Manufacturing
Contract manufacturing, made personal.
You bring the brand and the vision; we manufacture the products. SoCal Cosmetics produces cosmetic and skincare products for independent brands to sell under their own names, from catalog concepts or new formulations developed together.
01The contract manufacturing model
Your brand. Our production.
Contract manufacturing lets a beauty brand focus on what it does best (brand building, marketing and customer relationships) while a specialist partner handles production.
With SoCal Cosmetics, brands can start from one of our formulation concepts and personalise it, bring an existing formula to manufacture, or discuss developing something new. Final formulations, specifications, quantities and timelines are always agreed project by project.
02What we can discuss with you
Product categories we manufacture.
Body care manufacturing
39 conceptsBody butters, lotions, scrubs, oils, balms and washes, the foundation of most indie body care lines.
Skincare & facial care
11 conceptsDay and night creams, facial balms, cleansing balms, facial oils, toners and masks with refined textures.
Hand & foot care
7 conceptsHand creams, foot creams and balms, and cuticle care in tube, tin and jar formats.
Lip care
7 conceptsLip balms, lip butters, conditioning treatments and lip scrubs in sticks, tins and pots.
Hair & scalp care
7 conceptsHair butters, creams, masks, treatments and scalp balms, including concepts for textured hair routines.
Cosmetic creams & butters
8 conceptsMultipurpose balms, overnight masks, lotion bars and conditioning creams built on shea, mango and cocoa butter.
03Natural ingredient-focused formulations
Built on shea and mango butter.
Most of our concepts use shea butter, mango butter or both, alongside cocoa butter, coconut oil, jojoba, aloe vera and botanical oils. Ingredient grades, origins and fragrance are discussed for every project.
04Product development, packaging & projects
From first conversation to finished product.
- 01
Inquiry
Share your brand, target customer, products of interest, estimated quantities and timeline through our inquiry form.
- 02
Product development discussion
We review your goals and discuss formulation direction: catalog concepts, adaptations of them, or new development.
- 03
Packaging discussion
We talk through containers, closures and formats that suit your product, brand and channel.
- 04
Project proposal
Specifications, quantities, timelines and commercial terms are discussed and agreed for your specific project.
- 05
Manufacturing
Your products are manufactured to the agreed specification, with ongoing communication along the way.
Product development inquiries
Have an idea that isn’t in our catalog? Describe it in your inquiry and we’ll discuss development.
Packaging discussions
Jars, pumps, tubes, tins, sticks and pouches: tell us your preferences and we’ll talk through the options.
Manufacturing project inquiries
Ready to plan production? Share quantities and timelines so we can discuss your project in detail.
Discuss your manufacturing project
Talk to our manufacturing team.
Tell us what you’d like to make. Capabilities, minimums, pricing and lead times are discussed for each project.