Fresholi | Melting Pot Café

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  :whist:) 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  :)  :buttrf:

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

 :hap3: :hap2:

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  :mwaha:

Hello Michaela, welcome to the forum.

hello  :hap3: :hap3: :hap3: :hap3:

Hello and welcome.

Hi Michaela

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

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  ;D

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 (http://www.fresholi.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261&Itemid=39) are here in Resources.

hello,
i am new to this site too, & i live in brighton & i'm from australia.......spookyyes 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?

Brightin Belles!!  :mwaha:

Oh yes please....I would love to meet up for a coffee......I am flexible but school days , on a mon wed or thurs are best for me as ones at school and ones at nursery yipeeeee! make a date and time, maybe we can meet in the lanes at waikikamoocow....coffee shop by 2 feathers.......let me know ladies xx

Ladies Who Sup?

Danielle, what part of ozz are you from,I lived in Brissy for years, and then Melbourne,....and I do miss Australia,and I really miss the normal accent haha.....
Anyway, I will get to your stall this Saturday,I look forward to meeting you very much....and the blahdeblahde yada yada regs are coming a little clearer to me lol thanks.
You will recognise me by some very fuzzy blonde hair and a very blone and boisterous 3 yr old boy lol
see you soon
michaela

what does ladies who sup mean, eileenj? call me dumb :-[ i dont know what you mean!

sorry elainej..... ??? i spelt your name wrong

Well there's Ladies Who Lunch and sup is an old word which can mean drink.

(Before JJ jumps in I'm not implying that any of you are old!)

Don't worry re name, I often get Eileen and there's a couple who persist in calling me Loraine.

EJ or mum is what we call her  ;)


But she aint saying whether you drink  :mwaha:

ooooh noooo I dont dwink :anglll: :ffllyyppig:   thanks for explaining EJ I am not used to the olde english lingo lol  we shall partake of pleasant beverages because were Ladies you know....we do ladies things.......lol

Yep, I'm up for a coffee on a Monday - it's my day off. 

I wouldn't dare imply anything EJ - it's a fact that I'm old  ;D

would next monday be ok girls?? say...11 in the lanes at waikikamoocow? ....and age is relative to how you feel,i feel 19 but im 44 grrrrrr.....o well :hap2: ::violin::
 (:hug:)

Good for me M.
I've never been in Waikikamoocow, but I've always loved the name  :mwaha:

wainotkikamoocow? lol see you soon i will drop by shop x

 :hap3:

Sounds just like the sort of place I should be going in. Great name that is.

that sounds good michaela & jo jo never been there either will possibly have my daughter with me so could be a short visit but will plan to be there at around 11am. c u there ;D

As far as I know it's still on Danielle.  That'd be great  :buttrf:

Doh!  I want to come too  :'(

11am in Waikikamoocow H.  If you leave by 6am you should be fine  :mwaha:

I'm leaving now, incase I'm late!
Hmmmpf, where are all the Scottish b&b people? We never see a soul  ???
Enjoy your frothy coffee ladies  ;)

What about Wino C? 

I'm jealous too. Hmmpf. Never mind Dipin, Mr S says if I save up for the petrol he'll bring me up to see you.

Maybe we should have a trip up to Scotland in your MSDU Joy.  How many do you reckon you could cram in?

2 is Ok JJ, more than that we'd have to be very good mates.  :mwaha:

 :mwaha:

Yipee  :hap3:
Joy and JJ are coming to Scotland in the depths of winter in a tin box the MSDU! Wino, you can have a proper "inside" bedroom, if you want to assosiate with the the riff raff  :mwaha:

so is that monday or weds were meeting girls? I think its monday but I want to make sure...mon 11 am  at why kikka moooo? and then next week scotland....my teleporter is nearly ready now yay...theres room for us all....and kids are welcome  i cant wait to meet up with you all :hap2:

Did you meet? How did it go?

Oops, its Friday...feels like a Monday to me! I would have come down too, but have gone now.
Maybe in a few weeks.

Right, all done.  Monday, 11am in Waikikamoocow.  Yipee.

PS I won't be wearing my fetching green hat as in my avatar but the face is similar  ;D

I am very sorry but I have a sick child arghhhhh, so \i cant come now, I do hope you get to read this in time , really sorry girls :tantrum:

oooooh dear,I am relly worried that you gals dont know I cant make it today......I really hope you have my message :bawl:

OK, JJ didn't get ya message in time and has just phoned me from the cafe place you were supposed to be meeting in. Woops.

Can you get back to JJ Joy? Wonder if Danielle has made it?

Just spoke to JJ, daniella made it.

Not so bad then - JJ met someone.

Yep, Danielle made it.  Poor girl has a stinking cold and the weather here was absolutely horrendous today so she shouldn't have come really.

Not to worry Michaela, we'll have to do it another time.  Hope your little one gets better soon.

 so sorry I could not be there, we are all a bit unwell, nasty chest infections aaargh.....at least we now have  ways of contacting each other quickly, and Danielle I hope you get better soon :(

You get yourself tucked up in bed Mrs, you sound rotten!  Thanks for the call though - we'll meet up when you're feeling better  :)

hello jo jo,
was great to meet up with you today, michaela i was sick too u have to be more dedicated to the soap cause :mwaha:.  i really forced myself to go but if my little one was sick i wouldn't have come either.  after i left u jo i got myself some allium cepia from neals yard & i feel about 20 times better than when i saw u today.....hmmm still look like shit though :ill:.
there is plenty of time to catch up again.  i know u said u work on saturdays jo but if you all get time (open invitation to all) & if it god dam bloody friggin stops raining i might c u at the market on saturdays,
toddle pip,
danielle