Selling Home Made Bath Bombs

nataliekara123 wrote: »

Hello, i have been making home made bath bombs for a while now and wondered how i would go about selling them. Do i need any special insurance incase any one is allergic?? Also i am worried abotu them staining peoples baths etc. Maybe i should give up!! :eek:

Well, I've never used them, but they seem to be popular. Have you tried them in your bath/ or friends' and relatives'- if you've tested them and they don't stain you should be okay- but where did your recipe come from? If you state the ingredients on the label and say something like "Do not use if you are allergic to..." then I suppose it may be okay - I think there are other people on here making similar things - so someone more knowledgeable than me may be along in a while to offer more advice!
good Luck with it anyway - sounds great - if you package them attractively I think they'd be a hit with people especially for gifts.

Hiya!

By law, you need to have cosmetic products (which includes bath bombs) safety assessed. This basically involves you describing your recipe and manufacturing process to a cosmetic chemist, who then gives you an assessment document confirming the ingredients you can use and the amount you can safely use per batch.

You also need to keep a product information file (PIF), which has details of all your ingredients, suppliers, batch numbers/details etc.

Each product you produce has to be correctly labelled with a trading address, batch number and ingredients (using correct INCI names and % quantities where required).

You should also have product liability insurance, and public liability insurance if you plan to sell at craft fairs etc.

Here are a few links about safety assessments:
http://www.cosmeticsafetyassessment.com/index.php?p=1_4_Craft-Soap
http://www.gracefruit.com/safety-assessments/
http://www.thesoapkitchen.co.uk/safety_assessment_advice.htm

And some links about insurance:
http://www.craftinsurance.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.gcstm.co.uk/insurance.html

HTH! I used to make & sell soaps and found the paperwork was by far the most time consuming (and tedious!) part!