Are cosmetics safer in Europe?

Have you ever heard someone conjecture that cosmetics are safer in Europe because they "ban over 1,000 dangerous ingredients and the U.S. only bans 8?" As usual, the truth is a lot more complicated, and in fact cosmetics in the U.S. are effectively just as safe as their European counterparts.

Our colleagues over at The Beauty Brains teamed up with a U.K.-based cosmetic chemist Colin Sanders to explain the ins and outs of the relatively new cosmetic laws in the E.U. vis-a-vis U.S. FDA regulations.

Read more about it here:

http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/quick-guide-to-the-eu-cosmetic-regulations/#more-8697