Start with an idea, an existing formula, or a product you’re ready to manufacture. GP Labs helps brands develop formulations, source packaging, and coordinate manufacturing across skincare, haircare, personal care, supplements, and pet products.
Choose private label, develop a custom formula, or manufacture a formulation you already have. Add packaging, sourcing, and operational support around the needs of your project.
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Private Label
Start with an existing formulation and explore the packaging, branding, and customization options available for your product.
Explore existing formulations for your category, then consider the available packaging and presentation options. We’ll help you assess what fits your brand and what customization the project requires.
Develop a formula around your customer, ingredient priorities, and product goals—from format and function to taste, texture, and feel.
Tell us who the product is for, how it should work within their routine, and what you want the experience to be. Ingredient preferences and reference products help shape the brief for development and sample review.
Have a formula ready for manufacturing? Explore the materials, technical requirements, and production options needed to make it.
Bring the formula and technical information you have, along with confirmation of your manufacturing rights. If you have a reference product rather than a formula, we can discuss it as a separate development project.
Source packaging and components that fit your formula, brand, and order volume—with compatibility, appearance, cost, and timing considered together.
Choose packaging that suits how the product is used and how your brand presents it. Review containers, closures, decoration, labeling, and shipping configurations alongside cost and availability. Custom packaging sourcing is included when specified in your project scope.
Coordinate production schedules and reorder planning, with connections to fulfillment and warehousing partners.
Plan production around inventory needs, launch activity, and expected demand. Discuss component availability, reorder timing, and the handoff to your fulfillment provider before the next order becomes urgent.
Define your product opportunity, strengthen your positioning, and plan a range with a clear role for every product.
Define why customers would choose the product and how it fits your range. Explore your hero product, complementary products, sales channels, and opportunities for future development.
Compare U.S. and overseas manufacturing options around the product you want to make. Evaluate the proposed facility, packaging options, quality documentation, production timing, and total delivered cost against your requirements.
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Should I manufacture in the U.S. or overseas?
The right choice depends on your product, order volume, packaging, and intended selling market. Compare the actual facilities and project requirements, including quality documentation, communication, freight, import responsibilities, and reorder timing.
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How do I evaluate a cosmetics manufacturer in China?
Confirm who will manufacture the product and at which facility. Review relevant quality records, specifications, sample approvals, ownership terms, packaging requirements, and shipping terms. Ask how changes to ingredients, components, or production will be communicated and approved.
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What should I compare in a manufacturing quote?
Compare the same formulation, quantity, packaging, and testing scope. Ask which development fees, components, filling, assembly, freight, duties, and other charges are included. Identify exclusions and payment milestones before comparing the final cost.
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Can I start with a smaller production order?
Availability depends on the formulation, materials, manufacturing setup, packaging, and testing requirements. Ask about minimums for each SKU and component. Existing formulations and stock packaging may offer options worth exploring.
The Working Rhythm
How We Bring Your Product Together.
Your project begins with what you want to make. From there, we work through the formulation, packaging, and manufacturing decisions needed to move it forward.
Designed Beyond the First Run
Build for the First Launch. Plan for the Next Order.
Consider packaging availability, production lead times, and replenishment while planning your first run.
Good practice. Every step.
