Selling homemade skin care products

jmd4eva

Hi,

I've started making homemade akin care products and they are proving a hit with f+f and have started to get some interest from independent local retails.

I have the branding spot on, but need to research more about the certification side of things.

I know they need to be chemically certified, which can cost from £30 a product, is there anything else I need to research more into?

I think I have a pretty unique brand (think innocent smoothies - i work in advertising) and product range, with the wider target Market defined (for when Boots stock us!) so please constructive criticism only!

Thanks MSErs!

ab7

Have a look here

http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/consumer-issues/product-safety/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2008-as-amended

and get in touch with your local trading standards

paddyrg

Remember to check the CAP guidelines for efficacy claims.

For instance - 'Makes you look 5 years younger' is an absolute claim that you certainly don't have robust (double-blind, signinficant trial size, robust methodology, etc) evidence to claim. However '83% of users who expressed an opinion after trying the cream for a month said they felt it made their skin feel younger by an average of 5 years (based on a survey of 120 women aged 45-65 yrs old)' is probably going to be just fine.

http://www.cap.org.uk/The-Codes/CAP-Code.aspx