Rockeresque Beauty Company

 As a company who makes and sells cosmetics, we know how very important it is to label everything we create and distribute to the public, not only for safety, but also as a legal requirement. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) puts out specific guidelines each year on how to properly label health and beauty products and we at Rockeresque have put this handy little guide together so you can be aware of what should be listed when you purchase products whether indie or mainstream!

Here are some of the basic requirements for all health and beauty products:

A - Name of Business

 Fairly straight forward. The name of the business should be clearly listed.

B - Distributor Statement

If the name and address are not those of the manufacturer,

the label must say "Manufactured for..." or "Distributed by..."

C -  Identity Statement

 Indicates the nature and use of the cosmetic product

D -  Warnings

 These must be prominent on the labeling so there is no question to the

safety or hazards of the product in question.

E -  Ingredients

 Must be listed plainly and unobstructed in descending order which is determined

by the concentration of each ingredient in the product.

 A little more about "Warnings."

Some cosmetics, you may have noticed, have text on their labels stating that their product is safe for "face, eyes, lips, and nails." While others might read "Not Lip Safe." Why is this? The FDA puts cosmetics into these four classifications for approval. We strongly advice reading your makeup labels before using them.

While something might be approved for your face, such as paint wheels for example, which are basically body paint, they are not approved for use around the eye. This also goes for certain grades of glitter. While some glitter can be used all over your body or in nail polish, it might not be the correct grade for use near your eyes because they can scratch and damage your eye. 

On a few Rockeresque products you will notice that we have the warning "Not Lip Safe."

We add these to the few loose eye shadows we carry which are not approved for use on the lips. Why do we bother to write this on eye shadow? Well like with most loose shadows you can turn them into other things, for example you can take our color "Sparrow," and mix it with a clear mascara to create your own blue mascara. You could also take "XOXO," and mix it with clear lip gloss to create your own pink lip gloss.

There are so many fun things you can do with loose cosmetics!

However, you could not use "Sparrow," as a lip gloss, since it is not approved for your lips. All that means is there is an ingredient in the pigment that the FDA would rather you not ingest. Our official Rockeresque Lip Glosses will be coming out soon and you can look forward to a Cosmetics Corner which will look into lip gloss ingredients then!

Hopefully, with your new easy to follow label guide in hand, you will be able to make more educated decisions with your purchases and understand what exactly you are getting for your hard earned money. We at Rockeresque want you to love your products and learn about what you’re getting in every purchase!