FDA warns vs 2 unregistered beauty soaps being sold by influencer Rosmar Tan’s firm
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against buying and using unregistered beauty soaps being sold under the brand of vlogger-entrepreneur Rosemarie ‘Rosmar’ Tan-Pamulaklakin.
Under FDA Advisories No. 2025-0028 and 2025-0029, Rosmar Skin Essentials’ “Premium Niacinamide Soap” and “Mysterious Madre de Cacao Soap” have no valid certificate of product notification (CPN) as of Dec. 17, 2024, as verified by the regulator through postmarketing surveillance.
Under Republic Act No. 9711, or the FDA Act of 2009, the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, offering for sale, distribution, transfer, non-consumer use, promotion, advertising, or sponsorship of any health product without the proper authorization from the FDA is prohibited.
“Since the unauthorized cosmetic product[s] [have] not gone through the notification process of the FDA, the agency cannot assure their quality and safety. The use of such violative product[s] may pose health risks to consumers,” read the advisories signed by FDA director-general Dr. Samuel Zacate.
“Potential hazards may come from ingredients that are not allowed to be part of a cosmetic product or from the contamination of heavy metals. The use of substandard and possibly adulterated cosmetic products may result in adverse reactions including, but not limited to, skin irritation, itchiness, anaphylactic shock and organ failure,” the FDA warned.
Although Rosmar Skin Essentials’ products are FDA-approved, the agency has issued several advisories since 2013 to warn the public against purchasing and consuming beauty products under Pamulalakakin’s brand due to their unauthorized status.
These include “Kagayaku” soap bars, serums, collagen and glutathione-infused food supplements, skin toner, whitening feminine wash, and “slimming and whitening” coffee.
Earlier this month, the FDA lifted the public health warning advisory it issued in June last year against “Rosmar Glutapeeling Soap, after the product’s market authorization holder Rosmarket Consumer Good Trading, complied with regulations and acquired a CPN.
The agency directed all its regional field offices and regulatory enforcement units, in coordination with law enforcement agencies and local government units, to ensure that products that violate FDA regulations are not sold or made available in the market or areas of their jurisdiction.
The public may report any sale, distribution, complaint and/or adverse event on the use of these cosmetic products to ereport@fda.gov.ph or call the FDA’s Center for Cosmetics and Household/Urban Hazardous Substances Regulation and Research (CCHUHSRR) hotline (02) 8857-1900 loc. 8113 or 8107.
The 30-year-old Pamulaklakin has been using her large online following to sell beauty products and, lately, to gain entry into politics.
She has 22.1 million followers on TikTok, 1.4 million followers on Facebook, and 1.09 million subscribers on YouTube.
For the May 2025 elections, Pamulaklakin is running as an independent candidate for councilor of Manila’s first district (western Tondo).
She previously ran for councilor of Manila’s fourth district (Sampaloc) in 2022, but lost.
