[rosegold214]

ozgirl said:

If a person were to come to this site and was just
interested in starting a cosmetic line (not formulating) with no experience in formulating we would most
likely recommend that they consider private label. 

There are hundreds of colour cosmetics formulas available for free on sites such as UL Prospector. You need to work out what your book will offer that people can’t already
get for free. Below are some questions to consider.

Will you provide information on how to start a business and on the regulatory requirements? This varies from state to state and by country/region.

Are these formulas that can be made at home or that need specialised equipment to manufacture?

Have they been manufactured previously and stability tested?

Are the raw materials readily available? This would be the advantage of working with a supplier as suggested above.

Are you interested in teaching the chemistry side of formulating or just providing formulas?

Good luck with your ebook.

Hi! Thank you for your advice. I initially wanted to start a cosmetic line through private label. And some of the issues I ran into were 1. The amount of time it takes to research a company that private label the type of makeup I knew young women would be into. 2. Many of them have extremely high MOQ. That’s the reason I became interested in learning how to formulate makeup lol

 I’m familiar with UL prospector. But the average beginner DIYer does not. Not to mention, the average DIYer cannot easily buy those ingredients. All of the ingredients I use will come from TKB Trading and MakingCosmetics.com.. Also, I only got a basic understanding of how to formulate makeup looking at free formulas. I still had to do a lot of trial and error on my own. The advantage of my ebook is that it would be simple, easy to understand even for a beginner. 

[rosegold214]

MarkBroussard 

Thank you very much! I didn’t even thought of that! ? I’m very familiar TKB Trading lol

[rosegold214]

I guess that would depend on who you are marketing the formulas to. I would be marketing it to young makeup artists and young women who are active on social media and Are wanting to start a cosmetic line. I know for fact, that demographic does not care whether the person has a  degree in chemistry or not. They just need the formula to work

[rosegold214]

Thank you so much! I am mainly wanting to market to people who already have a brand and are wanting to expand. Or people who want to start their own brand and market it to social media influencers. I definitely didn’t have professional chemists in mind.

I don’t have a lot of active followers on my social media accounts, so that is why it is hard for me to get very many responses. And The facebook groups I am in are filled with people who don’t necessarily sell cosmetics. Many of them sell hair, eyelashes and some offer coaching services. So that is why I decided to come on here. Thank you so much for your feedback. Much appreciated! ?