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Cost for formula review
What would be the cost of a basic formula review? I am not looking for in depth services at the moment due to a strict budget and because I am still finishing the final touches on my recipes which may change. So I thought if I could pay someone to eyeball the formula to look for red flags, basically a yes or no…that would be an amazing start. I am applying for grants through an organization but no guarantee since much of the federal grants are being shuttered. Thank you!
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I may be able to do that for you. Email me at: mikethair@gmail.com
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You should write that what your product is. So we can see if we can do any help on that type of product.
Also, a review by a more experienced chemist would cost more.
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I am creating a new line of skin and hair care products. But my line would be “simple”, just straight old fashioned apothecary type items like cold cream, hair butter. Nothing complex like what we are seeing with skin care lines like Pacifica, The Ordinary who would be my “benchmark” although they are not mostly similar. Just in terms of cosmos and eco certification as well as some of their gentle products. Cereve would be probably slightly close to my benchmark in terms of ingredients, Pacfica would be a benchmark for overall theme of my products. Right now I have 10 products that I’d like to review. I would mostly like to get a review to look for obvious instability and incompatibility, basically a yes or no. For example, actives in my urea cream were destabilizing the emulsion and I think even a quick glance at the recipe would have been enough for a professional to know that it wasn’t going to be stable…the ph, the preservative etc was pretty obvious, but to a beginer home maker, just eyeballing a recipe wouldn’t be effective. I have to experiment and tweak a recipe far more than a professional. And some of these are years in the making. So essentially, I want to cut the experimental time frame, increase stability and safety….but right now it’s not worth spending another 2-3 years on it if a professional could eyeball a formula and let me know that it would never be stable long term.
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I do regularly check Cereve, Pacifica & The Ordinary for their New products and patents and can help in products with ingredients like these three companies.
I have experience in making emulsions (anionic, cationic & nonionic), hair conditioners, skin and hair cleansers and serums with actives like salicylic acid, niacinamide, AHA & hyaluronic acid.
I don’t have experience in sunscreen.
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Thank you, I am hoping to get my grant funding come through but it has been 1 year since I applied for services.
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Hi,
It is best to email me directly at: mikethair@gmail.com
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Thank you!
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