Optima · Restructuring hair mask

The product poses a chemical risk because the list of ingredients includes the substance “bis-hydroxyethyl biscetyl malonamide”, which is banned for use in cosmetics and personal hygiene products under the Directive 76/768/EEC.

Published: 05 December 2008
Notifying authority: Portugal
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 1420/08
Model: All lots of the product. On the packaging in the photograph the barcode is: “8 028149 000141”.
Check-digit validated barcodes: 8028149000141

Classification

Category: Cosmetics
Risk type: Chemical
Country of origin: Italy

Product description

A hair maintenance product for damaged hair provided in a 150 ml package labelled: “Optima – Restructuring Treatment For Damaged And Curled Hair”.