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Net Contents: Solid vs Fluid Products
Correct net contents labeling means using weight for solids and volume for liquids. Here’s how to measure and declare contents correctly on your cosmetic labels.
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Label Design: Your Brand Book
A brand book keeps your soap or cosmetic business consistent, professional, and compliant—especially when you include branding rules that apply to your product labels.
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Borax in Cosmetics: Is it Okay?
Borax was considered safe in cosmetics in 1983, but modern science and EU bans suggest safer alternatives are better choices for today’s makers.
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Ingredient Declaration: What Name to Use?
One of the trickiest parts of a cosmetic label is deciding what name to use for each ingredient. The scientific term? The kitchen-friendly version? Or that long string of Latin words?
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Label Design: Your Ideal Customer
When designing a label and marketing a product, most makers focus first on the required information, layout, and colors. If you stop there, you may miss the most important question: who is this product for?
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Titanium Dioxide: Safe or Not?
Titanium dioxide is one of those ingredients that nearly every soap and cosmetic maker has encountered. It’s been the subject of some controversy lately, so let’s take a closer look at it.
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Ingredient Declaration: Infusions, Teas & Extracts
Infusions, teas, and extracts are a common component of many soap and cosmetic formulations, but where do they go in the ingredient declaration and how are they listed?
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Label Design: The Sales Pitch
When you design a soap or cosmetic label, you’re juggling a lot of legal “must-haves.” But after that, there should still be room for a sales pitch right on the label.
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Understanding IFRA Standards
If you make fragranced soap or cosmetic products, you’ve probably bumped into “IFRA Standards.” Let’s dig into what they are and how to check compliance.
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Ingredient Declaration: Color Additives
The alternate order of the ingredient declaration is easier for color additives But what can be considered a color additive, and how should it be named?
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Label Design: Do Your Images Work?
Have you ever tried to use a web image on your label but printed too big or too small, or was fuzzy or pixelated? Here’s why.
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Cruelty-Free Logos
When you walk down the cosmetics aisle, it’s hard to miss all the little bunny logos and “cruelty-free” icons on labels. But not every bunny logo means what you might think it does.
Helping you understand soap and cosmetic regulations — in plain English.