Cosmetic recalls — December 2025: 114 Safety Gate alerts

In December 2025, the EU Safety Gate system published 114 cosmetic recall alerts. That is 6 more than the month before.

Substances most often behind the recalls

Regulated substances only (banned, restricted or allergens); the number is the count of that month's alerts in which the substance was detected.

• HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE — 5
• P-HYDROXYANISOLE — 4
• METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE — 3
• METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE — 3
• SILVER — 2
• Citronellol — 1

Notifying countries

• Italy — 59
• Czechia — 25
• Slovakia — 17
• Germany — 7
• Spain — 2

Sample alerts from this month

• THT PROFESSIONAL NAIL SOAK OFF — THT
• WHITE EXCLUSIVE French Gel — RUSCONA
• H Drop CALM AFTER STORM Orange Flavour
• Aloe — Equilibra®
• Revitalfit — L'OREAL PARIS

The full searchable list: cosmetic recalls — alert browser. Aggregate trends: recalls in numbers. Check your own product in the INCI checker.

This recap is generated automatically from the European Commission's Safety Gate data (methodology: how BeautyGuard works).