The Skin Science Company makes private label skincare for skin clinics, cosmetic clinics, laser clinics, dermal therapists and medi-spas across Australia. Your clinic's name goes on the bottle, our chemist develops the product, and we manufacture it in Melbourne from 50 units per product.

Why clinics bring their skincare in-house

• Keep home care spend in your clinic. Your clients already ask what to use at home. A range under your name means that spend stays with you instead of going to a department store or chemist.
• Your brand, your margin. You set the retail price on products nobody else stocks, so there is no price matching with the shop down the road.
• Treatment and home care that match. The products your clients use at home carry the same name and feel as the experience in your treatment room.
• Start small. Runs from 50 units per product let you test a range before committing to large volumes.

What we make for clinics

• Hydrating serums, including hyaluronic acid serums with niacinamide (vitamin B3) or panthenol (vitamin B5)
• Vitamin C serums made with stable forms of vitamin C
• Gentle cleansers and cleansing balms
• Moisturisers and rich barrier creams
• Calming gels and hydrating masks for home care between appointments
• Face oils, body oils and body butters for your retail shelf

We can also supply larger back-bar sizes of the same products for use in your treatments, so what you use in clinic is what your clients take home.

Three ways to start

1. Your brand on our bases

The fastest way to launch. Choose from our existing personal care bases, filled and unlabelled, ready for your clinic's label. There is no development fee, and the minimum is 50 units per product.

2. A custom formula

Our cosmetic chemist develops a product to your brief: the texture, skin feel, key ingredients and scent you want for your clients. Custom products include a development fee, a first sample, one round of feedback and revision, and stability testing, which we require for every custom product.

3. Your own formula

Already have a formula? We can review it and manufacture it for you, or fill and package a product you supply.

Keeping your range cosmetic

Clinic products sit close to the line between cosmetics and therapeutic goods. Words like heal, repair, treat or wound care, or claims about acne, scarring or recovery after a procedure, can turn a product into a therapeutic good regulated by the TGA. We develop your range as cosmetics and keep the wording on track, so you can sell it in clinic and online without the cost and delay of a TGA listing. A claims review of your labels and website copy is available as an add-on.

How it works

1. Send your brief. Tell us which products you want, who they are for, your ideal retail price, your packaging ideas and how many units you need.
2. Development and first sample. Our chemist develops your formula and makes your first sample.
3. Feedback and revision. You send one round of combined feedback from your team and we make one revision.
4. Approval and testing. You approve the final sample and stability testing is completed.
5. Production. We manufacture, fill and label your range in Melbourne, ready for your shelves.

Your timeline and pricing are confirmed in your quote.

Extra services for clinics

• Label design, plus label printing and application
• Costing and margin plan, worked out per product
• Label compliance check: ingredient list order, allergens, net quantity, batch and expiry
• Claims review for labels and website copy
• Storage and dispatch of your online orders, quoted separately

Questions clinics ask

What is the minimum order?

50 units per product.

Can I see per-unit pricing before we start?

Per-unit pricing depends on the final formula, packaging and volume, so it is confirmed once your formula is approved.

Can you supply sizes for use in treatments as well as retail?

Yes. We can make larger back-bar sizes alongside your retail range.

Who owns the formula?

Formulas we develop remain ours and we manufacture them for you. If you want to own your formula outright, a formula buyout is available.

Do I need my own insurance?

Yes. Products sold under your clinic's name need your own product liability insurance.

Can you make products with prescription-only ingredients?

No. We make cosmetic products only.

Start your clinic's range

Email customercare@theskinsciencecompany.com.au with your clinic name, the products you have in mind and roughly how many units you need. New to private label? Read our private label skincare guide or see our private label services.