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: products that can be mistaken for foodstuffs and a serum for eyelashes containing a pharmacologically active substance.
Bath salts
Brand: Bathora 
Name: Fizzy Bathbomb - Koupelovy Cupcake
• Country of origin: The Netherlands
• Notifying country: Slovakia
Danger: The products present a choking risk. Due to its characteristic form, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for foodstuff.
Small parts can be easily detached or bitten off the product and this may lead children to put them in the mouth and choke.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation
Measures taken by economic operators and ordered by public authorities : Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
Eyelash growth serum
Brand: Joyskin (Inno-BiBiotinTM) 
Name: Joyskin Alluring Look
• Barcode: 5903060610651
• Country of origin: Poland
• Notifying country: Estonia
Danger: The products present a chemical risk. It contains the pharmacologically active substance bimatoprost.
This could result in ocular and ophthalmic side-effects (e.g. itching and swelling of the eyelids, eyelid inflammation, hyper-pigmentation of the eyelids, conjunctival hyperaemia, eye pain or allergic reaction).
Measures taken by economic operators : Recall of the product from end users, Withdrawal of the product from the market (by distributor)
Source
• Weekly overview reports of RAPEX notifications, Report 21, Union européenne, 25/05/2018.
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