Playboy warns about PLAY IT LOVELY shower cream over banned ingredient
The shower cream contains BMHCA, which is prohibited in cosmetic products and may harm the reproductive system, may harm the health of the unborn child and may cause skin sensitisation.
What to do
Measure taken: Destruction of the product (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 24/11/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Shower cream
- Company
- Playboy
- Hazard
- According to the list of ingredients, the product contains 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. BMHCA may harm the reproductive system, may harm the health of the unborn child and may cause skin sensitisation. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Czechia
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04314/25
- Model or type: Tender Peach
- Batch number: 41414212
- Barcode: 36073406679783607340667992
- Measure in force since
- 24/11/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- December 9, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- December 9, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Playboy Shower cream (PLAY IT LOVELY)
- Product
- Product: Shower cream Name: PLAY IT LOVELY Brand: Playboy Description: Shower cream, 250 ml.
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical According to the list of ingredients, the product contains 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. BMHCA may harm the reproductive system, may harm the health of the unborn child and may cause skin sensitisation. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
- Measures taken
- Destruction of the product (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 24/11/2025
- Country of origin
- Spain
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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