OEM Guide
Pricing a Private Label Product: Cost, Landed and Retail
Most pricing failures trace back to comparing a unit cost against a retail price and assuming the difference i…
Insights & Guides
Everything we have learned from 15 years of manufacturing for global beauty brands — shared openly.
OEM Guide
How Many SKUs Should You Launch? Product Line Architecture
A range that is too narrow looks incomplete and one that is too wide consumes the budget before any product ha…
OEM Guide
Choosing Where to Manufacture: China, Korea, EU or Domestic
The manufacturing country is a strategy decision that gets made by accident. Comparing the options on minimum …
Certifications
UK Cosmetics After Brexit: SCPN and the UK Responsible Person
An EU compliant product is not automatically compliant in Great Britain. The notification, the responsible per…
Certifications
Cosmetic GMP Audit Preparation: Document Checklist
Audits rarely fail on the production line. They fail on documents that cannot be produced, records with gaps, …
Certifications
Filling Tolerance and Net Content Compliance
A product can be correctly labelled and still fail a net content check. The rule applies to the average of a b…
Certifications
Greenwashing Rules: Making Sustainability Claims That Hold
Environmental claims have moved from a reputational risk to an enforcement risk. Vague wording that was tolera…
OEM Guide
Shower Gel and Exfoliating Body Wash Formulation
Body wash is the most price sensitive formulation in personal care. The surfactant blend decides the lather, t…
Ingredient Science
Hair Oil and Hair Serum: Silicone vs Plant Oil Systems
The choice between a silicone and a plant oil system is a positioning decision that determines the formula, th…