If you are over 40 and live in the UK there is a very good chance that I have helped increase your chance of getting skin cancer. My first job in the cosmetics industry, back in the early eighties, was formulating bars of soap. In those days it was normal to put a small amount of formaldehyde into soap bars. These bars were on the shelves of most of the big supermarkets at the time.
Looking back on it, my reaction is what were we thinking? But the past is a different country where they do things differently.
These thoughts were triggered by hearing that Yves Rocher is launching a new range – Culture Bio – in October. In France the term used for organic is bio-cosmetics.
It seems that everyone in the skin care business is going organic these days. When you are watching the industry closely like I do it is easy to get cynical about this sort of thing, which is why I have to remind myself that it wasn't that long ago that we didn't bat an eyelid about putting formaldehyde in soap. It is good to see top companies taking the consumer's desire for safe and natural cosmetics seriously.
Full details on the beauty pages.
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