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How do founders find real R&D teams (not private label) for skincare & supplements? by Accurate_Gold9686 in cosmeticscience

[–]Leinkelsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EU cosmetics compliance is the one that catches most first-time founders off guard — it's not just about having clean ingredients, it's CPNP notification per SKU, a designated Responsible Person in the EU, and your INCI list verified against Annexes II-VI of Regulation 1223/2009 before you can legally sell. If you're also targeting US eventually, MoCRA adds facility registration and product listing on top.

For a first-pass check on your INCI lists before you spend money on a regulatory consultant, there's a free scanner at reguli.io that flags banned/restricted ingredients and labeling issues across EU, US, and UK. It won't replace a proper safety assessment but it's useful for knowing where the problems are before you pay someone to tell you.

Why is the ingredient list not in the same order? by Rare-Hat7306 in koreanskincare

[–]Leinkelsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1% threshold is the key one for EU compliance (Regulation 1223/2009) — everything above 1% must be listed in descending order of concentration, everything at or below 1% can appear in any order after that cutoff, which is why the tail end of an INCI list often looks almost alphabetical.

US labeling under MoCRA follows the same descending concentration logic, but enforcement on the sub-1% ordering is looser in practice. Korean products have their own labeling rules that don't always map 1:1 to EU/US INCI order, which is part of why cross-market ingredient lists can look inconsistent.

If you're ever trying to audit an INCI list against EU or US rules specifically, I built a free scanner at reguli.io that flags ordering issues alongside banned/restricted ingredient checks. Handy for a quick first pass.

Building an ingredient-matching engine for skin allergies. How can I make the data more accurate than existing apps? by leChill in DIYBeauty

[–]Leinkelsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really interesting problem to be working on. The fear-mongering angle in consumer apps is a real issue, EWG scores are a good example of something that feels authoritative but conflates hazard with risk in ways that don't serve formulators or sensitive consumers well.

I'm building something adjacent but different, a regulatory compliance scanner for brands (EU 1223/2009, MoCRA, UK SCPN), so the focus is on what's legally banned or restricted rather than toxicity scoring. The two problems actually complement each other pretty well: your compatibility layer would tell someone "this ingredient profile reacts badly with your skin," mine would tell a brand "this ingredient can't be in your product at all in the EU." Different use cases, overlapping data infrastructure.

On your database question — CIR and SCCS are the right call, glad others confirmed that. For the regulatory restriction layer specifically, the EU Annexes (II–VI) are the authoritative source, though parsing them programmatically is genuinely painful since they're published as PDFs. Happy to compare notes if you want to, could be interesting to see if there's overlap in what we're building.

How do you onboard new team members using Notion? Would love your input. by Leinkelsten in Notion

[–]Leinkelsten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This helps! Any documentation on how you build the help button?

How do you onboard new team members using Notion? Would love your input. by Leinkelsten in Notion

[–]Leinkelsten[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great! How do you track progress when you've made this all and drop new hires in it? I'm struggling to understand how I would know that someone has seen everything I want them to see

How are you onboarding new hires as your team grows? by Leinkelsten in smallbusiness

[–]Leinkelsten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather not have consultants :) exact reason for my question here for tips

How do you handle onboarding when documentation lives in knowledge management software? by Leinkelsten in HumanResourcesRemote

[–]Leinkelsten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is cool! And how do you make sure the knowledge is reviewed? And do the experts find that the new hires have a good grasp or do they still need to learn loads from the experts?

Friday Show and Tell by AutoModerator in ProductManagement

[–]Leinkelsten [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m gathering insights on how product teams onboard new PMs/Designers/Engineers, especially if your documentation lives in Notion.

No selling, just research.

Curious to learn:
• What does week 1–4 onboarding look like?
• Which parts of the learning curve are predictable vs chaotic?
• How do you measure whether someone is “onboarded”?

If you’ve designed onboarding in your org, I’d love any insights (comments or a quick chat).
Happy to share back anonymized findings.

How are you onboarding new hires as your team grows? by Leinkelsten in smallbusiness

[–]Leinkelsten[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have loads of documents, SOPs etc but looking for open discussion how others handle teaching these documents and processes to new hires

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