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Hello everyone,

I want to introduce myself and give you a short synopsis of my background which I hope will then enable you to help me.

I'm a married mum with a husband, 4 year old daughter and a cat.  I work as a PA part time over 5 days so spare time is at a premium.  Over the past few years through night school I have become a qualified holistic therapist in massage and aromatherapy. Unfortunately, as I'm the main breadwinner utilising my new qualifications is quite difficult as I can't leave my job and have very little spare time to do it on weekend or evenings.

When at Filey at the August Bank Holiday, I met a lovely lady who produces her own lotions, creams etc.  As we got talking I realised this may be a way to keep my hand in with my aromatherapy without doing massages. She gave me this website as an aid to help my on my journey.

So that's the idea.  I would like to give a go to making my own products but I have not a clue where to start.  I have no idea what equipment I'll need, what regulations are in place, what assessments I need to do, health and safety etc.  I am really starting at the beginning with a blank piece of paper.

I am very organised, hardworking and tenacious.  This is also something I really believe in.  I am hoping these qualities, plus any help and advice anyone can give me, will start me on this most rewarding career change.

Best wishes to all of you.

Victoria

Hello Victoria, welcome to the forum.

There's lots of info on the forum and in Resources (where you may need to log in to see some of the aricles). Take a good look around and make some posts to bring your status up to Junior - then you will be able to see all the skincare boards.

Hello welcome . be warned the world of creams is very complex ... :mwaha:

Hello Victoria,

What a lovely intro  :buttrf:  It is very nice to meet you and a very warm welcome to the forum  :)  I am sure you will find it useful here and everybody is so lovely.  Have a good look around as there's already been much discussion, that may go a long way to help you.  But the more you post, the more boards open up to you  :buttrf:

Hello and welcome.

 :hi:

Hi Victoria

I am new to this site as well and I have found the guys on here to be some of the most helpful people around this tiny internet.  May I wish you luck in your long road in achieving you goal.

All the best

John

Hi Victoria!

You met ME in Filey on the August bank Holiday! I remember telling you about this forum. Hope it serves you as well as it has me! Best of luck x

Hi and welcome!  :buttrf:

Thanks for pointing Victoria to the forum Em, I am sure it will serve as a good support  :buttrf:

Indeed great intro and HI  :joy:

Hi Victoria and welcome

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Hello Victoria and welcome...  :hi:

Hello there, I'm fairly new here as well and have already learned a lot from all the other helpful members here. X

Hello! You'll have fun here and learn lots. It's a great place.  :buttrf:

Hello  :buttrf:

Hello & welcome!
If you've trained as an aromatherapist, adding essential oil blends to some base products like creams or bath oil might be a simple place to start?  Best of luck, do read around the forum and post some more, as then you will be able to see more boards & there is so much helpful info here.  :)

Hello Victoria and welcome..................this is a great forum with lots of info and support from lovely people.   Wishing you every success with your research.... :buttrf:

Theresa

 :hi:

Hello Victoria–definitely a really nice bunch of people here. In my short time here they have been nothing but amazingly helpful  ;D