Practical steps on how to produce Body COSMETICS that sells like Crazy!

Cosmetics includes everything that is applied to the body for nourishment and beauty. These include:

1. Body Cream- Pomade and other body creams
2. Hair Cream
3. Balm
4. Lipstick, Wet- lips
5. Eye shadow etc.

OVERVIEW OF COSMETICS MARKET:
In Nigeria in particular, every one uses cream, so the market is very large. Babies, children and adults all use cream, no tradition in Nigeria forbids the use of creams. This line of business is not affected by recession or economic downturn as people always strive to look and smell good. This is why big Market players have made lots of profit from this business. In this tutorial we will deal with the production of different kinds of cosmetic.

POMADE/BODY CREAM MAKING
This is generally called Vaseline, but Vaseline is a company product name, a brand. Pomade is produced with exclusively oil based ingredients. It does not involve addition of water.

USES OF POMADE
1. For body nourishment
2. As hair cream or hair food
3. As lubricant.

POMADE/BODY CREAM PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
1. Pot
2. Stainless Spoon
3. Thermometer-for checking the temperature of the mixture
4. Face mask-for protecting the mouth and noise
5. Lab coat
6. Storage bowls etc.

CHEMICALS AND INGREDIENTS
1. Petroleum Jelly: This is a petroleum product and is good in body nourishment.
2. Lanolin: This makes the pomade to be elastic and thick. It is also a body nourishing agent
3. Paraffin Oil: This is a petroleum product; it is a body nourishing agent and also a healing agent. It increases the volume of the product.
4. Paraffin Wax: The addition of paraffin oil alongside petroleum jelly and lanolin makes the mixture very light. To bind them together, paraffin wax is added. This is a binding agent, it holds the mixture together.
5. Colour: You use desired colour to taste
6. Aromatic Agent: To give your product a desirable aroma

POMADE /BODY CREAM PRODUCTION PROCESS
1. Add petroleum Jelly + paraffin oil + Lanolin +paraffin wax into the stainless pot, and dissolve on fire.
2. Note: We are not frying the mixture, but dissolving them, add the desired colour. Allow the temperature to go down between 300 c and 500 c 3. before adding the perfume.
4. If the perfume is added while the product is still very hot it will simply cause the product to break. The perfume instead of blending will turn to water, and remember water and oil don’t go together.

POST PRODUCTION PROCESS
1. When you have added your perfume the next thing is the decanting of the product into cups; this is the process of pouring the product into containers.
2. Before pouring the product into containers, you would have to test the thickness of the pomade. First take a little and drop on a neutral surface.
3. Allow it to cool by blowing air on it. Check, and if it’s too thick-add jelly and paraffin oil. It simply means that wax is too much.
4. If on the other hand it is too soft then add wax to thicken it.
5. As you decant, don’t shake the container until it thickens. If possible label your containers before decanting.

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