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Product safety: our number one priority

Quality at the heart of our products

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Microplastics in cosmetic products – let’s mythbust!
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Netlock, our technology for more effective sun protection

UV Mune 400: our Biggest Sun Filtering Technology in 30 Years
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Our alternative methods to animal testing

Our policy of transparency in fragrances
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Questions / Answers
Ingredients
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Do cosmetic products contain heavy metals?

Natural ingredient, of natural origin or chemical, how to see more clearly?

Traces of impurities and contaminants: what are they and how to identify them?

What is the classification and regulation of CMR substances?

Allergens in cosmetic products: how to disentangle the real from the fake?
Health and Environment
Health and Environment

Babies, children, teenagers and pregnant women: how to meet their specific needs?

What is an endocrine disruptor?

Labels: what are they and what is their purpose?

What are beauty apps for and how to use them?
Experts' testimonies
Experts' testimonies
Sun protection
Sun protection

Sun protection: Beauty that protects

Sun protection: UV Mune 400

Sun protection: a real public health issue

What impact do ultraviolet rays have on our skin?

Suncare products: understanding the protection factor

How is reconstructed skin produced in the laboratory?

Sun simulator: sunlight reproduced in the laboratory

Formulation challenges of suncare products in Brazil

Sunscreen products and the aquatic environment

Sunscreen products: evaluating their efficiency

Sunscreen products: formulas to protect you better and better
Ingredients
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Pro-Xylane discovery journey

Pro-Xylane: the ultimate well-ageing Green Chemistry Active

Science of Proxylane

Silicones: should we do without them?

PPD and PTD hair dyes

Nanoparticles: why do we use them?

Parabens: what are they for?
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EpiSkin's History

Products and ingredients safety assessment
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Fragrances and allergies

Transparency is our duty

Alternative methods to animal testing

Fragrances transparency
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Others innovations

Inclusion: change the conversation about curl beauty

Inclusion: advanced tool to find the right shade for everyone

Inclusion: beauty that's all about me

Inclusion: introducing our numerical foundation name system

The beauty of future

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Pro-Xylane discovery journey

Maria Dalko, scientist at l'Oréal Research&Innovation and inventor of Pro-Xylane, tells the story of the invention of this anti-anging breakthrough molecule.

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