FAQs

Global Cosmetics offers a complete, one-stop OEM and ODM cosmetic manufacturing service — covering every stage from initial concept development and custom formulation through to full-scale production, packaging, and regulatory compliance. Whether you are launching a skincare line, building a color cosmetics collection, or developing a personal care range, our expert manufacturing team ensures your formulations, packaging, and brand identity work seamlessly together to deliver a finished product that is market-ready, compliant, and commercially compelling.

To deliver the best results for every brand partner, we encourage all clients to share brand briefs, visual references, mood boards, product inspiration, and formulation benchmarks at the outset of the development process — giving our R&D and production teams the clarity and creative direction needed to develop formulations that are precisely aligned with your brand vision, target consumer, and market positioning.

Global Cosmetics currently partners with beauty and personal care brands across the UK, European Union, North America, India, and Southeast Asia — and we are actively expanding into new markets and regions as global demand for high-quality OEM and ODM cosmetic manufacturing continues to grow.

We welcome collaboration with brands from diverse beauty cultures worldwide and are always open to exploring new international partnerships. We typically operate on FOB (Free On Board) terms, delivering finished cosmetic products directly to your nearest port in the city of your choice — ensuring a streamlined, transparent, and commercially efficient supply chain from our manufacturing facilities to your market.

Delivery timelines depend on your preferred shipping method — air freight or sea shipment — and your project’s agreed lead time. Our dedicated project management team ensures every deadline is met through a clearly defined critical path schedule, maintaining full production and logistics transparency from manufacturing completion through to final delivery at your destination port.

Product samples are shipped via FedEx for brand approval prior to full-scale production, and our team actively assists in organizing, reviewing, and managing all shipping documentation, regulatory compliance paperwork, and customs requirements — ensuring a smooth, hassle-free delivery of your finished cosmetic goods to any market worldwide.

Global Cosmetics’ in-house team of cosmetic chemistry experts specializes in developing high-performance formulations across every stage of the product development process — whether you provide a specific ingredient, a creative concept, a nominated raw material supplier, or a general product theme, our R&D team has the expertise to translate your vision into a market-ready, regulatory-compliant cosmetic formulation.

Through strong partnerships with world-renowned ingredient suppliers, we have direct access to the latest innovations in active ingredients, functional actives, and clean beauty formulation trends — giving brand partners a genuine competitive advantage in an increasingly ingredient-conscious global beauty market. For brands that have already developed a patented formula and require a reliable, experienced OEM and ODM manufacturing partner for production, Global Cosmetics has extensive expertise in supporting this exact manufacturing model with precision, confidentiality, and consistency.

Yes. Global Cosmetics welcomes brands that wish to supply their own custom packaging for filling at our manufacturing facility. To ensure a seamless production process, all client-supplied packaging must align with Global Cosmetics’ Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) requirements for the relevant formulation category.

For detailed information on MOQ requirements, packaging specifications, and production guidelines for client-supplied packaging, please contact our manufacturing team directly at marketing@globalcosmetics.hk.

Global Cosmetics does not offer bulk formulation sales. Following a post-pandemic quality and compliance review, all orders are processed exclusively through our complete OEM and ODM manufacturing and filling process — ensuring every product we deliver meets our rigorous standards for formulation integrity, product safety, and international regulatory compliance.

For alternative manufacturing solutions or specific project inquiries, please contact our team directly at marketing@globalcosmetics.hk.

Global Cosmetics’ manufacturing process is structured across two clearly defined stages — Development and Manufacture — ensuring every brand partner has full visibility, alignment, and confidence at every milestone from project initiation through to final product delivery.

Stage 1 — Development Before development begins, Global Cosmetics ensures all project foundations are formally established. This includes an approved preliminary quotation, a clearly defined project scope covering your product brief, launch timeline, and agreed lead time, and a signed engagement contract that officially initiates the manufacturing partnership. This stage ensures every formulation, packaging, and labeling decision is aligned with your brand identity and commercial objectives before production investment is committed.

Stage 2 — Manufacture During the manufacture stage, you will confirm final formulation, packaging, and labeling samples. Upon sample approval, a 50% deposit payment is required to initiate full-scale production, with the remaining 50% due upon production completion and prior to shipment of your finished cosmetic goods.

For returning brand partners and established beauty companies, Global Cosmetics offers flexible, tailored commercial terms discussed and agreed prior to project initiation.

Global Cosmetics conducts all initial client meetings and project consultations virtually via Zoom, and we strongly encourage every new brand partner to schedule a face-to-face virtual meeting before we proceed with product sampling or preliminary quotation. This direct conversation allows our manufacturing and R&D team to fully understand your brand vision, product requirements, and commercial objectives — ensuring every recommendation we make is precisely aligned with your needs from day one.

Human connection and meaningful business partnerships are central to how Global Cosmetics operates. Virtual meetings are not just a convenience — they are a fundamental part of our collaborative manufacturing process. For established brand partners with existing workflows and preferred meeting platforms, we are equally open to adapting to your way of working.