Starting Skin Care Herbal Bath Soap Business – Herbal bath soap contains natural ingredients like essential oils from aloe vera, patchouli, citronella, rose, and sampaguita. Other herbal soaps also contain rich vitamins from fruits like papaya, lemon, and calamansi.
Tools/Equipment
Stick Blender or Electric Mixer – P2,000.00
Plastic dipper and plastic cups – P86.00
Plastic Pail (16 l. capacity) – 150.00
Weighing scale (10 kg capacity) – 700.00
Bamboo sticks or chopsticks as stirrer – 20.00
Soap molds or clean containers without holes – 875.00
A piece of string for slicing the soap into desired sizes – 25.00
Materials/Ingredients (1kg. for 1 liter formula)
36Âo Be lye solution (360 ml) – P27.00
Oil *590 ml.) – 53.10
Coloring (blue and yellow) – 10.00
5% Additives
CDEA (coco diethanol amide) 5 ml – 0.90
Glycerine 8 ml. – 1.60
Sodium silicate 5 ml – 0.60
Patchouli extract 10 ml. – 267.00
Scent 5 ml. – 10.00
Aloe vera extract – 22.50
Sodium benzoate – 0.30
Based on Feb. 2009 market prices
PROCEDURES
Preparation of Materials:
To make 36 Âo Be lye solution, mix well 2.5 l. of water with 1 kg. of caustic soda in a plastic or stainless steel pail with cover. Cool to room temperature before use.
Preparation of the Soap:
• Measure and weigh the ingredients as specified.
• Measure 360 ml. lye solution and mix with 590 ml of oil using an electric mixer. Blend the oil-lye mixture very well. Mix continuously until creamy.
• Prepare the coloring for the soap. In separate containers, dissolve a little of the blue and yellow coloring powder in a few drops of oil. Use separate stirrer for each color.
• Mix together the dissolved blue and yellow coloring powder in one container, estimating the amount of each color to produce an olive green color. Set aside.
• Test consistency of the oil-lye mixture in the mixer by using a chopstick or bamboo stick.
• When the oil-lye mixture becomes creamy, add the aloe vera essence, glycerine, and scent. Then add the remaining additives (i.e. CDEA, sodium silicate, and sodium benzoate).
• While mixing, add the prepared olive green color. Mix continuously until color is evenly distributed. Remove the mixture from the mixer.
• Transfer the mixture in the molds evenly.
• Allow the soap to harden for 2-4 hours. When hardened, slice it using a piece of string or wire attached to a wooden/metal cutter. The number of soap base depends on the desired size, shape, and weight.
• Store the soap in a clean dry place. It can be used after one week.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Business Name Registration
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
DTI Provincial Office where the business is located
Website: www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph
Validity: 5 years
Mayor’s Permit
Municipality or city where the business is located
Tax Identification Number (TIN)
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Municipality or city where the business is located
BFAD Certificate
Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD)
Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City,
Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Tel. No.: (632) 807.0751 / (632) 842.5606 /
(632) 809.4390
Email: bfad@bfad.gov.ph
Website: www.bfad.gov.ph
Validity: 1 year
FINANCING
SSS Special Financing Program
Social Security System (SSS)
Loans and Investment Office
SSS Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 920.6401 / 920.6446
Email: member_relations@sss.gov.ph
Website: www.sss.gov.ph
Small & Medium Enterprise Credit
Phil. Business for Social Progress
18/F, Phil. Social Dev’t. Center,
Magallanes cor. Real St., Intramuros, Manila
Tel. Nos.: (632) 527.7741 to 51 or 527.3751
Fax No.: (632) 527.3743
Email: pbsp@pbsp.org.ph or smec@pbsp.org.ph
Website: www.pbsp.org.ph
People’s Credit Finance Corporation
395 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati
Tel. Nos.: (632) 897.8549 / 897.5822
Fax Nos.: (632) 897.8523 / 897.8528
Email: info@pcfc.ph
Website: www.pcfc.gov.ph
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
DTI-Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC)
20 Russet St., SSS Village, Marikina City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 942.0880 / 942.3974
Email: citc_dti@yahoo.com
Technology Resource Center (TRC)
TLRC Building, 103 J. Abad Santos cor. Lopez Jaena Sts.,
Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila
Tel. No.: (632) 727.6205
Website: www.tlrc.gov.ph
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority For Women Center (TESDA-WC)
37 East Service Rd. South Superhighway, Taguig City
Telefax. No.: (632) 818.8062
Trunkline: (632) 814.4076 loc. 278
Email: tesdawomen@yahoo.com
Website: http://twc.tesda.gov.ph
CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS
TICANOCAH Merchandising
12A Elegino St., San Francisco del Monte
Barangay San Antonio, Quezon City
Tel. Nos.: (632) 411.3864 / 332.0463
Alyson Chemical Enterprise
1425 G. Raneta St., SFDM, Quezon City
Tel. No.: 712.2266
Everlight Chemicolor
461 Clavel St., Divisoria, Manila
Tel. No.: 242.6934
Source:
BUREAU OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (BMSMED)
5/F, Trade and Industry Building
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave. Makati City
Tel. Nos.: (02) 897.1693 / 897.7596 / 890.4968
Fax No.: (02) 896.7916
Email: bmsmed@dti.gov.ph
Website: www.dti.gov.ph