From 1,000 units · Los Angeles
A first run of your own skincare. Your formula, your name printed on the glass, made by Formology Lab in an FDA-registered facility in Los Angeles. From 1,000 units per product. Price and timeline on this page, not on a phone call.
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Formology LabFirst Run is the small-batch programme of Formology Lab, a skincare and personal care manufacturer in Chatsworth, California. Over 20 years of experience manufacturing skincare products made in California — formulation, filling, packaging and regulatory all under one roof. Your product is made on the same lines, by the same chemists, as the established brands Formology already manufactures for.
Their brands
Creators, moms, stylists and first-timers who launched a real skincare brand starting at 1,000 units instead of 10,000.
Illustrative brands and creators.
Ready to Market
Face, hair, body, SPF, intimate wellness and more. Every formula is already stable, safety-tested and running on our lines. Choose a base, adjust it to your brief, print your name on the bottle.
What you get
Sunscreen and acne products are drugs in the US. They are made in a registered drug facility under the OTC monographs, tested for SPF, and listed with FDA. That is why they are on the Launch run and not the First run.
How it works
Category, texture, hero ingredient, the look you want, and roughly how many you sell a month.
A price, a timeline and a yes or no. Not a sales call. We say no when the quantity, claim or ingredient does not fit.
Two rounds of adjustment included. You approve the formula and the artwork.
Filling, printing, cartons, stability and safety testing, MoCRA listing. Shelf-ready product in Los Angeles or shipped to your 3PL.
Your delivery comes with a production quote and a capacity hold for the reorder, so selling out is a good day, not a crisis.
Why the bottle matters
A printed bottle and a labelled bottle cost about the same to fill. They do not look the same on camera. Every unit that leaves here is printed on the glass or the tube, so the thing your audience holds up looks like a brand, not a batch.
What we don't do
FAQ
Formology Lab, a contract manufacturer in Chatsworth, California with over 20 years of experience making skincare in the United States. First Run is their small-batch programme, built so a creator can start at 1,000 units instead of 10,000. Same lab, same chemists, same lines.
On the Launch run, yes. It is yours after the development fee. On the First run you are using one of our bases adjusted to your brief; the adjustment is yours, the base stays ours.
Yes, if it arrives on time and fills on our lines. We will tell you at quote.
At Formology Lab in Chatsworth, California, just outside Los Angeles. Not overseas. You can visit the floor and watch your batch run.
Yes. Cosmetics under MoCRA and OTC drugs under 21 CFR 210/211. Legal to approve wording; never "FDA-approved".
The form below. Answer the same day.
Creators and small brands launching a first product, and brands moving off a platform or a sticker onto something they own. If you are already at 10,000 units a run, you need the standard programme, not this page.
