Chapter 9: Testing and More Testing – The Science Behind Keeping Your Skin Safe and Healthy

This aim of this chapter is to give an insight into the philosophy and processes that are used to enable a cosmetic product to be placed on the market by a brand or high-street retailer. The European Union leads the world on cosmetic safety and efficacy legislation and this is being adopted by increasingly more countries around the world for their own. This can only be better for protecting the health and wellbeing of global cosmetic users.