CURL Act Archives - Focal Point https://focalpointresearch.net/tag/curl-act/ Scientific, Regulatory and New Product Consultants Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:34:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://focalpointresearch.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-focal_point_chart_03-32x32.jpg CURL Act Archives - Focal Point https://focalpointresearch.net/tag/curl-act/ 32 32 126679100 California introduces the “C.U.R.L. Act” to ban certain Hair Relaxers Ingredients https://focalpointresearch.net/california-cosmetic-regulations/california-introduces-the-c-u-r-l-act-to-ban-certain-hair-relaxers-ingredients/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:34:48 +0000 https://focalpointresearch.net/?p=5673 The California Legislature has passed a new bill, SB 236, also known as the Combating Unsafe Relaxers (C.U.R.L) Act. This bill prohibits any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in California any hair relaxer product that contains a specified list of intentionally added ingredients: Key Provisions of the Bill: Contact us today […]

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]]> The California Legislature has passed a new bill, SB 236, also known as the Combating Unsafe Relaxers (C.U.R.L) Act. This bill prohibits any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in California any hair relaxer product that contains a specified list of intentionally added ingredients:

  1. Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50-00-0)
  2. Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247-02-3)
  3. Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191-73-5)
  4. Cyclohexylamine (CAS no. 108-91-8)
  5. Cyclotetrasiloxane (CAS no. 556-67-2)
  6. Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225-14-8)
  7. Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84-74-2)
  8. Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117-81-7)
  9. Lily aldehyde (CAS no. 80-54-6)

Key Provisions of the Bill:

  • The Bill requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2030
  • The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) would be responsible for implementing and enforcing the new rules.
  • The Bill requires DTSC to:
  1. publish appropriate third-party accreditations for laboratories to test for the specified ingredients.
  2. Publish a list of accepted testing methods for those ingredients.
  • The Bill authorizes the department to:
  1. request, and would require a manufacturer of a hair relaxer product to provide upon request, documentation, including test results, to demonstrate compliance
  2. test hair relaxer products in order to support enforcement of the provisions
  3. issue notices of violation and access administrative or civil penalties

Contact us today to get your formulas reviewed.

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