Labeling your Mineral Makeup
Recently, a customer asked me this question: I am creating a line of "multi purpose mineral cosmetics" with micas. Let's say one of the colored micas contains mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxides, and ferric ferrocyanide. Does the ferric ferrocyanide have to be listed on the ingredients list?? Is that considered something that would be a "trace" ingredient, and therefore I'm not required to list it?? I see a lot of little mineral companies list on their sites: multi purpose minerals - contains mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxides. May contain: chromium oxide green, ferric fero., etc.... , but it doesn't seem they list it on their products. Is this right? Labeling of cosmetics is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The laws require that your label do the following: State the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor Give an accurate statement about the quantity of the contents (e.g., "3 grams") Inclu