SUMMARY

1. OBJECTIVES 2

2. LIST OF INGREDIENTS PROHIBITED IN ABBI PRODUCTS 3

3. LIST OF INGREDIENTS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTION IN ABBI PRODUCTS 5

4. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY MINIMUM 95% NATURALNESS? 6

5. AUTHORISED CONSERVATORS AT ABBI 7

6. WHAT ABOUT ANIMAL TESTING? 8

7. WHAT ABOUT THE USE OF PERFUME WITH ALLERGENS? 8

8. EXAMPLES OF MOBILE PRODUCT RATING APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN FIND

ABBI 9 PRODUCTS

1. GOALS

   The purpose of this document is to provide information on the prohibitions and restrictions of ingredients that the Research & Development of the company ABBI SAS integrates into the development specifications of its products.

   It complements:

   • European cosmetic regulations according to Regulation No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 30, 2009, and its annexes, consolidated on March 1, 2022,

   • The regulations specific to each country because we want our products to comply with “WorldWide*” regulations.

     *To do this, our R&D laboratory relies on the various regulatory systems

     international such as for example:

     • COSING – Cosmetic Ingredient database – Ingredients and Fragrance inventory,

     • SIN LIST – Substitute It Now! List

     • REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals,

     • SCCS – Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety,

     • CTFA – Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association,

     • PCPC – Personal Care Products Council,

     • FDA – Food and Drug Administration,

     • Proposition 65 – Safe Drinking Water and Toxix Enforcement Act of 1986,

     • CFDA – China Food and Drug Administration.

       Please note that our formulation is intended to be open, that is to say flexible and alert, both on active innovations and on media speculations related to the harmful powers of ingredients. Also, this Black List is not fixed and is constantly changing, adapting to guarantee and satisfy the safety of our consumers.

       This document also aims to highlight the naturalness of the products since our internal charter requires at least 95% NATURALNESS.

2. LIST OF INGREDIENTS PROHIBITED IN ABBI PRODUCTS

   REASONS	IDENTIFICATION OF MPS	MP CLASS and/or INGREDIENTS
   Health : Classified or suspected components “ ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS ”		Antioxidant
   		Depigmenting agent
   		Conservative
   		Phthalate
   		Additive
   		UV filter chemicals
   		Allergen present in perfumes
   Health : Contact allergy	dichlorophenoxy)phenol)	Conservative
   		Allergen present in perfumes

   • ButylHydroxyToluene ( BHT ),

   • Butylated HydroxyAnisole, or ButylHydroxyAnisole ( BHA )

   • Resorcinol ( CI 76505 ): 1,3 – Benzenediol, resorcin, 1,3- Dihydroxybenzene

   • M-Hydroquinone,

   • M-Phenylene Diol,

   • 3-Hydroxyphenol,

   • 4 M-Dihydroxybenzene

   • Glycol Ethers including PHENOXYETHANOL,

   • PARABENS : Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Sodium Butylparaben, Sodium Propylparaben, Potassium Butylparaben, Potassium Propylparaben (including Parahydroxybenzoate or p-propyl hydroxybenzoate, Sodium propylparaben sodium)

   • Phthalates: DIETHYL PHTHALATE (DEP)

   • Alkylphenols (AP): NONYLPHENOL and any name derived from NONOXYNOL

   • Dihyroxybenzophenone ( BENZOPHENONE-1 ),

   • Oxybenzone ( BENZOPHENONE-3 ),

   • 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor ,

   • ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE ,

   • LILIAL (Butylphenyl Methylpropional)

   • Methylisothiazolinone ( MIT ),

   • MethylChloroIsoThiazolinone ( MCIT ),

   • TRICLOSAN (5-chloro-2-(2,4-

   • Alpha-Isomethyl ionone,

   • Amyl cinnamal,

   • Amyl Cinnamyl alcohol,

   • benzyl benzoate,

   • benzyl cinnamate,

   • benzyl salicylate,

   • butylphenyl methylpropional,

   • cinnamon,

   • cinnamon alcohol,

   	RQ : EXCEPT if expected quality of wait not reached , to be justified
   		Hair coloring
   Health : No added value for the skin Environment: Poor biodegradability	any derivative of Siloxane	Silicone
   Environment : Petrochemicals Health : Cancer risk due to accumulation		Mineral oil
   Health : Possible human carcinogen when inhaled or ingested repeatedly at nanometer size		White pigment
   Health : May be irritating to skin and eyes Environment: Polluting manufacturing process	RQ : If it is impossible to do without, it is incorporated at the minimum of its required concentration – action to be justified	Anionic sulfate surfactant – cleaning agent

