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application. The product types “make-up remover” and “conditioner” are
both leave-on and rinse-off products (e.g. one of the conditioner is a leave-in
conditioner). The rest is products that are rinsed-off after use.
The product types listed above (marked with grey shading in the table below)
have a longer skin contact and are therefore investigated further with respect
to the content of preservatives and/or ingredients with antimicrobial or
antiseptic effects.
Table 5-14 Overview of the marketing category and product type of the cosmetic
products – selected product types (more than 1 products in total).
For all product categories see section 5.3.4 Product type.
Product type “Leave-on” or
“rinse-off”
product
Marketed as
”non-
preserved”
Marketed as
”naturally-
preserved”
Number of
products in
total
Body lotion/cream Leave-on 9 4 13
Day cream/facial cream Leave-on 6 4 10
Body shampoo/bath gel Rinse-off 4 5 9
Cleansing lotion Rinse-off 6 2 8
Shampoo Rinse-off 4 4 8
Facial spray/toner Leave-on 2 4 6
Conditioner Both 2 3 5
Hand cream Leave-on 1 3 4
Make-up remover Both 2 1 3
Eye cream Leave-on 1 2 3
Tooth paste Rinse-off 3 0 3
Deodorant Leave-on 1 1 2
Suntan lotion Leave-on 2 0 2
When these product types (marked with grey shading in the table) are
combined with the information about the most frequent ingredients with some
kind of antimicrobial, antibacterial effect etc., it was concluded that the four
fragrances chosen for the chemical analysis and the subsequent risk and health
assessment were present in many of these leave-on products.
5.4.4 Products selected for analysis
Table 5-13 shows that the four chosen ingredients, limonene, linalool,
geraniol and citral, are present in 31, 23, 18 and 12 products respectively.
However, as these fragrances not necessarily are declared on the cosmetic
products (only have to be declared if above 0.001 % or 10 ppm), products
that contain e.g. thyme oil (thymus vulgaris), lavender oil (lavandula
angustifolia), and different citrus oils (citrus aurantium, citrus aurantifolia,
citrus grandis, citrus paradise, citrus sinensis, citrus medica) have therefore
also been selected for analysis as these essential oils also may contain the
fragrances in question.
When selecting which products that should be analysed for the content of
limonene, linalool, geraniol and citral, the database was used to find the
cosmetic products where the following was true:
� The cosmetic products contain limonene, linalool, geraniol and citral –
or some kind of essential oil that typically contains these fragrances.
� The cosmetic products are leave-on products, i.e. the seven product
types listed above.
� The product type is represented by both non-preserved and naturally
preserved products. This requirement was chosen in order to be able
to compare differences in concentrations of the two product groups.