When used as intended, cosmetic products made from natural ingredients are safer, healthier, and more beneficial to the body than the chemical ‘soups’ sold on the mass market. Of course, at any step in the process of transforming ingredients made from flowers and leaves into beauty products, there’s the potential that a batch might become contaminated or incorrectly mixed. That’s where the Paul Penders Safety Assessor steps in! He says:

“Everybody wants to sell, sell, sell. But it’s my job to say ‘hang on a minute, this is what we need to look at.’”

Professional toxicologist James Midgley is engaged by our company to provide an “outside eye” on all the ingredients, formulas, and the manufacturing process to help ensure that we deliver the safest and highest quality products.

It can be a difficult, expensive, and time-consuming effort to receive government approvals for beauty products. New studies by scientists and reports by doctors come out almost every day in the cosmetics field about harmful contaminants and ingredients that have caused sensitivities or even illness – and then laws are changed.

“The criteria we use is GMP, in accordance with current EC directions.”

GMP, says James, stands for Good Manufacturing Practice. “It’s a legal term used by the European Commission community to determine safety for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.” As the Safety Assessor, he looks at the MSDS – the “manufacturer’s safety data sheet” which lists the limits on what can be used in a product.

You might expect that a Safety Assessor would have a certain serious way of living his life. Yet James Midgley’s unique personality makes it a real pleasure to know him. He is a great outgoing and spontaneous person, living life to its fullest.

James worked in pharmaceuticals as a quality manager for Boots Pharmaceuticals and Reckitt Benckiser factories, the makers of household local brands that you may know.

“As a Safety Assessor, do you have any advice for users of beauty products?”

“USE AS INTENDED!” We know he’s right! When used as intended, thanks to our extensive Quality Assurance process, we can reassure our customers that all of the Paul Penders line of beauty products for hair and skin are completely safe for human use!

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