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I've put together a small line of natural personal care products and

have started to market locally. Here are my questions:

 

1. It is my understanding that cosmetic labeling requirements do not

require that I state specific essential oils used in the product due to

the low dilution percentages. Some people now are asking exactly what

essentail oils are used and I've been telling them as the question

arises. Since I value the recipe that I've formulated, I have some

reluctance to answer that question. However, knowing the

contraindications of some of the oils feel that information should be

provided freely. What is the general opinion out there?

 

2. Has anyone patented formulas to protect their product? I guess the

value that I place on my formula may have too way much significance

since we are all out here to assist others with alternatives.

 

3. Am I operating with the wrong approach? What has been your

experience?

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Hi,

 

I've been making and selling natural soap and skin care and selling it for over

6 years now and I've always put on my labels the eo's I use. I choose to do

this so that if anyone is sensitive to say lavender, they know it's in a

particular formula and they would not then want to choose that one. I don't

think that anyone would be able to copy your formula for a product or a scent

blend unless they really had a talent for it or sent it to a lab that can

duplicate formulas.

 

If you have some outstanding product that gets amazing results and no one else

has anything like it, then maybe it'd be worth it to get a patent.

 

Personally for me when it comes to disclosure of ingredients, I'm for it. That

doesn't mean you have to give out your whole formula though!! :)

 

--

Margaret Helm-Duell

Mohea Natural Beauty LLC

 

 

 

 

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" Katherine " <sunfunwun

I've put together a small line of natural personal care products and

have started to market locally. Here are my questions:

 

1. It is my understanding that cosmetic labeling requirements do not

require that I state specific essential oils used in the product due to

the low dilution percentages. Some people now are asking exactly what

essentail oils are used and I've been telling them as the question

arises. Since I value the recipe that I've formulated, I have some

reluctance to answer that question. However, knowing the

contraindications of some of the oils feel that information should be

provided freely. What is the general opinion out there?

 

2. Has anyone patented formulas to protect their product? I guess the

value that I place on my formula may have too way much significance

since we are all out here to assist others with alternatives.

 

3. Am I operating with the wrong approach? What has been your

experience?

 

 

 

 

 

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I like the idea of full disclosure, but...

A friend of mine has a signature scent that she uses for a line of

toiletries. She came up with it about 10 years ago, and in that time hundreds

of

people have asked for it, guessed at it, and played games trying to wheedle it

out of her. It is a blend of 6 or 7 essentials, and if she listed them on her

products, I can guarantee you that somebody would sit with a dropper until

they figured it out. No one has ever said that they needed to know because of

a sensitivity, and I suspect that is because people with a sensitivity would

stay away from scented products anyway.

Big perfume companies keep their formulas secret, and so does Coke and KFC.

 

Tina

_The Essential Herbal Magazine_ (http://www.essentialherbal.com/)

_Essential Herbal Blog_ (http://theessentialherbal.blogspot.com/)

 

 

 

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