Personal care
From lip balm to lotion, pomade to perfume, and soaps to scrubs, it’s a new world for the personal care industry. Younger consumers are doing their research online, paying attention to user reviews and taking cues from social media. The emphasis is on company reputation, quality and ethical sourcing of materials, health, and — of course — style. Cost typically has a lower priority.
Manufacturers and distributors can now reach out directly with innovative, higher-quality products containing healthy and safe ingredients. Even smaller companies now have the ability to connect with users interested in niche or multi-purpose offerings.
Growing concerns about allergies, chemical hazards, ethical sourcing and testing, and sustainable packaging emphasize the need for transparency in labeling and advertising.
Are you reformulating or creating new products with an eye toward these trends? The SDScribe™ chemical library includes the extensive Cosmetic Ingredient (COSING) lists compiled by the European Community, to help you select ingredients that are appropriate for use.
COSING v.2 inventory for over 25,000 substances, including COSING reference numbers, INCI/INN/EU Pharmacopeia names, purpose in cosmetics, and any restriction citations (1.23.2018 release);
Ingredients restricted for use in cosmetics, specifying concentration limits and/or other constraints;
Ingredients prohibited for use in cosmetics.
The chemical library also identifies substances that are listed under:
The EPA Safer Choice list, rating ingredients for (among other things) safety, performance, and emissions;
California Proposition 65, identifying ingredients that under most circumstances you would want to avoid*;
US FDA prohibited and restricted ingredients in cosmetics (partial listing**).
SDScribe™ can generate an SDS in either UN or EU-ECHA format from the same data. There are also separate, paired fields to hold the same information in a non-English language. With the optional non-English section titles, the program can generate SDSs in two languages from the same SDS record. These features make it easier for you to distribute worldwide.
Safety data sheet templates
To get you going quickly, SDScribe™ includes three SDS templates for personal care products (two liquid, one solid). You can duplicate these templates and customize them for your particular product line. You can also create templates from SDSs you’ve already completed. Or create new templates from scratch!
Inventory and Production Manager
With the optional Inventory and Production Manager, you can maintain stock levels of ingredients, parts, and finished product; print batch sheets for the production floor and labels for bottles; log batch size, QC analyses, photos and notes; and calculate costs.
* Some ingredients could be Prop. 65-listed for a route of exposure that is not applicable to the product.
** The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act prohibits certain categories of chemicals that do not appear in the chemical library, such as specific cattle materials.
Creating an SDS from a template, in three steps
