Repackaging

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I get a lot of questions about what I feel repackaging is or isn’t.

In simplest terms it’s taking a wholesale color and putting it in a jar and selling it as your own.  You might rename it, put it in a fancy jar, but it’s still just repackaging.

While Etsy says this is ‘creative’ enough to pass it’s TOS, I do not.

To go one step further I find it just as offensive to take the color, add a base, and call it your own ‘formulation’.

I think any wholesale mica left AS IS and not blended to create a new and unique color should be properly labeled as such in any listing or website that sells it.

How do I personally know if an eye shadow I ordered is repackaged that I am able to claim such?

I have a full set of TKB micas.

While TKB is NOT the only place to buy wholesale mica to blend and create mineral makeup, it does have a wide selection of over 200 colors, shades, and finishes to compare to.  And let’s be frank here.  If you’re going to repackage, chances are you’re not going to go through all the steps to apply for and set up a wholesale account with any of the major wholesalers out there when you can simply order from TKB.  And if you do?  Doesn’t matter, TKB probably gets their mica from them too.  So when I say it matches TKB’s XXXX, I’m not saying that the company 100% bought from TKB, I’m just saying that yes it does in fact match a basic wholesale shade and you can compare it.

I’m not claiming to be some mineral makeup guru.  I’m just someone who can compare two colors and determine if they are the same.  Which just about everyone can do, which is why it STUMPS me that so many companies continue to repackage.  My guess is there are just as many people who don’t care.