Technologist’s Compass by CosmetoSAFE is a quarterly series of three webinars designed for technologists and R&D teams who want to navigate regulatory changes without chaos or costly reformulations.
We focus on practical solutions: how to assess dossier completeness, how to make decisions under regulatory uncertainty (allergens/CMR substances), and how to improve collaboration with the safety assessor.
Most of us traditionally said goodbye to the year 2025 with a sip of champagne (possibly also other alcoholic beverages), and it is the threatened legislative status of alcohol that we can call the biggest curiosity of the past year.
At the SCCS and SCHEER meetings (30–31 October 2025), the Commission confirmed a direction of change that will fundamentally reshape how the safety of cosmetic ingredients is assessed in the EU.
The cosmetics industry is going through a period of intense change…
From the flood of regulatory updates, through the race to keep up with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, to very practical challenges in product development and safety assessment.
🗓️ On 25 November, our expert Dr Eng. Iwona Białas will speak at the Congress of the World of the Cosmetics Industry, delivering a short, focused talk:
“Ingredient legislation – changes, bans, reformulations: how not to lose control of your product portfolio?”
(Tuesday, 16:00)
On 20 November, Dr Eng. Iwona Białas, Safety Assessor and founder of CosmetoSAFE Consulting, will take the stage at the Kosmopedia conference—this time as a voice of reason in a heated topic:
👉 The safety of light-curing products.
The past few months show that EU chemicals legislation is not just a series of bans.
It is also a time when science, common sense and industry dialogue deliver tangible results. We’ve selected a handful of positive signals from the flood of recent legislative developments.
How not to get lost in the flood of ingredient restrictions?
Managing legislative change in practice.
On 24 April 2025, the EU Council approved its negotiating position on the Commission’s proposal under the Omnibus VI package, covering the “stop-the-clock” mechanism for chemicals under the CLP Regulation (EU) 2865/2024, as well as proposed amendments to the Cosmetics Regulation (EU) 1223/2009 and the Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009.