faq

Yes, of course. For custom formulas, we charge a $3000+ per product chemist fee. It will require two months to develop a sample for you, and only after you pay the cost before the work. Once you approve the sample, it needs another three months to pass stability testing. Upon passing stability, it requires six to eight weeks to receive your first order, depending on when we accept labels and packages. Minimum orders for custom formulas range from 5000-10000 per product.

Yes, we do. Our formula cost starts from $3,000, depending on how complex the formula is. You will get a sample for $250 to try it out. Once you approve the sample, we will send you the complete formula. The process is simple-you can then manufacture it at any cosmetic contract manufacturer. We do not, however, sell our stock of private label formulas on our website. You can soon order any formula and formula samples from our website. Feel free to email us for more information.

Documents we provide for free for customers who order products: (takes 1-4 weeks)

1- Certificate of Analysis  (CofA): We are sorry, but we can't provide a certificate of analysis for customers who have not ordered yet since the CofA must be produced per bulk per your order.

2- MSDS

3- Ingredients list (you can request an ingredients list before you order products, but we will need your full name, actual company name, company address, company phone #, and company website.

Other Documents we MAY provide for a FEE for customers who order products:

1- Certificate of Free Sale (CFS): this certificate costs $150 and is produced by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; you MUST have the products done to be able to get these certifications; we understand that some countries will not allow you to import products without this certificate but to be legally in compliance, your products, your brands must be sold freely in the United States of America to be able to get the CFS.

2- Other documents and certification needed per country, we may or may not be able to provide you, we will be happy to help you as much as we can; we have helped many customers to get EU and other countries registration, the process is not easy, but this is not something a manufacturer must do, it is the responsibility of the client to do their own research and educate themselves on what is needed to import products to their countries and the same thing applies for US companies to export to other countries and for this reason and to make help our customers we have partnered with several consultants that we can refer you to, they will be happy to help you get all the files required for your country, these consultants charge their fees and are not part of our company, feel free to email us. Read more about regulations for cosmetics

3- We now offer a Product Information File (PIF): PIF is mandatory for all cosmetic products placed in the European Union market. Suppose you want to sell cosmetic products in the EU. In that case, you must achieve specific compliance requirements, including the most extensive requirement, the PIF, and most contract manufacturers do not provide the PIF since each PIF is related to that particular product under your brand name.

In addition, the cost of creating the PIF is very high (it can be 100 pages in many cases); most consultants charge between $5000 and-10,000 per product to complete just one product PIF. Goodvara Laboratories is working with our top consultants to make it easier for our clients to expand their business in Europe and other countries at a much lower cost; we have been successful in helping our clients obtain the PIF at around $2,000-3,000 per product, the cost can be lower with more product under the same brand, for example, 5 products PIF cost is around $8,000-9,000 instead of $10,000-15,000.