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This is one of the most interesting and unique business ideas we've seen in a while.

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The concept AustraLab is a "business-in-a-box" designed to provide all the information you need to start your own business making cosmetics, makeup, toiletries, cleaning products and detergents.

You can set up your own manufacturing workshop quite easily and inexpensively.

Again, contrary to our initial thoughts, you don't need to spend a lot of money on machinery - you can use simple equipment until you get yourself established - and you don't need to know anything about chemistry.

The creator of the program, Sam Stein, is an experienced chemical and cosmetic engineer and he provides in this program a comprehensive series of manuals which comprise

• 100 professional quality formulations for makeup, cosmetics, skin care, hair care, toiletries and detergents
• Procedures manuals for the manufacturing process, including common sense safety procedures
• Marketing manuals with many good business ideas to help you sell your products
• Over 250 graphic designs for labeling your products
• A trademark license under the AustraLab brand name

The AustraLab trademark license is what really caught our attention - a unique business idea we haven't seen before. Regardless of where in the world you reside, you can label your products "Made Under License From AustraLab Australia". For someone just starting out in their own cosmetics manufacturing and/or detergent manufacturing business, we think this offers a great head start. It adds credibility to your operation and your products, and can give you an added edge of confidence. We think this brand has the potential for big sales on the international market - even Proctor&Gamble, one of the world's biggest cosmetic and detergent manufacturers, produces a range of Australian label design hair care products.

At SmallBusinessIdeas4u.com we're in love with the AustraLab labels - we think this can save you a lot of time and expense and it will almost certainly make your products stand out on the shelf. Especially when you're just starting out, graphic designers can be costly - so the savings here can be quite substantial. As well as the trademark AustraLab label designs, there are also many generic designs. So, in addition to the AustraLab brand, you can create as many of your own brands as you like - just add your own brand name to the generic label design.

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After purchasing, within a matter of seconds we received a link to download the AustraLab manuals and designs.

We read through the AustraLab manufacturing procedures manuals - the information is comprehensive, but not overwhelming. We think it's important to note here, that this program does not aim to teach you university level chemistry - and you don't need to understand any complex scientific concepts in order to manufacture the AustraLab cosmetic and detergent products. In fact, we found the manufacturing process to be much easier than we expected. We like the fact that everything is written in plain language, no previous experience is assumed, and everything is easy to follow and understand, even if you were clueless in chemistry class.

After reading through the instructions, it was time to get ourselves set up for manufacturing. The AustraLab website advises that no fancy or expensive equipment is required - and we found what we needed at the local hardware store. When we get bigger orders, we will probably invest in some motorized equipment, but we're doing just fine with this setup at the moment.

It's probably the right place to mention another reason why we like this program so much - you don't need to spend money until you make money. In the manuals, Sam Stein recommends that when you begin your cosmetics manufacturing or detergent manufacturing business, that you only buy enough raw ingredients to make a sample range of products - there's no need to buy barrel loads of ingredients until you actually have the orders for them. And you should always ask for a 50% deposit on every order, this way you can cover the costs of the order before you even start. We think this offers a major advantage over many other small business ideas, which require a large outlay of capital for stock and equipment.

So, we decided what products we wanted to start making first - we chose 2 makeup formulations, 2 skin care formulations and 2 hair care formulations, plus 6 of the household cleaning products.

Using the suppliers and resources directory in the AustraLab manuals, we purchased enough raw ingredients to make a few bottles of each of these products. Because most of the products comprise about 60-70% water, the actual amount of ingredients that we needed was very small. The total cost was less than $20. It probably should have been a few dollars more than this, but one of the supply companies we contacted was very obliging and gave us some sample ingredients free of charge.

We found the manufacturing process quick and easy - it's important to make sure you measure everything correctly as you go. It's also imperative that you add the ingredients exactly in the order they are listed - don't go getting creative with the actual manufacturing procedures - you can save your artistic touch for adding the pigment dyes and fragrances. This is the part we really like about the AustraLab formulations - you can add just about any color pigments and scents that you like, so you can create an absolutely endless number of different combinations of products. This means you can sell your cosmetics and detergents to an endless number of different markets and customers.

The AustraLab program promises profits of around 500-1000% or even more, so we were interested to see how this measured up after making our own samples. We estimate that we could make a mark-up of at least five times greater than the manufacturing cost, and with some products it could be closer to thirty times. We knew that companies like P&G and L'Oreal make some really huge profits, know we know why.

We're in the process of making a few more samples and securing our first orders now - the AustraLab marketing manuals gave us some great ideas to get started, and we have a couple of our own, too. We'll keep you posted of our progress.

The AustraLab program costs $1997 - it works out to $19.97 for each of the formulations, along with the trademark license, designs and manuals. We think it's great value for a business which offers a very high return, has virtually no competition among small businesses, and doesn't need a big investment for equipment and supplies. This would make a great side business, as you could easily run this in your spare time from home or a workshop/garage. There's a really interesting post on the AustraLab blog - it examines the essential ingredients of creating a successful long-term high profit business. We can't say it better ourselves - so please read it "%20target="_blank here.

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The AustraLab program gets the SmallBusinessIdeas4u.com Seal of Approval. It's one of the most unique business ideas!

You can check it out for yourself here "%20target="_blank www.australab.com
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