Cosmetics: Ingredients & Regulations

How to decode every single ingredient label and treatment menu

Paula Begoun's skincare and makeup review site.

Developed and maintained by scientists and subjectmatter experts, this comprehensive, informational database contains science and safety information on cosmetics and personal care products – how they work, data to corroborate safety and science behind commonly used ingredients.

Provides people with practical solutions to protect themselves and their families from everyday exposures to potentially toxic chemicals in personal care and beauty products; includes easy-to-navigate hazard ratings for nearly 70,000 products and 9,000 ingredients on the market.

Find an ingredient by category or alphabetically. Ingredients are all rated. From Paula's Choice.

Large search engine for technical information on thousands of cosmetic ingredients, formulations, applications, equipment specs and more.

Information about cosmetics. Product data sheets available.

Government of Canada website. Health Canada's cosmetic and personal care site regulates manufacturer labelling, distribution and sale of cosmetics.

Canadian legal landscape.

Safety information from the FDA on various cosmetic products provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.