About Cosmetic Analysis

Cosmetic Analysis - Your independent decision-making aid for healthy and beautiful skin

Cosmetic Analysis is the leading manufacturer-neutral consumer portal for evaluating cosmetic ingredients and products. Since 2008, we have been enabling people worldwide to make informed decisions for their skin health - comprehensible, transparent and free of advertising.

As a member, you will gain insight into the effects of ingredients, possible allergy risks and the overall assessment of cosmetic products. Our database is based on scientific literature, is constantly updated and is available in five languages: German, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Seal Ingredients tested

**More transparency for cosmetics - The quality seal from Cosmetic Analysis

With our interactive quality seal “Ingredients tested”, we support manufacturers and brands in presenting the quality of their products openly and comprehensibly. This enables consumers to find cosmetic products that are low or free of harmful substances and that suit their skin more quickly - independently and transparently.

The** Foundation for the Promotion of Skin Health

The Foundation for the Promotion of Skin Health initiated the development of Cosmetic Analysis in 2006. The aim was to educate the public about skin-relevant ingredients. Since its launch in 2008, Kosmetikanalyse has been a pioneer in digital consumer protection.

Neutrality

Independent. Scientific. Free of advertising.

Cosmetic Analysis is financed exclusively by membership fees. We deliberately refrain from advertising and corporate sponsorship. In this way, we guarantee maximum neutrality - and ensure that you receive objective, scientifically sound information.

Read more about the benefits and functions of memberships on this page.

Evaluation of ingredients and products

Over 10,000 ingredients. Over 35,000 properties.

As we all know, every product consists of different substances. These have different properties.

Our database is based on the EU INCI list and is constantly being expanded.

Evaluations of substance properties: Each substance profile contains properties with evaluations based on over 100 specialist sources with over 12,000 scientifically proven citations.

Evaluation of the substance: These evaluations of the properties are summarized by calculations to an evaluation of the substance.

Evaluation of the product: The evaluations of the substances are summarized by complex calculations to evaluate the product.

Display of the ratings: The respective ratings are displayed using a five-level smiley system in traffic light colors. This allows you to see at a glance which substances are recommended, critical or neutral - comprehensible and transparent.

Neutral properties: To ensure that neutral properties and substances such as water are not included in the negative or positive rating, they are shown neutrally with a yellow smiley. Yellow smileys for substances and products are therefore neither good nor bad, but neutral, or none of the properties predominate.

Product analysis by members

Analyze cosmetics - simple, well-founded, understandable

Members can analyze any cosmetic product - simply by entering the ingredients in the same order as they must be listed on each product. The process is conveniently supported by the system.

The system shows the evaluation of all substance properties, the substances themselves and the evaluation of the product. Everything is visualized by coloured smileys.

If desired, members can publish their own product analyses for other members.

More than 50,000 published product analyses make Kosmetikanalyse the largest open knowledge database of its kind.

The editorial team at Cosmetic Analysis reserves the right to check published analyses and - in the event of incorrect information - to correct them or set them to private.

Consumer protection with impact

Cosmetic Analysis strengthens your decision-making competence. You will recognize the risks and benefits of individual ingredients - and understand how your products are really composed. In this way, you actively protect your skin health.

Use by experts

Used worldwide - by consumers, professionals and the industry

Registrations from 127 countries use Cosmetic Analysis - including mainly professionals such as doctors, experts in the natural healing professions, pharmacists, chemists, beauticians and scientists from fields such as environmental protection or toxicology. The platform helps them to better understand complex relationships between ingredients and skin reactions.

Our assessments make a valuable contribution to better cosmetics with fewer harmful substances, particularly in product development.

Quality and transparency seal “Ingredients tested” and marketing opportunities with CA codes and the lead generator.

Ingredients tested

The first interactive quality seal “ingredients tested” supports manufacturers and other suppliers of cosmetics in disclosing the quality of their products in detail to their customers. This makes it easier and quicker for consumers to find the right products for their skin health. All in the spirit of our consumer platform.

The interactive quality and transparency seal consists of two components:

Firstly, the quality and transparency seal is available. Companies can use this to make it clear that all ingredients in their products have been checked by the manufacturer-neutral consumer portal Cosmetic Analysis.

The licensing of the seal is subject to strict conditions. Further information can be found on the website https://www.inhaltsstoffe-geprüft.com.

Secondly, any number of interactive CA codes can be used and evaluated for online and offline advertising measures.

Interactive CA codes as interactive quality transparency incl. lead generator for sustainable customer loyalty

Transparency at a scan - with interactive codes for your products

Cosmetics suppliers can use the membership *Pro Plus * to create CA codes for their products. Each CA code contains a link that leads to the analysis of the product at Cosmetic Analysis. There, every visitor can view the evaluation of the product and all details of the ingredients it contains, even if they are not a member of Cosmetic Analysis.

You can read about how the interactive CA codes work in detail here.

Cosmetic Analysis as a blueprint for Transpareo

More than cosmetics: One technology for all consumer products

Since 2020, our web app has also been open to other industries: Nutritional supplements, food, pharmaceuticals, building materials, pet food, supply chain transparency and more. The platform has been completely redeveloped for this with all our experience and the latest technologies - flexible, mobile first and everything is immediately translated into up to 32 other languages.

Manufacturers, associations, advertisers and others can use this application cost-effectively to leverage quality transparency in their industry.


We look forward to hearing from you: support@cosmeticanalysis.com.