Download the COSMILE Europe app now and learn more about the ingredients in your cosmetic products!
Scan
The ingredients list
Search manually
Common ingredient names in English or the INCI name
Mark
Ingredients of interest
Flag
Ingredients to which you have an allergy confirmed by a dermatologist
FAQ
What is the COSMILE Europe app?
The COSMILE Europe app is an entry point for you to access information in the COSMILE Europe database. The app offers several ways to easily get information on cosmetic ingredients and track ingredients that are of interest to you or to which you have an allergy confirmed by a dermatologist.
You can search for ingredient information by scanning the ingredients list on the label of the product or search for information on an individual ingredient manually.
The tool aims to help you choose your preferred cosmetic products in a quick and easy manner.
What kind of information is available in the COSMILE Europe app?
The COSMILE Europe app is an entry point for you to access information in the COSMILE Europe database. The COSMILE Europe database, European cosmetics ingredient database, offers reliable, verified and scientifically supported information on almost 30,000 ingredients used in cosmetics. Available in multiple languages, the database aims to help you understand why certain ingredients are in your cosmetic products, which functions and properties they have, whether they are man-made and/or of natural origin and much more.
Where does the data found in the COSMILE Europe app come from? Why is the information reliable?
The COSMILE Europe app is an entry point for you to access information in the COSMILE Europe database. All information in the COSMILE Europe database comes from verified sources and is based on independent expert knowledge. The INCI list of ingredients which is also used by the European Commission within their CosIng database, an official source of information on cosmetic substances and ingredients, is provided by the Personal Care Product Council. The information on the function of ingredients is sourced from the CosIng database. More detailed information on ingredient properties, whether they are man-made and/or of natural origin, in which types of products the ingredients can be found, etc… comes from independent experts and scientific assessments published by European and national expert bodies.
Does the COSMILE Europe app rate cosmetics and their ingredients?
COSMILE Europe does not rate cosmetic products and their ingredients. It focuses on providing you with reliable information on almost 30,000 cosmetic ingredients.
How does the COSMILE Europe app help you avoid ingredients to which you have an allergy?
The COSMILE Europe app includes a feature that allows you to track ingredients to which you have an allergy confirmed by a dermatologist. If you react positively to an allergy test, you can ask your dermatologist for the name of the test ingredient or mixture, look it up, identify and select it on the COSMILE Europe app.
Next time you scan the ingredient list of a product, you will be able to easily identify ingredients you have an allergy to as these will appear marked with a red exclamation mark in the app.
The ingredients with a similar composition to those in the test will automatically be marked by the app with a grey exclamation mark. The app does this because if you have a confirmed allergy to an ingredient, it is likely that you may also be allergic to ingredients that have similar compositions.
What are INCI names and how do they help me?
International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient or INCI names are official ingredient names that are standardised across the European Union and most countries worldwide. European law requires cosmetics and personal care products to have an ingredient list, also called INCI list, on the label or on the packaging of the product.
COSMILE Europe helps you learn more about ingredients by providing you with the common name, description, function, properties of the ingredient and much more.
In which languages is COSMILE Europe available?
The COSMILE Europe app is currently supported in multiple languages, including Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish. The app is only available to download in Europe at the moment.
How does the COSMILE Europe app work?
How does the COSMILE Europe app work?
The COSMILE Europe app helps you search ingredient information and track ingredients in cosmetic products.
You can search for ingredient information by scanning the ingredients list on the label of the product or search for information on an individual ingredient manually.
When searching manually, you can search for the common ingredient names in English or the INCI name.
International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient or INCI names are official ingredient names that are standardised across the European Union and most countries worldwide.
European law requires cosmetics and personal care products to have an ingredient list, also called INCI list, on the label or on the packaging of the product.
The COSMILE Europe app includes a feature that allows you to mark ingredients of interest.
Once the ingredient of interest is marked, next time you scan the ingredients list of a product, you will be able to easily identify the ingredient as it will appear marked with a yellow star.
The app also includes a feature that allows you to track ingredients to which you have an allergy confirmed by a dermatologist. If you react positively to an allergy test, you can ask your dermatologist for the name of the test ingredient or mixture, look it up, identify and select it on the COSMILE Europe app.
Next time you scan an ingredient list, you will be able to easily identify ingredients you have an allergy to as these will appear marked with a red exclamation mark in the app.
The ingredients with a similar composition to those in the test will automatically be marked by the app with a grey exclamation mark. The app does this because if you have a confirmed allergy to an ingredient, it is likely that you may also be allergic to ingredients that have similar compositions.
Download the COSMILE Europe app now and learn more about the ingredients in your cosmetic products!