[mudbug]

@lmosca

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate the input. 

In regards to the marketing plan, we have a good road map of how we are going to go about it. 

If we were to be “stubborn headed” and went the route that we’re going in now and still doing a “wet” mask, what preservative would you recommend?

[mudbug]

lmosca said:

My main concerns are the following:

1) Is this a backyard operation? Are you digging up your own clay?

2) Has the clay been tested? Most heavy metal contamination in cosmetics (lead, chromium, arsenic, cobalt, nickel, mercury, cadmium) comes from mineral pigments and clay. Did you have a laboratory test those clay?

3) Do you have a microscopic analysis to confirm the absence of >5 micron fibers? (aka asbestos-like fibers)

4) How are you processing the clay? Washing, removal of organic matter, removal of coarse material, drying, roasting, sanitation?

That is all, and I haven’t gone past the first two items.
After that we may discuss items 32 through 12 (and the missing 13th).

lmosca, 

Thank you for your response.

1) Not a backyard operation at all. Her family owns and runs a mining research company and the clays are two bi products that are pulled out of the ground. 

2) The clay has been tested and there is no worry for heavy metal contamination. The clay has been tested in their lab on site and test results came back as “background” levels

3) I spoke to the engineer this morning at there was an XRD analysis done and no fibers were present. 

4) The clay is mined out of the ground, ran thru a wash plant, milled, and then roasted

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ngarayeva001 said:

I can’t see the preservative.

Ahh I left the preservative out by accident. I plan on using Phenoxyethanol SA. Would that be sufficient?