Cosmetics are like food, the production date and shelf life are very important. Nowadays, more and more women are buying imported cosmetics from abroad, and how to identify the batch number of imported cosmetics has become a problem. Here is an introduction to batch number identification methods for some of the most common brands.

L'Oreal: For example: FB263 represents production on the 263rd day of 2005. F represents the place of origin (France), the second letter represents the year, A represents 2004, B represents 2005, C represents 2006, but there is no Z, because Z and 2 are easily confused.

Biotherm: The batch number usually starts with C + 1 letter + 3 digits. For example: CB234 represents production on the 234th day of 2005. C: Place of origin (France), B: Year of production, representing 2005. A-2004, B-2005, C-2006, D-2007, and so on, but without Z, Y is directly pushed to A.

Estee Lauder: The batch number is divided into three digits, for example: B34, the last "4" represents 2004, "3" represents March, and "B" represents the place of origin. The second digit of the month is expressed as A, B, and C respectively. Estee Lauder is produced in the United Kingdom (B), the United States (A), Italy (I, usually lipstick, eye shadow), and Canada (C, usually mascara).

Clinique: The batch number is usually three digits, for example: K61, the letters represent the place of origin, the third digit represents the year, the second digit represents the month, K61 means it was produced in June 2001. Months are expressed as: 1~9, A, B, C*** 12 months. AC2 indicates production in December 2002. AB3 indicates production in November 2003, and A34 indicates production in March 2004. Clarins: The batch number is a string of numbers, for example: 303129. The first number is the year, 3 represents 2003, the next two digits are the month, 03 is March, and the following numbers are the entered container number.

Lancome: For example: CB159, the first C is the place of origin (France), the second B is 2005, and so on, A is 2004, C is 2006, D is 2007, 159 is the number of production days. Dior: The batch number is usually four digits. The first digit indicates the year, for example, 4D01 indicates production in 2004, and 5D01 indicates production in 2005. The second code represents the month, A, B, C~M represents 1, 2, 3~12 (the English letter "I" is very similar to the Arabic numeral "1" and is easily confused, so it is skipped), such as 3L01 Indicates production in November 2003.

Arden: The batch number is generally three digits, the first digit represents the year, and the last digit represents the month (the month is from 1 to 9, A, B, and C represent 1 to 9, 10, 11, and December respectively) ) such as 2D9, indicating September 2002. 3DA, indicates October 2003.

There are other ways to identify authenticity

In fact, the method is quite simple: the packaging of genuine cosmetics looks more exquisite, the trademarks and instructions for use are printed very clearly, and there is no blurry fonts. and ink bleeding, etc. The production date and shelf life are clearly marked. On the contrary, counterfeit products have simple labels and do not even have a minimum shelf life.

Check whether there is a 6-digit string of English and numbers on the surface of the cosmetics. If so, then this is the production date: However, Japanese cosmetics do not have unified specifications to mark the production date, unlike China, where the production date is written with year and month. Japan's production date is basically the batch number, and each manufacturer's batch number rules are different.

Extended information

Domestic cosmetics usually clearly indicate the production date of X year, month and " to determine the production date of cosmetics.

The following is the representation of batch numbers of some imported cosmetics

BIOTHERM consists of two English characters and three numbers

For example: the first character of CV150 is the place of origin. , the second character is the year of manufacture

S is 1997, T is 1998, U is 1999, V is 2000

The last three digits represent the day of the year

So CV150 was manufactured on the 150th day of 2000

The shelf life is usually three years, that is, until May 2003

In addition, Helena HR, LANCOME , the batch number representation of VICHY and BIOTHERM is the same

The "XX" printed on the Biotherm production date code is the symbol of Morocco, and C is France.

ESTEELAUDER (EL) mostly has a three-digit batch number: XYZ, p>

As for the month, it is expressed as: 123456789ABC***12 months

As for the 5 numbers, they represent the monthly and yearly batches of factory goods in order

The batch numbers of CLINIQUE and EL are expressed The method is the same

The KOSE batch number has four codes, such as: L902

The first number 9 represents the production in 1999

And the English letter L is a letter The twelfth character in the sequence

represents manufacturing in December, so the shelf life is until November 2002

Similarly, if the batch number is C821,