Formulation

Ordering

Each ingredient in a CP is listed in a descending order of concentration. The exact concentration is not always written, as to hide the exact recipe.

Cosmetics marketed on a retail basis to consumers must have an ingredient list. But under the law, this list cannot be used to make a company disclose “trade secrets.”

Nomenclature

Each ingredient have an unique ID on the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) database. However, some products can have multiple names.

TODO Control

Each commercialized CP has an authorization to be in the market, supervised by each country’s regulation entity. Each country or groups of countries (EU) define what ingredient can be used or not.

Organization	Country
Australian Government’s National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme
(NICNAS)	Australia

Glossary

CP Cosmetic product 1, 2

Acronyms

INCI International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients 1

NICNAS Australian Government’s National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme 1