Shea Butter Blog

Pale refined shea butter beside golden unrefined shea butter

Why Most Shea Butter on Store Shelves Is Bleach...

The ingredient name is the same either way. Why manufacturers bleach shea, how to tell unrefined from refined in your hands, and what it means for a brand's claims.

Why Most Shea Butter on Store Shelves Is Bleach...

The ingredient name is the same either way. Why manufacturers bleach shea, how to tell unrefined from refined in your hands, and what it means for a brand's claims.

Shea butter ingredients and bench tools at a skincare maker

How to Choose a Private Label Skincare Manufact...

Named sources, who holds the Health Canada licence, testing, minimums, formula ownership, and whether you can see the room. Ask these before you see a price list.

How to Choose a Private Label Skincare Manufact...

Named sources, who holds the Health Canada licence, testing, minimums, formula ownership, and whether you can see the room. Ask these before you see a price list.

Skincare packaging and materials that drive private label cost

What Private Label Skincare Costs in Canada: Th...

Formula route, ingredients, packaging, regulatory path and run size set the price. How to read a quote, and the costs that never appear on it.

What Private Label Skincare Costs in Canada: Th...

Formula route, ingredients, packaging, regulatory path and run size set the price. How to read a quote, and the costs that never appear on it.

Assorted private label skincare jars ready for branding

Private Label vs White Label vs Custom Formulat...

Three routes to a product with your name on it, compared on speed, minimums, distinctiveness and risk, and the order most successful brands take them in.

Private Label vs White Label vs Custom Formulat...

Three routes to a product with your name on it, compared on speed, minimums, distinctiveness and risk, and the order most successful brands take them in.

Product label detail suggesting Canadian Natural Product Number context

What Is an NPN, and Why Your Private Label Skin...

The eight-digit number that decides your timeline: which claims make a skincare product a Natural Health Product, what the licence involves, and whether you actually want one.

What Is an NPN, and Why Your Private Label Skin...

The eight-digit number that decides your timeline: which claims make a skincare product a Natural Health Product, what the licence involves, and whether you actually want one.

Skincare jars and labels for starting a Canadian skincare brand

How to Start a Skincare Brand in Canada: The 7 ...

Cosmetic or NPN? White label or custom? Who holds the licence? The seven decisions, in the order a manufacturer will ask them.

How to Start a Skincare Brand in Canada: The 7 ...

Cosmetic or NPN? White label or custom? Who holds the licence? The seven decisions, in the order a manufacturer will ask them.