Technical Support, Ingredient Information & Labeling
Technical Support, Ingredient Information & Labeling
TKB Trading has supplied cosmetic ingredients, colors, bases, and packaging since 1997. As a distributor, we provide quality materials along with the product information and documentation available to us. We do not formulate, test, or approve finished products.
For document availability, COA limitations, and document requests, please also review our Documentation Policy.
What we can help with
- Product information: Ingredient names (INCI), product descriptions, and supplier usage guidance, as listed on each product page.
- Posted documents: Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and representative Certificates of Analysis (COA), where available, on product pages, plus allergen, vegan, IFRA, or other statements where available.
- Choosing products: General guidance on which of our products are intended for lip, eye, nail, face, or soap use.
- Orders: Stock, pack sizes, shipping (including hazardous-material shipping), and order questions.
What we can't help with
- Formulation: We offer basic educational guidance and example recipes, but we cannot create, review, adjust, or validate custom formulas, blend ratios, or usage levels for individual products.
- Testing: We don't test the stability, compatibility, preservation, or performance of finished products or blends of our materials.
- Safety and approval: We can't assess or confirm the safety of finished products or approve them for sale.
- Labeling and claims: We can't review or approve your ingredient lists, labels, or marketing claims, such as vegan, natural, cruelty-free, conflict-free, or SPF claims.
- Regulatory advice: We can't advise on FDA, MoCRA, EU, or other regulatory requirements for your products.
- Custom documentation: We can't complete supplier questionnaires, audits, or sourcing statements beyond the documents posted on our website.
- Pack sizes: Products are sold in the pack sizes listed on our website.
Your responsibilities as a brand
The brand that brings a product to market is responsible for its formulation, safety substantiation, stability testing, labeling, and regulatory compliance. We recommend working with a qualified cosmetic chemist and safety assessor.
What's on each product page
- INCI ingredient list: INCI ingredient information supplied by the manufacturer
- SDS: Safety Data Sheet
- COA: our standard, representative Certificate of Analysis. COAs are not batch-specific and are not tied to TKB lot numbers.
- “OK for Use” chart: where the manufacturer's documents show the product can be used (lips, eyes, wash-off, nail polish) in the USA and EU
- IFRA statement (flavor oils): maximum usage levels by product category
We do not have access to our manufacturers' complete formulas, and we can't provide information they don't share with us.
At a glance
| You're asking about | What we provide | What we can't provide | Who can help |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lip bases (e.g. Professional Lip Base, Luxe Lip Base, color-changing bases) | INCI ingredient information supplied by the manufacturer; SDS; COA | Ingredient percentages or ranges; which ingredients stay above 1% after you add colors or flavors; ingredient order for your label | Cosmetic regulatory consultant |
| Colors, micas and shimmers | INCI ingredient information supplied by the manufacturer, including declared substrates, coatings and carriers; “OK for Use” chart; SDS, COA | Percentages of individual colors, substrates, coatings, surface treatments, binders or carriers | Cosmetic regulatory consultant |
| Special blends (products that combine materials from more than one supplier) | Full INCI ingredient list; “OK for Use” chart where applicable; SDS; COA | Blend ratio; percentages or ranges of individual components | Cosmetic regulatory consultant |
| Flavor oils | IFRA statement, usage guidance, SDS | Flavor formulas or carrier percentages; whether your label can say “Flavor” alone | Cosmetic regulatory consultant |
| Formulas and blends | Basic educational guidance and example recipes | Custom formulas, blend ratios, usage levels, stability or compatibility testing | Cosmetic chemist |
| Intended application | “OK for Use” chart on each product page | Assessment or approval of your finished formulation | Safety assessor |
| Batch documents | Standard, representative COA | Batch-specific COAs | |
| Your finished-product label | Ingredient order, required declarations, incidental-ingredient exemptions, “may contain” statements, shared labels, personalized cards | Cosmetic regulatory consultant | |
| Ingredients bought elsewhere | Any documentation | The supplier of that ingredient |
Lip bases and other ingredient blends
We provide the INCI ingredient information and supplier documents we receive. Manufacturers consider their formulas and ingredient percentages proprietary and do not share them with us, so we cannot provide:
- Complete formulas or individual ingredient percentages
- Concentration ranges beyond those in standard supplier documents
- Calculations of which ingredients remain above or below 1% after you add other ingredients
- Ingredient order for your finished-product label
We cannot arrange confidential disclosure of formulation details that manufacturers have not made available to us.
Special blends
Some of our products are special blends that combine materials from more than one supplier. For these products, we provide the full INCI ingredient list, along with the SDS and COA on the product page. The blend ratio and the percentage of each component are proprietary and are not disclosed, including as ranges.
Colors, micas, shimmers and pigment dispersions
A colorant often contains more than the substance that gives it color. Its ingredient list may also include:
- Substrates, the base particle the color coats (e.g. mica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, borosilicates, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, silica)
- Coatings and surface treatments (e.g. tin oxide, magnesium stearate)
- Carriers, in liquid colors (e.g. castor seed oil)
These are examples across different products; not every colorant contains them. The ingredient information on each product page reflects what the manufacturer has supplied to us. Beyond information disclosed in our standard supplier documents, we cannot provide:
- Percentages of individual colors within a blend
- Substrate, coating, surface-treatment, binder or carrier percentages
- The concentration of each component in your finished product
- Whether a component can be left off your label, or whether it qualifies as an incidental ingredient
The amount of a colorant you add to your formula does not, by itself, tell you the amount of each ingredient within it.
Flavor oils
Please review each flavor's published usage guidance and available IFRA statement for the intended product category. Do not assume the same usage rate applies to every flavor. We cannot provide flavor formulas or carrier percentages beyond available supplier documentation, or determine whether your label can say “Flavor” alone or must list particular components.
Finished-product labels and customized cosmetics
We cannot prepare, review or approve finished-product labels, including:
- Ingredient order after mixing
- Which components require separate declaration
- Incidental-ingredient exemptions
- “May contain” statements
- Shared labels used across several formulas
- Personalized ingredient cards for customer-selected combinations
A cosmetic regulatory consultant can review your complete formulas, our raw-material documents, your intended uses and your proposed labels.
About our documents and examples
- Documents reflect information provided by our suppliers, to the best of our knowledge, and may be updated over time. Please check the product page for the current version.
- Colors may vary slightly between batches. We recommend starting with a smaller pack size before ordering larger quantities.
- Example formulas and recipes are educational starting points. Customers are responsible for testing their own finished products for stability, safety, and suitability.
Before you buy for commercial use
Please review the documents on each product page to make sure they meet your business needs. If your project needs information or services beyond what we provide, arrange technical and regulatory support before purchasing.
Our documents help you choose ingredients. They do not establish the safety, stability, preservation or compliance of your finished cosmetic.
About our product information
Product information on this site and in our documents, including descriptions, approved uses, usage rates, SDS and COAs, is based on information available from manufacturers and suppliers, as well as TKB's own product information. It is shared in good faith, to the best of our knowledge, and is provided for reference. Recipes and formulas are educational starting points.
TKB Trading cannot anticipate how our products will perform in every finished formulation. Buyers are responsible for testing their finished products for safety, stability and performance, and for ensuring their labeling and claims comply with applicable requirements in the markets where they are sold.
Our disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability are set out in our Terms of Service (Section 9).
Questions or a discrepancy?
We're happy to help with general questions about a product, such as how it is typically used, what is on its product page, or where to find a document.
If a document is missing, a link doesn't work, or a label doesn't match our published information, please contact us with the product name, lot number and a photo if you have one. We're happy to check.
Contact us at support@tkbtrading.com
