About us

 With over 30 years of experience, Eurofins Spincontrol specializes in evaluating the in vivo efficacy of products with cosmetic, aesthetic, or well-being claims. Our expertise spans five approaches: instrumental, clinical, emotional, sensorial, and consumer, with a strong focus on image analysis and emotional testing. We provide honest, transparent service under the ISO 9001 quality standard, delivering technological expertise and ethical solutions for our clients.

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Our location

Eurofins Spincontrol SAS

 238 rue Giraudeau 37000 Tours - France

Our Services / Solutions

Clinical and instrumental studies – Ad-hoc testing protocols

(by dermatologists or ophthalmologists or general practitioners)
This approach is performed under the supervision of a specialist who will evaluate the efficacy of the product.

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  • anti aging
  • anti dark circles
  • anti dark spots
  • anti-pollution
  • anti-oily skin effect
  • cell renewal
  • Firmness – Elasticity
  • “Healthy Skin”
  • Moisturizing
  • Refreshing effect
  • Shooting – sensitive skin
  • Under-eye puffiness
  • Whitening & Tanning effect
  • Glass Skin
  • Anti-dimples

Consumer tests

Targeted consumers will be asked to evaluate the product at home and to fill out a questionnaire at the end of the study. People from all over France: 8,000 panelists with over 300 details (including cosmetic habits, purchasing sectors, purchased brands etc…)

Image analysis

Image analysis provides illustrations of a product's effectiveness that are not only innovative and attractive! It is a valuable tool that allows images to be taken under standardized conditions in order to quantify variations in skin or hair parameters and illustrate cosmetic benefits for use in marketing materials.

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  • Anti aging
  • Anti dark circles
  • Cell renewal
  • Mascara
  • Foundation ….

Emotional evaluation

Emotions are complex processes difficult to directly apprehend. This is why we apply and develop objective analytical methods to take into account the different components of emotion such as the cognitive (subjective, affective) component, the physiological component and the expressive component : multidimentional approach.

Standard methods

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  • Electrodermal response (i.e. skin conductance)
  • Skin temperature
  • Cardiac activity (e.g. HR, HRV, BP, …)
  • Respiratory rate
  • Mydriasis
  • Hormonal levels
  • Electromyography
  • Electroencephalography
  • Validated psychometrics questionnaires
  • Lickert-type scales
  • Neurocognitive tests
  • Implicit associations
  • Structuration of free speech (text mining)
  • Ethological methods : Gesture, posture, facial expressions, prosody, eye-tracking
  • Sleep monitoring : Actimetry, sleepness scale

Tailor made methods

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  • EmoChar®: emotional mapping
  • EmoSense™
  • EmoWave™
  • EmoWave-IA™
  • EmoVoc™

Ex-vivo Hair Test

Eurofins Spincontrol has developed numerous ex-vivo methods (on hair strands) to quantify the benefits of hair care products in relation to the daily damages that hair is subjected to:

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  • Anti-breakage and split ends
  • Dryness 
  • Repairing 
  • Nourishing
  • Combing effect
  • Permeability

Quality

  • ISO 9001
  • CIR
  • Authorisation of premises hosting research on human subjects