Personal Care Product Testing Specialists
Cosmetic Test Labs is a leading provider of testing services for personal care products, including cosmetics. It was founded by Dr. Benjamin Tanner to give manufacturers access to knowledgeable scientists, accurate results and great service at affordable rates.
Cosmetic Test Labs offers safety and toxicity testing, microbiological testing, preservative challenge testing, and physical stability testing, as well as a host of custom tests designed to meet your company's specific needs.
The staff is experienced, friendly, and well versed in FDA personal care product testing guidelines and current methods, such as USP <51>, USP <61>, and CTFA test methods.
If you already know the test you need for your cosmetic or personal care product, simply ask us for a same day price quote.
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We Conduct Testing for Large and Small Companies
Small Companies: Did you know that to comply with the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, even small companies do regular testing? The staff of Cosmetic Test Labs can help your company decide which test is appropriate and necessary for your firm, given your budget and overall manufacturing picture. To get you started, we have outlined the five tests every cosmetic producer should know. If you have questions, just give the lab a call.
Large Companies: Cosmetic Test Labs offers a wide array of testing services for large companies that are independent, marketable, and reproducible. Cosmetic Test Labs is a seamless partner for custom preservative challenge studies, preservative efficacy screens, and general overflow laboratory work to help free up internal scientists for product innovation. If your firm would like a free consultation to evaluate the advantages Cosmetic Test Labs can bring, contact the lab today.
Consultants: Consultants serve a crucial role, giving ingredient advice, identifying formulators, and finally helping manufacturers choose a reputable laboratory. Consultants know the imprtance of preservative challenge studies, stability testing, and routine screening for the presence of bacteria and fungi. Cosmetic Test Labs is a seamless partner to consultants. Our goal is to underscore your recommendation to use our lab by providing easy, affordable, and accurate testing to your customers, time after time.
Cosmetic Formulators: Nobody knows better than Cosmetic Test Labs that personal care product formulation is a blend of art and science. We have learned that experience in cosmetic formulation matters, and can serve as a trusted partner to evaluate the microbiological and physical stability of formulations in a cost-effective, rapid manner.
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What you can expect from Cosmetic Test Labs
When you fill out our Same Day Price Quote or Contact form, or pick up the phone and call, you can expect to be greeted by a friendly, experienced cosmetic scientist or other laboratory staff who will get you in touch with just the right person.
We will speak with you about your testing needs and then often provide you with a no-pressure quote for testing. If your request is highly specialized, we will gladly refer you to a cosmetic testing laboratory or personal care product testing laboratory that can help. Here is a website tour of many resources you will find at Cosmetic Test Labs.
Working with Cosmetic Test Labs is simple and easy, just request a quote or simply give the lab a call or email us.
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