Marketing: Cosmetic compliance guides
Plain-English guides to UK, EU and US cosmetic rules: safety reports, notifications, labelling, ingredients and shelf life. Written and checked by qualified safety assessors.
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Product Information FileCosmetic Claims: The Six Common Criteria, How to Substantiate Them, and the Claims Table Every PIF Needs
Learn how cosmetic claims must meet six common criteria: legal compliance, truthfulness, evidence, honesty, fairness and informed decision making. Discover how to substantiate claims, handle free-from and hypoallergenic claims, avoid medicinal wording, and build a complete claims table for the PIF.
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Consumer GuidesHow Can I Tell If a Hair Care Product's Ingredients Are Just Marketing Claims? Which Hair Care Claims Are Testable, Which Are Regulated and Which Are Noise
Learn how to separate real hair care benefits from marketing claims. Discover how ingredient levels, performance testing, salon positioning, plant-based claims and absence claims affect what a cosmetic product can honestly say.
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