simply fragrant Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I visited a new "boutique" store and one of the displays was soaps. The shop owner buys wholesale and puts her own private label on. They appeared to be CP and were absolutely gorgeous and smelled divine. The thing that struck me was that the soaps were not wrapped except by a cigar band with the store name on it and the scent. No ingredient list, but it seems I read somewhere that CP is not considered cosmetic, therefore does not require listed ingredients. The product can be touched and handled and who knows what can get transferred to the soap from someones hands. I have seen displays such as this in other shops too. Is it common not to wrap soaps with some sort of protective barrier, or am I being paranoid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacktieaffair Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I can't answer the question you asked, but just to add my two cents... While I find that "look" of the cigar band absolutely adorable and love it... Im personally too paranoid to purchase a product that hasn't been wrapped/sealed and has been left open for anything and everything to touch it, contaminate it , etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I'm wondering since it's not really their product--they're just distributing it and putting their label--how much that effects what has to be listed. I wouldn't buy something that just had a cigar band on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simply fragrant Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Jackie, that is a good question about retailers not having to label ingredients if they use their own private label. I don't consider myself a germ-a-phobic, but really, I didn't want to touch the soaps, heck I would be adding my own germs! Blacktie, I also think the cigar band is eyecatching, the display was very nice. Nice to know I am not being too persnickety, ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I won't buy any soap that doesn't have a list of ingredients, some ingredients and my skin don't play nice!! I use and like boxes for my CP soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I won't purchase anything without an ingredients list. I also want my stuff wrapped. Even though it IS soap and water will rinse off the ickies, unwrapped soap just flat out grosses me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Unwrapped stuff really skeeves me out. Have you ever seen how people test sniff products? Some go pretty deep in the nose. In a store, soaps are magnets for pet hair on clothing, dust, debris, etc. They get dinged and dirty pretty quickly when not protected.Ditto to those who won't purchase without an ingredient list. Though not required unless making a medical claim, so many people have serious allergies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samandkennasmom Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I totally agree with ya all. I do like how the bands look but as retailers, I don't feel they are helping out their sales dept. at all. And it is really kinda all logic when ya just watch people picking them all up, sniffing all over them, no ingredients listed any where on it. Just a few improvements and I bet sales would double! Jm2cw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Wow, I didn't realize you didn't have to have the ingrediants list. Oh well, I put it on mine. And I'm with you guys in that I'd be awful hesitant to buy something in a store that has been handled by who knows who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I see that a lot here to in health food stores. I will not buy an unwrapped soap, someone could stick something in it and just the ick factor. I left a bar of soap in the wash room at the market, someone put a small nail in it, thank god the woman that used it didn't get scratched or poked. I do not leave soap in the wash room any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I left a bar of soap in the wash room at the market, someone put a small nail in it, thank god the woman that used it didn't get scratched or poked. People are so sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simply fragrant Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 People are so sick.No kidding!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudMarineMom Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I left a bar of soap in the wash room at the market, someone put a small nail in it, thank god the woman that used it didn't get scratched or poked.What is wrong with people??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmenoodlehead Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I've seen a soap maker, on YouTube, pick up her soap after cutting it, and stick it too much into her nose. All I could think was, "She's not planning on selling That bar". Sure enough she put it right back down in the mix with all the others. That does gross me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I recently met with a prosepective wholesale buyer and the soaps only had the bands and were not shrink wrapped. I use the shrink wrap that is open on the end and then cover with a paper cigar band that lists all the information. The buyer began asking me all sorts of informed questions about the ingredients. She finished by saying, "You have good ingredients" and was satisfied with my answers. Customers never look at the ingredients but will ask about something if they have an allergy. I think the boxes would be the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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