This cosmetic product safety assessment extra variant can only be bought when an assessment has previously been bought at Certified Cosmetics. The extra variant allows you to add an extra variant to an existing assessment.

What is a variation?

You can often make multiple product variations by changing only the scent or color of a basic formulation. By choosing the variation option in these specific cases, you benefit from lower costs and at the same time ensure that your product variations continue to comply with the regulations for cosmetic safety. For each variation, we create the PIF with CPSR and conduct a laboratory test. For 2 variations, 2 PIFs with CPSR are created and 2 laboratory tests are conducted.

When do you choose the variant option?

1. Changing scent: If the only change to the basic composition is a change in scent, you can choose the variant option. This is because the basic formulation remains the same and only the scent is changed.
2. Changing color: Similarly, if you choose to change the color of the product without introducing new ingredients or raw materials, this also qualifies for the variant price.

Example 1

Variant 1 soap ingredients:

• 96% soap base white
• 2% aloe vera powder
• Fragrance oil – 2% lavender essential oil

Variant 2 with modified fragrance:

• 96% white soap base
• 2% aloe vera powder
• New fragrance oil – 2% citrus essential oil

Variant 3 with modified fragrance:

• 96% white soap base
• 2% aloe vera powder
• New fragrance oil – 2% Ylang Ylang essential oil

These varieties retain the same basic ingredients, but change the scent from lavender to citrus and Ylang Ylang. Since the composition remains unchanged, apart from the scent, select the 3 varieties option.

Example 2

Variant 1 soap ingredients:

• 20% Water
• 10% sodium hydroxide
• 16% olive oil
• 10% palm oil
• 10% rice bran oil
• 16% coconut oil
• 12% bay leaf oil
• 3% fragrance oil
• Color – 1% mica forest green
• Color – 1% mica blue
• Color – 1% mica orange

Variant 2 with modified color:

• 20% water
• 10% sodium hydroxide
• 16% olive oil
• 10% palm oil
• 10% rice bran oil
• 16% coconut oil
• 12% bay leaf oil
• 3% fragrance oil
• New color– 1% mica golden yellow
• New color– 1% mica black
• New color– 1% mica white

This variant retains the same basic ingredients, but only changes the colors. Because the composition remains unchanged, apart from the colors, select the option 2 variants.

Important reminder: If additional raw materials are added (such as a new active ingredient, plant extract, preservatives or any other ingredient that changes the formulation), this is not counted as a variant, due to the significant change that the new formulation represents.