Private Label Cosmetic

For a new development, allow around six months. Roughly three months go into refining the samples: on average three sample rounds are needed, and your feedback goes into the formulation after each round. This is followed by about three months of testing and documentation, including stability testing, preservative efficacy (challenge) testing, the Product Information File and the safety assessment. If an existing formulation is used unchanged, the stability and challenge tests are not needed, so the process is correspondingly faster.

Development and documentation involve one-off costs that depend on your project. Three typical cases from our 2026 price list: one of our proven formulations in new packaging costs EUR 450 (test in the final packaging, updates to the Product Information File and safety assessment, CPNP documents). A small change to the formulation, such as a different fragrance oil, costs EUR 1,675. For a formulation developed exclusively for your brand we charge EUR 2,275; this covers one sample round with three 30 ml samples, stability test, test in the final packaging, preservative challenge test, Product Information File, safety assessment and CPNP notification. Each additional sample round costs EUR 75, so with the usual three sample rounds the total is EUR 2,425. If your first order is worth at least EUR 10,000 per formulation, we can refund 50 percent of these development costs. Sun care products are priced separately on request. Optional services such as dermatological tests, sun protection tests, label checks or translations are charged according to our price list.

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You are generally free to choose your packaging, provided it is technically suitable for your product; we check this with a test in the final packaging. From 10,000 units, we source the packaging for you. For smaller quantities, you supply the jars, tubes or bottles yourself and we advise you on the choice.

You can hand all of this over to us. We prepare the Product Information File (PIF), the safety assessment (CPSR) is carried out by an external qualified safety assessor, we check the label, and we notify the product via the EU's CPNP portal or put together the documents for you to notify it yourself. On request, we also act as the responsible person under the EU Cosmetics Regulation, including for brands based outside the EU. We review product claims as well; a legally binding review is done by a lawyer, and we can put you in touch with one.

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A formulation we develop for your brand is produced exclusively for you, but it remains the property of L.A. Schmitt. If you want to own the formulation yourself, that is possible too: as a new development with handover of the formulation, or by buying an existing formulation together with a production order. A non-disclosure agreement is the basis of every project we take on. We are happy to work with formulations you bring along, although a one-to-one transfer is rarely possible because every manufacturer works with different raw materials. Your contact for new projects is Ivo Petschke, Managing Director.