the potential ban of three common cosmetic and fragrance ingredients considered for categorization as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR), two nail care ingredients will be banned beginning 1 September, with little industry pushback.

The ingredients – diphenyl (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide and N,N-Dimethyl-p-toluidine – are included among roughly two dozen other ingredients in Omnibus VII, a draft regulation amending the use of certain CMR...