Batch codes by brand
Ten brands the app decodes, each with where the code is printed and what the characters mean. More than 500 brands are in the app itself.
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Estée Lauder
Three characters, the second is the month
A63 -
Clinique
Three characters, or a longer mark read by its first three
A74 -
MAC
Exactly three characters, month in the middle
A63 -
Lancôme
Year letter, then month symbol, in a seven-character code
38XN0OG -
L'Oréal Paris
A longer letter code, or a short letter-and-day code
Y060 -
Maybelline
Six characters: skip two, then year letter and month
16S900 -
Dior
Year digit first, then a letter for the month
6K01 -
Chanel
Four digits; the first two count months
6901 -
Shiseido
Year digit and day of the year, then letters or digits the app ignores
9322MM -
Nivea
Year digit and ISO week, dated to the Monday
10133310
Not here? If your brand is missing, the app is still the quickest way to find out: it covers 500+ brands, and when a brand has no readable system it says so. Cosmetic Checker is on the App Store and Google Play. The batch code guide covers where to look on any pack.