You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban by the European sanitary authorities. Underneath, you may find all the cosmetic products targeted by the RAPEX alert system this week: make-up markers containing prohibited preservatives and mud for face that contains heavy metals in its formula.
Make up markers
Brand: Senjo color 
Name: Face and Body liner
Type: 4.5 ml model Barcode: 4260253863913
• Country of origin: Germany
• Notifying country: France
Danger: The product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI)(measured values: 1% and 0.0002%), which are forbidden in leave-on cosmetics. Dermal contact with MCI and MI containing products can provoke allergic contact dermatitis to sensitised persons.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken by economic operators: recall of the product from end users (by retailer).
Mud mask
Brand: Natus 
Name: Facial mud exfoliator
Type : 100ml model
• Country of origin: Morocco
• **Notifying country*: France
Danger: The product contains zirconium, barium and lead (measured values: 0.004%, 0.003% and 0.001% by weight, respectively). Zirconium is mutagenic, can easily reach the brain and placenta, increasing the risk of cancer.
Barium can be easily absorbed and have toxic effects on the body impairing muscle, kidney and heart activity, leading to arrhythmia, paralysis or gastrointestinal alterations.
Lead is harmful for human health as it accumulates in the body and may damage the unborn child.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken by economic operators: recall of the product from end users (by importer).
Source
• Rapid Alert System - Weekly Reports, Rapport 16, European Comission, 19/04/2019.
