hello!
iI am new,and I have to say its a wonderful web site! I have been addicted to making moisturisers and balms for a long time, but now I want to get serious about it,I have been in the uk only 4 years from australia,and am having to face the eu cosmetic regulations,trying to find out what I need to do etc. so I am right at the beginning of my adventure!
I am in Brighton,and looking forward to meeting you all, oh yes, and I have 2 boisterous boys ,aged 3 and 9 lol
And a very long suffering english partner loll
cheers!

Hi Michaela!!!

Oh I am sooo glad you joined, I am sure you have plenty to share (being the only addict around here  ) and there are lots of threads that have discussed the regs etc... but you may not be able to see all of them yet (keep posting and more boards will open up to you  ).  Do join in the non-cosmo thread (if you fancy a giggle with the naughty lot) and it would be great to here more about the things you like to make. 

Thanks for the intro and I look forward to chatting with you more   

Hello Michaela - welcome to the Melting Pot.

You probably won't be able to see some of the boards about the legal stuff so if you need info on Safety Assessments and Certification just shout - the person who is an agent/co-ordinator of most flexible route for SA/Cert is not available at the moment but there are others.

And watch out for strange posts!!

hello & welcome

 

Hello & welcome.
Ask if you need to know anything someone is always able to help here.
Kim

Hiya, have fun on the forum! We CAN be serious as well occasionally, just in case you were wondering 

Hello Michaela, welcome to the forum.

hello 

Hello and welcome.

Welcome Michaela.

Hi Michaela

Ooh, another one in Brighton - I'm by the Dials, where are you?  Not that I'm nosey or anything you understand 

Hope you enjoy it here.  There's loads to learn & some giggles too.  We do get carried away sometimes but there's always the Naughty Corner 

Jo

thankyou all for your nice intros......i would love some help and advice about where to go for a safety assessment, and what is involved in getting legal?? i love to make face creams, its a passion ive had for years lol....its sooo much fun to produce a nice pot of cream....i was going to go to sarah james but she unwell hope she gets better soon.the regulations seem so complicated to me .as a begginer.
So nice to meet you all!!!
love michaela

You'll get the most flexible assessment if you hang on for Sarah but if you have your recipes and ingredients sorted and perhaps a few more you'd like to try then David Munden can be very helpful.

David's details are here in Resources.

hello,
i am new to this site too, & i live in brighton & i'm from australia.......spooky yes it does seem complicated to get started but really i think the powers that be make it seem this way. you dont need to know every blahdee blah to get going & get selling. once you get yourself a saftey assessor, call trading standards & ask what is required to be labelled on packaging & then your away. maybe you should adopt out the kids for a year or 2 so you can get yourself established. better hang onto the husband you'll need him to do all the labelling hee he.  i can say this i am married & have a child who's not quite 2 yet.  hang in there you can do this!!!!!!!!!!  if you have time come so hello i'm at the upper gardner st market on saturdays & in case you didnt get my last entry that goes to you too jo in seven dials,
bye danielle

Hey Brighton ladies, we ought to meet up for a coffee sometime.  Whaddya reckon?