Paintglow Neon – coloured cosmetic products — health risk

EU Safety GateOther types of alertsOther health riskJun 14, 2019

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

According to the list of ingredients the product contains the colorants Solvent Yellow 172, CI 45161 and CI 45174, which are not authorised for its use in cosmetics. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Retailer (dm drogerie markt) has stopped marketing of the products — Retailer

Product description

Eye mascara and hair gel in plastic tubes with black top.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

Key facts

Brand	Paintglow
Product	Neon – coloured cosmetic products · Neon – coloured cosmetic products
Model / type	Eye mascara:- Green, batch: 002031, bar code – tube: 5 060335 877 277, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 681, Eye mascara:- Orange, batch: 001401, bar code – tube: 5 060335 877 307, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 681, Eye mascara:- Orange, batch: 002341, bar code – tube: 5 060335 877 314, Eye mascara:- White, batch: 001396, bar code – tube: 5 060335 877 321, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 681, Eye mascara:Yellow, batch: 001397, bar code – tube: 5 060335 677 260, Hair gel:- Green, batch: 002340, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 698, Hair gel:- Orange, batch: 001852, 001853, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 698, Hair gel:- Yellow, batch: 001848, bar code – label: 8 595069 711 698
Category	Cosmetics
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Reported by	Slovakia
Risk level	Other types of alerts
Published	Jun 14, 2019
Case number	INFO/0071/19