Recent legislation and emerging trends in Cosmetology

Abstract

As the science of Cosmetology evolves, facing increasingly high demands, the legislative framework related to cosmetic products in the European Union, which is extremely well organized, is constantly on the alert in order to ensure the protection of consumer health and the quality of the environment, but also the avoidance of fraud and financial loss. Challenges constantly arise for new opinions and regulations-amendments of legislative content, which can affect any point in the life cycle of a cosmetic product, from the conception of the initial idea, to the rejection of the product. Sometimes the trends that appear are harbingers of a later need that should be legally defined. For example, the tendency to reduce the use of microplastics, which was a wish-choice in the previous years, is now legally mandated. Therefore, sometimes legislative developments and trends in a field interact significantly. Some recent legislative-type events and the evolution of trends that appeared in the field of cosmetic products after the decisive experience of the pandemic that we recently experienced are selectively presented.