New Labels - what do you think?

[MeadowHillFarmCT]

Kenaslan - Thank you - the later pictures are the New ones I did up. What is TM?

I am pretty sure CT makes you put name and address on Label but I will know after I send them my labels for approval..

Looking for feedback on the new options.

 

[Kenaslan]

TM = trademark

who needs to approve your labels? Are you in the USA

 

[Kenaslan]

I would go with the third or fourth pic. The third I think is the best. The first looks like it is from the 60's or early 70's. If you are here in the US I highly recommend you get the Soap & Cosmetic Labeling Book http://www.mariegale.com/purchase-soap- ... ling-book/
Labeling is the most important aspect of selling. You only have 3 seconds to get someones attention.

 

[Iris Reola]

As far as labeling true soap goes, you can either list the ingredients as they were put in the pot (the oils, the lye, the water, etc.), or you can list the ingredients in the completed soap (sodium cocoate, sodium olivate, sodium castorate, etc.).

 

[carebear]

As far as labeling true soap goes, you can either list the ingredients as they were put in the pot (the oils, the lye, the water, etc.), or you can list the ingredients in the completed soap (sodium cocoate, sodium olivate, sodium castorate, etc.).

The latter is inaccurate as not all the oils are saponified. Commercial soaps can do this because their soaps are made by blending the purified individual salts of fatty acids but ours are not made that way.

Srsly, stop trying to hide the lye. It's tantamount to telling a lie.

 

[dOttY]

I like the 3rd picture the best! I think it's the most appealing, especially with the environment as background.

 

[IrishLass]

I like both the first and the third label fronts, but the third is my most favorite. They are a big improvement on the original layout.

I really liked the pic of Bella against the backdrop of lavender in the original, which would of course be absolutely perfect for a lavender scented soap, but as Carebear pointed out, it would be too confusing to use as a standard for all your soaps (unless all your soaps were lavender scented).

If you had the time and inclination, it would be way cool to find a scent-specific background that matched each of your individual scents and then superimpose Bella's pic into/onto the scenery.


IrishLass

 

[sandman_max]

Ruth, personally, I like the pictures on your blog better than the label. I went looking for your Etsy page because the pictures were so delicious. The label... not so exciting...

 

[nurse_75]

I really like the third pic, but not the fake lips on the goat... takes it all the way down to cheesy and IMHO isnt cute or funny. The colours and background in that pic are gorgeous, as is your beautiful goat

I also think the back of your label is too confusing. I would just list ingredients and the website and people can be directed from there to find the other information they need.

It must be so exciting to be doing this and selling a product you are proud of.

Good luck.

Sharna

 

[tlm884]

Saponified Vegetable Oil? That is pretty ambigious... That could be corn, canola, olive, etc.

 

[Soapy Gurl]

I like the 4th pic!

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I like the 3rd picture the best! I think it's the most appealing, especially with the environment as background.

I like that one too, but without the lips. :wink:

 

[Cuckoo Bananas]

I can't see the 5th pic but I really like the 3rd one and think that has alot of potential to be worked more.

One thing to consider though is colour ink if your going to be making all your labels with little pictures it might add up fast with the ink and a simpler label may be more cost effective in the long run.

I'm not familar with all the laws and labeling regulations of your area but I personally find this whole -your lying about lye argument a tad overkill. I can so mentally picture it as two soapers arguing at the soap stand about it but a customer thinking huh you guys are a bit crazy.

I was a cp soap shopper long before I was a maker and I even remember feeling a bit embarrased at handmade soap labelled with a big sign as CP Soap and asking what that was and they spin a whole thing that I don't understand about how it made and the process and I actually didn't buy any from them because I felt like I should have 'known' that so I toddled down to the other stand where I could just buy some soap in an ordinary sale and not have too much to think about other than which one I liked.

Of course there are many other shoppers out there with different perspectives but listing lye on it just looks scary and confusing to someone who doesn't understand the process (imho), and who wants to hear a long waffle of the intricate details of making it. Soapy talk is fun for soapy people and everyone else I'm sure just wants to buy some soap and great if the ingredients look like stuff they can understand.

Saponified oils of ..... is something I think most people can understand. And I don't at all feel like people are being dubious or sinister 'trying' to cover up lye like it is something sneaky.

Back to the labels, I think your making some good progress and keep working until you have something your really happy with.

And your lil goat just sounds like such a sweet heart, I think it's really sweet that she lives on in your soapy pictures and I smiled reading about her special little blaaaaah

 

[Maythorn]

This reminds me that I need to get ambitious about some labels.

The goat is adorable and you do lovely work with labels and your products both. Whatever you decide about labeling in regard to what you like and pertinent laws in place, I agree that the layperson who doesn't soap looks at things very differently than we do. But it's important to list what the vegetable oils are for people who have allergies and to brag on what ones are in there too.

"Saponified," may or may not suffice, I've never known for sure on that but have actually seen soaplabels without that or listing the lye either. And never gave it a second thought til I CPd and wanted to tell the world, Look, real soap!