   • citral,

   • citronellol,

   • coumarin,

   • eugenol,

   • evernia furfuracea extract,

   • evernia prunastri extract,

   • farnesol,

   • geraniol,

   • hexyl cinnamal,

   • hydroxycitronellal,

   • hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde,

   • isoeugenol,

   • lemon,

   • linalool,

   • methyl 2-octynoate,

   • P-Phenylenediamine and analogous compounds (whose name includes P-Phenylenediamine),

   • METHICONE, DIMETHICONE, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CYCLOTETRASILOXANE, CYCLOMETHICONE and

   • MINERAL OILS and SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBONS

   • TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891) [nano]

   • SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLS), AMMONIUM LAURYL SULFATE and LAURETH SULFATE

3. LIST OF RESTRICTED INGREDIENTS IN ABBI PRODUCTS

   REASONS	IDENTIFICATION	MP CLASS and/or INGREDIENTS
   Health : Classified or suspected components “ ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS ”	RQ : Authorized at a maximum of 0.5% in current formulations then strictly prohibited in all new formulations from April 2022	Conservatives
   Health : Contact allergy in eye contour application	RQ : Authorized at a maximum of 0.3% in current formulations then strictly prohibited in all new formulations from April 2022
   Health : Contact allergy	RQ : EXCEPT if expected quality of wait not reached , to be justified	Allergens present in perfumes
   Environment : Deforestation	triglycerides, Coco-caprylate/caprate	Emollient oil

   • Salicylic Acid,

   • 1,2-hexanediol,

   • Alpha-Isomethyl ionone,

   • Amyl cinnamal,

   • Amyl Cinnamyl alcohol,

   • benzyl benzoate,

   • benzyl cinnamate,

   • benzyl salicylate,

   • butylphenyl methylpropional,

   • cinnamon,

   • cinnamon alcohol,

   • citral,

   • citronellol,

   • coumarin,

   • eugenol,

   • evernia furfuracea extract,

   • evernia prunastri extract,

   • farnesol,

   • geraniol,

   • hexyl cinnamal,

   • hydroxycitronellal,

   • hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde,

   • isoeugenol,

   • lemon,

   • linalool,

   • methyl 2-octynoate,

   • PALM oil and its derivatives:

     • “Capryl” examples: Caprylyl capric

   	Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Cetearyl olivate Isopropyl palmitate RQ : If not possible, only use RSPO Mass Balance (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified grades.
   Health : May be irritating to skin Environment: Polluting manufacturing process	AMMONIUM LAURYL SULFATE RQ : If it is impossible to do without, it is incorporated at the minimum of its required concentration – action to be justified	Anionic sulfate surfactant – cleaning agent
   Health : Cancer risk and contact allergy		Emulsifying agent, preservative booster and humectant
   Environment : Persistence		Exfoliating agent, synthetic polymer
   Health : Contact allergy and systemic toxicity	RQ : Systematic dosage according to the ICP-MS method, defined tolerance threshold – to be justified	Present in raw materials original mineral

   • “Lauryl” examples: Lauryl glucoside,

   • “Stear” examples: Glyceryl Distearate

   • “Cetearyl” examples: Cetearyl alcohol,

   • “Palm” examples: Sodium palmate,

   • “Myrist” examples: Isopropyl myristate

   • “Dodec” examples: Dodecanol

   • SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLS) and

   • PolyEthylene Glycol (PEG), PolyPropylene Glycol (PPG), Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol and its PPG/PEG derived copolymers

   • Plastic beads and all compounds considered as plastic microbeads

   • Heavy metals Nickel (Ni), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb)

4. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY MINIMUM 95% NATURALNESS?

   In cosmetic products, it is possible to claim your product along several lines:

   • Organic or "bio" cosmetic product, the origin of which is mainly natural, which can claim to be "organic" only if it strictly complies with the legislation in force in the country and with the recognized labels and certification bodies (in France Cosmebio, Cosmos, Ecocert),

   • Natural cosmetic product , which can be stamped "natural" if it meets published specifications and/or if it complies with the rules in use in the country or with verification and control bodies. It is nevertheless possible to develop a natural product or a product of natural origin without having it certified (in France and internationally Cosmos, ISO 16128).

     Thus, naturalness can be expressed in two ways:

   • With the use and communication of certified Labels, as is the case with a product

     organic cosmetics,

   • With the application of the ISO 16128 Standard, as is the case for a natural or naturally-derived cosmetic product that decides not to be certified,

     To formulate its products, at ABBI we have chosen not to rely on a certification body but rather on the ISO 16128 Standard.

