Certifications
EU Cosmetic Regulation: The Product Information File Explained
Every cosmetic sold in the EU needs a Product Information File. It is not a form to fill in at the end of a pr…
Insights & Guides
Everything we have learned from 15 years of manufacturing for global beauty brands — shared openly.
Certifications
Shelf Life and PAO: Setting Expiry Dates Correctly
There are two clocks on a cosmetic product and brands routinely confuse them. One is set by stability data; th…
Certifications
Preservative Challenge Testing Explained for Brand Owners
A preservative system that works in one formula can fail completely in another. The challenge test is how you …
Certifications
Stability Testing for Cosmetics: What Brands Must Know
A formula that looks perfect in the sample jar is not a product. Stability testing is the step where most earl…
OEM Guide
Hand Cream and Foot Care Manufacturing: A Buyer's Guide
Hands are washed many times a day and feet live inside a shoe. Both facts change the formula more than most br…
OEM Guide
Solid and Waterless Formats: Shampoo Bars and Body Bars
Removing water sounds like simplifying the formula. In practice it changes the surfactant system, the process,…
OEM Guide
Colour Cosmetics OEM: Foundations, BB Creams and Cushions
A skincare project is finished when the formula is right. A colour project is finished when the formula is rig…
OEM Guide
Lip Care Private Label: Balms, Oils and Stick Formats
Lip care shares its manufacturing logic with colour cosmetics and its regulatory logic with both cosmetics and…
OEM Guide
Deodorant and Antiperspirant Manufacture: Formats and Fill Weight
Deodorant is a mechanical product as much as a chemical one. The format decides the formula, the filling line,…