Every week, dedicated European portals (Safety Gate for the European Union, Safety Database for the United Kingdom) list the non-compliant and/or dangerous products detected on the market by the control authorities. Here are the cosmetic products that are subject to a recall or a marketing ban this week: an eyebrow dye that contains too much of a sensitising ingredient and a hair dye with defective packaging that may be dangerous.
Brows’henna
Brand: Uncut Henna 
Name: Uncut Henna for Brows
Type: Dark Brown
• Country of origin: India
• Notifying country: Germany
Risk type: chemical
The product contains an excessive concentration of p-phenylenediamine (measured value: up to 8.8% as free base). PPD is an extreme skin sensitiser and can trigger allergic contact dermatitis.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators (to retailer): stop of sales, Withdrawal of the product from the market.
Hair dye
Brand: Dm réell’e Expert 
Name: Permanente Coloration
Type: 256884, 256885, 258466
Type: 9.1, 10.1
• Country of origin: Germany
• Notifying country: Germany
Risk type: health
In order to prepare the product, the user needs to mix and shake the dye. In the case of the two shades concerned, pressure can build up in the container due to the generation of peroxide. As a result, some of the product may squirt out when the bottle is opened and lead to eye injuries.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators (to retailer): stop of sales, recall of the product from end users.
Source
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, European Commission, 29 April 2022