     Thus, this standard is a text aimed at harmonizing and supervising the practices of players in the cosmetics market, our practices. It is an international standard serving as a common basis.

     With this standard, we cosmetic companies agree on the one hand on the definition of the Natural, Natural Origin, Organic and Organic Origin content of products based on the characterization of the ingredients and on the other hand, on the definition of the very precise calculation methods to be used to determine the percentage of naturalness of ingredients and natural and/or organic cosmetic products.

     To define the natural part of a product or an ingredient, the ISO 16128 standard has therefore established a

     list of four categories of ingredients:

   • Natural ingredients,

   • Ingredients of natural origin,

   • Organic ingredients,

   • Ingredients of organic origin,

     Each ingredient has a naturalness index defined between 0 and 1. It is provided by the manufacturer of the raw material, and this is how, based on the percentage used in the formulation, we determine the percentage of naturalness of the ingredient, then cumulatively, that of the final formula and therefore of the finished product.

     In France, the recommendations of the ARPP (Professional Advertising Regulatory Authority) specify that "a cosmetic product can only be described as "natural" if the finished product contains a minimum of 95% of ingredients defined as "natural", within the meaning of the ISO 16128 standard or any other standard that is at least as demanding". The same applies to cosmetic products of natural origin, which must contain a minimum of 95% of ingredients of natural origin.

     It is based on this observation that at ABBI we have chosen to offer you targeted treatments,

     with a minimum of 95% naturalness.

5. ‌AUTHORIZED PRESERVATIVES AT ABBI

   What is a preservative? What is it used for?

   Behind the word conservative we can associate two facts:

   • That of protecting the formula from microbial and bacteriological attacks with the appearance

     of bacteria and mold,

   • That of protecting the oily and lipid raw materials of the formula which tend to

     oxidize and become rancid over time.

     So, to be able to keep your cosmetic product in the best storage conditions and

     of use, preservatives are necessary and ABBI does not deviate from the health safety rule.

     The absence of preservatives in certain products is most often due to a marketing gimmick when the ingredients used naturally have these antioxidant properties, such as Vitamin E, or when the formula does not need to be protected, because it is an anhydrous formulation without water where bacterial development does not occur.

     At ABBI, we use preservatives free of any controversial substances as mentioned above. We work with a cocktail of preservatives adapted to each of our galenics

     / formulas and their need for conservation.

     You can find our flagship preservative molecules here:

     MOLECULES	TARGETED ACTION
     Benzyl Alcohol	Broad spectrum of action on yeasts, molds and bacteria Effective at pH 3 - 8
     Salicylic Acid
     Sorbic Acid
     Sodium Benzoate	Inhibits germination and growth of spores. Active on bacteria and mold. Effective at pH 5 –-5.5
     Potassium Sorbate
     Chlorphenesin	Broad spectrum of action on yeasts, molds and bacteria Effective at pH 3 - 8

     All our formulas are tested by carrying out microbiological tests (Challenge Test), our formulas are safe and validated according to criterion A of the European Pharmacopoeia according to ISO 11930:2019.

6. WHAT ABOUT ANIMAL TESTING?

   It is important to note that carrying out animal testing within the territory of the European Union

   is prohibited:

   • For cosmetic products since September 2004 and,

   • For cosmetic ingredients since March 2009.

   In Europe, the cosmetics industry is the only one for which there is a ban on animal testing. ABBI therefore does not carry out animal testing, neither to test finished products nor to test the objectification of raw materials. Alternative tests called In Vitro have been set up and we use this type of test, without moderation.

7. WHAT ABOUT THE USE OF PERFUME WITH ALLERGENS?

   Some ABBI products are formulated without allergens and others with allergens! But why?

   Allergies are like everything else, it depends on each individual. If we do not want allergens from perfume products in our cosmetics, it is advisable to use a synthetic perfume because natural perfumes contain them! Yes, but what if we do not want synthetic perfume in our product? Okay, but then let's make way for allergens in this case, because nature cannot do without allergens!

   This is where the subtlety of choosing a perfume lies, because in addition to its origin, it is also important to take into account its olfactory note and its durability!

8. EXAMPLES OF MOBILE PRODUCT RATING APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ABBI PRODUCTS

   At ABBI, we strive to take into account your needs and expectations in terms of transparency and knowledge of ingredients.

   This is why, in the long term, you will be able to find our ABBI “Ready to use” products on various product rating applications, such as for example:

   • YUKA (from May 2022),

   • INCI BEAUTY (current 2022),

   • COSMETHICS (current 2022),

   • WHATPRODUCT (current 2022),

   • CLEAN BEAUTY (current 2022),…