Guest guest Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 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 -------------- Original message -------------- " 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 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/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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