Identity locked or marked open
Chemical name, CAS number if known, Color Index, and internal shade code. If CAS is unknown, write that fact instead of guessing a neighboring colorant.
SPECIFICATION BRIEF
Wholesale cosmetic pigments questions to close before the inquiry
Use this page as a pre-RFQ gate for wholesale cosmetic pigments. It restates specification, document, sample, and approval items that should be decided or explicitly left open. It is not a sustainability statement and it does not certify any mill or cosmetic file pack.
Discuss Product RequirementsGATE ITEMS
Checklist items that change quote comparability for wholesale cosmetic pigments
Form and purity questions
Dry powder, pearl, or dispersion; particle size; and whether a cosmetic-grade impurity profile is even relevant. An industrial coating pigment is not interchangeable with a color-cosmetic pigment on the same RFQ line.
Quantity and packaging
Kilograms or drums, sample versus production, bag or pail, net content, and pallet notes. MOQ answers are unusable if the package is undefined.
Documents requested
Current SDS, TDS, CoA field list, and any TSCA, REACH, ISO, GMP, or transport statement tied to the quoted SKU. Related-shade files stay out of the comparison.
Selection considerations that remain unresolved on purpose
Buyers often argue whether a cheaper industrial pigment can replace a cosmetic-labeled colorant, or whether a pearl pigment can replace a conventional organic shade. Those are process and regulatory decisions. This brief only forces the two options onto separate quote lines with their own Color Index, impurity questions, and document packs. Cost is compared after that split, not before.
Another recurring dispute is whether a family SDS plus a verbal “same chemistry” claim is enough to receive material. The conservative path used here is to treat handling, storage, flash point, and UN number as unknown until the exact-product SDS arrives. That path is slower; the faster path accepts more residual risk. This desk does not choose the risk appetite.
BEFORE YOU SEND
Approvals that this site cannot give
- Fitness for a named lipstick, nail, or pressed-powder formula is a buyer trial outcome.
- Cosmetic, food-contact, or medical letters are supplier or buyer documents, not ours.
- Transport and storage follow the SDS, DOT or IMDG class, and the carrier, not this brief.
- Budget figures and high-end/mid-range/budget labels are preferences, not audited factory tiers.
- No lowest-price or savings percentage is attached to a completed specification brief.
Submit the closed wholesale cosmetic pigments brief
If identity, quantity, packaging, destination, and document requests are ready, send them here. If they are not ready, list the open items in the requirement field so suppliers do not fill gaps with catalog defaults.