Cosmetic Manufacturers - Free Cosmetics Discount Offers

Cosmetic manufacturers follow some technique such as free cosmetics, discount offers etc. to market their product. These effective marketing also adds on to the secret for success.

According to the survey the cosmetic manufacturers who hold the top 10 ranks are:

(1) Avon
(2) Cover Girl
(3) Loreal
(4) Revlon
(5) Mary Kay
(6) Lancome
(7) Clinique
(8) Hard candy
(9) New york cosmetics
(10)Urban Decay

Avon is the largest direct selling beauty company in the world. There vision is to understand and satisfy the product service and self -fullfilment needs of women. They work for the welfare of the women this can be known from there self interest in eradicating breast cancer. So they say that unique human touch is a key strength of their company.

Avon is the first beauty company to stop animal testing. There stance against animal testing is a central part of there belief that they have an important role to play, not only in the cosmetics industry, but also in the wider community.

Cosmetic manufacturers should not only see their profit instead they should show interest on the welfare of the cosmetic users too. This human touch will surely help them to standardize there product. Avon is the best example in this aspect.

Cosmetic manufacturers inc. is an highly diversified company manufacturing cosmeceutical, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products and applications.

When peoples unite many new ideas emerge which will mostly lead to the betterment of an individual and to the society at large, this union of members forms association. Manufacturers associations where started to help the manufacturers work effectively thereby improves the standard of the company.

Misson of ICMAD is to represent, educate and foster the growth and profitability of entrepreneurial
companies in the cosmetic and personal care industries worldwide.

Protect, preserve and promote the principle of initiative and innovation in the cosmetic industry.
Present and explain the laws and regulations of the FAD and federal and state agencies that govern the cosmetic industry.
Ensure compliance with regulations by instituting a code of Ethics for the members.
Cooperate and work with other associations and agencies in furthering the welfare and image of the cosmetic industry and many more.

CTFA provides a complete range of services that support the personal care products industry’s needs and interests in the scientific, legal, regulatory, legislative, and international fields. It ensure the freedom of the personal care product industry to pursue creative product development and compete in a fair and responsible market place.

There are about 600 member companies. Active members are manufacturers and distributors of finished goods and associated members are suppliers of ingredients, raw materials, packaging, and other services used in the production and marketing of finished products, as well as consumer and trade publications.

Apart for their industrial work CTFA foundation also works with American cancer society and national cosmetology association in implementing “Look good..Feel better” which is a free public service program that teaches makeup techniques to women undergoing cancer treatment, helping them to regain their self-confidence and to better cope with the appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

The companies which are in this association work towards making the product and refine the raw materials.

Cosmetic manufacturers are countless, so its quite impossible for us to include all those just a few will do to make your search easier.

(1) Cosmetic- Formosa Tai rank Industrial corporation (TW,CN)
(2) Devona cosmetics, inc., Placerville CA 95667.
(3) A.W. Faber-castell cosmetics, 90546 Stein, Germany
(4) Elysee scientific cosmetics, Madison WI 53719
(5) RW Cosmetics inc., Ontario, Canada
(6) Albion cosmetics co., Ltd., Tokyo, 104 Japan.
(7) Beauticontrol cosmetics, inc., Carrollton tx 75006.
(8) California cosmetics, inc., Calabasas CA 91302.
(9) Classic cosmetics inc., Chatsworth CA 91311.
(10) L'Oreal USA, Inc., New York NY 10017.

Before launching a cosmetic product in the market the manufacturers should make sure whether the product does no harm to human, to make sure testing is usually done on animals. Only when the animals are not allergic to the cosmetics it will be recommended for human. The most common tests are eye tests, skin tests and oral toxicity:

Eye tests: substances are dripped into the eyes of conscious rabbits, who are usually immobilised in stocks, and the resultant damage to the eye - such as swelling, reddening and blindness - is scored according to severity.
Skin tests: substances are applied to the shaved and abraded back of a laboratory animal (usually a rabbit, guinea pig or hamster) and the skin damage - such as cracking, bleeding or ulceration - is scored.
Toxicity tests: animals are dosed, once or repeatedly, with a substance either by oral-gavage (through a tube directly into the stomach) or forced inhalation, so that the resultant toxicity (poisoning) effects on the animal can be noted.

A lot of animals are dying at the cost of human desire to look good : shampoo is injected in to rabbits eyes, mice are forced to eat rouges etc. In the western countries many major cosmetic manufactures declared to stop animal experiments. In England and Germany animal experiments for cosmetics are prohibited. In EU trade of cosmetics tested on animals are going to be prohibited soon. Japanese major cosmetic manufactures, however, continue animal experiments.

In some cases these testings are not necessary because about 8000 to 10,000 ingredients are branded to be harmless by using a range of non-animal testing methods such as

Manufacturers follow many techniques to market there product, 2 techniques were discussed here under

Consumers are attracted by the word “FREE”. Even though they don’t need the product they like to try it one’s free of cost. Giving away cosmetic products free of cost has become a marketing technique among the manufacturers nowadays. Newly launched product will mostly have these free offers.

Free offers are give for cosmetic products mainly for 2 reasons one is to make the customers get the feel of it and another important reason is to catch the market. Publics were made aware of these free offers by various ways (1) Through advertisements (2) Giving handouts (3) Giving away trial packs in main areas (mainly for cosmetics trial packs will be given in colleges). Some times in order to get the market one cosmetic product will be given free for some other cosmetic product example a shampoo packet will be given free of cost for a powder.

There are certain websites wherein you give your address and other details which were asked for they will send you the free product samples, coupons and occasional special offers.

This is another technique followed by all the manufacturers to sell the product in bulk or it can for one more reason that is to get ride of the old stocks too. The rate of the product will be reduced to some extent such that consumers will get 2 packs in the place of getting one.

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