Hair Dye

SCCS rules on more hair dye ingredients

SCCS rules on more hair dye ingredients

By Michelle Yeomans

The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety has published opinions on 3-amino-2,6-dimethylphenol; hydroxyethoxy aminopyrazolopyridine HCl; and Basic Brown 17.

ASA clamps down on ‘organic’ advertising claims

ASA clamps down on ‘organic’ advertising claims

By Michelle Yeomans

The UK Advertising Standards Agency has clamped down on yet another cosmetic company after finding that it's print media campaign featuring ‘organic’ claims on a hair dye line to be misleading.

Hair dye raises cancer risk

Hair dye raises cancer risk

Hair dye - previously associated with arthritis, foetal damage and
bladder cancer - has once again been placed under the spotlight.
This time a new study asserts that dye formulation has been found
to increase the risk of non-Hodgkin...