Product Categories4 min read
Body Wash and Bubble Bath: Surfactant Details for the CNF
How to identify and list foaming surfactants correctly on a Canadian Cosmetic Notification Form for body wash or bubble bath.
April 15, 2026Read
Fragrance Allergens4 min read
Cinnamon and Clove Oils Carry the Strong Allergens
Cinnamon bark and clove oil are among the most sensitizing fragrance materials, driven by high cinnamal and eugenol content.
April 15, 2026Read
Soap & Handmade4 min read
Honey in Soap: How to List It and What to Watch
Honey soap needs correct INCI naming and a look at claims and allergen sourcing before it goes on a Canadian filing.
April 15, 2026Read
Labeling & Claims4 min read
Must You Show the Ingredient List When Selling Online
What online sellers of cosmetics should know about displaying ingredient lists before checkout, separate from the physical label.
April 15, 2026Read
United States (MoCRA)4 min read
Where Sunscreen Sits Between MoCRA and OTC Drug Rules
Sunscreen is regulated as an OTC drug in the US, not a cosmetic, which changes which rules actually apply to an SPF product.
April 15, 2026Read
Concentration Limits4 min read
Formaldehyde-Releaser Preservatives and Their Thresholds
Releaser preservatives work by slowly emitting free formaldehyde, and that free formaldehyde level is what triggers a warning requirement.
April 14, 2026Read
Concentration Limits3 min read
Fragrance Allergen List 1 and the Percentages That Trigger It
The actual math behind List 1 fragrance allergen disclosure, with worked examples for leave-on and rinse-off products.
April 14, 2026Read
Canada & the CNF3 min read
Fragrance Allergen List 1 and Your CNF After April 12 2026
How the April 12 2026 List 1 fragrance allergen rule changes what you enter on your Cosmetic Notification Form.
April 14, 2026Read
Business & Operations4 min read
What to Do If Health Canada Contacts You About a Product
A calm, step-by-step response plan for a Health Canada information request or complaint about your cosmetic product.
April 14, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
What to File When a Botanical Extract Has No CAS Number
Many plant extracts have an INCI name but no CAS registry number, and that gap needs to be handled correctly on a filing, not fudged.
April 14, 2026Read
Prohibited & Restricted3 min read
Aerosols and Sprays: Hotlist Limits You Might Miss
Why some Hotlist entries add extra inhalation-specific conditions for aerosol and spray cosmetic formats.
April 13, 2026Read
Selling Channels4 min read
Amazon FBA Cosmetics to Canada: Compliance Before You Ship
Why sending cosmetics into an Amazon FBA warehouse in Canada already counts as selling there, and what to file first.
April 13, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
Hydrosols and Floral Waters: The Right INCI to File
How to name rose water, lavender hydrosol, and similar plant distillates correctly on a cosmetic ingredient filing.
April 13, 2026Read
Prohibited & Restricted4 min read
Prohibited Dyes and Colorants You Cannot Use in Canada
A practical look at how the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist treats colorants, and where to find what's actually permitted.
April 13, 2026Read
Australia (AICIS)3 min read
The AICIS Annual Declaration and What You Must Submit
What the AICIS annual declaration covers, who needs to file it, and how it differs from a per-product cosmetic notification.
April 13, 2026Read
Selling Channels4 min read
Your Own Site vs a Marketplace: Compliance Tradeoffs
How selling cosmetics on your own website versus a marketplace changes who catches compliance gaps and when.
April 13, 2026Read
Concentration Limits4 min read
Diluting a 10 Percent Active Down to a Target Strength
The dilution math for cutting a 10 percent active stock down to a specific finished percentage, with a worked example and rounding caution.
April 12, 2026Read
Prohibited & Restricted4 min read
How a Single Hotlist Entry Can Stop Your CNF Filing
One flagged ingredient on the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist can delay or block a Canadian cosmetic notification, and here is the exact mechanism.
April 12, 2026Read
Product Categories4 min read
Micellar Water Notifications and Their Deceptively Simple Formula
Micellar water looks like plain water on the label, but its surfactant micelles and preservative system still need full INCI mapping for a Canadian CNF.
April 12, 2026Read
Suppliers & SDS4 min read
SDS Section 2 Hazards and What They Mean for Cosmetics
A plain-language walk through Safety Data Sheet Section 2, the GHS pictograms it carries, and what they actually mean for a finished cosmetic.
April 12, 2026Read
INCI Names & CAS Numbers4 min read
What INCI Actually Stands For and Why It Runs Your Filing
A plain-language explainer of INCI naming for makers who have seen the acronym on labels but never had it explained.
April 12, 2026Read
Business & Operations4 min read
Duplicating a Past CNF for a New Product Variant
Reusing a filed Cosmetic Notification as the base for a new scent or shade variant saves real time, as long as you know exactly what to change.
April 11, 2026Read
Concentration Limits4 min read
How Concentration Sets Your Fragrance Allergen Triggers
The leave-on and rinse-off fragrance allergen thresholds in Canada hinge entirely on finished-product concentration math, not just ingredient presence.
April 11, 2026Read
Prohibited & Restricted4 min read
Nanomaterials and How the Hotlist Treats Them
Particle size can shift how the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist treats a substance, and titanium dioxide plus zinc oxide show why size matters as much as chemistry.
April 11, 2026Read