Hiring A Chemist

Hiring a chemist to make a cosmetic product can be a difficult task and a long process, but it doesn’t have to be! With the right knowledge and approach to hiring a chemist to make a cosmetic product, you can successfully hire one who can help bring your product to life.

Before you start looking for a chemist, it is important to have a clear idea of what you want your product to be and do. Of course, your chemist can help to narrow down your idea and create the product, but it is good to have a good idea of what you looking to create to lower costs for yourself and your chemist. This includes identifying the intended use, target market, and any specific requirements or constraints that the product must meet.

For example, if you are looking to create a clean product that can be sold are particular retailers, it is good to formulate with this goal in mind. To learn more about clean standards and how to formulate with this in mind, check out this blog.

Having a well-defined product idea will make it easier to find the right chemist for the job and ensure that you get the results you want.

Pro Tip: Consider looking for a “benchmark” product or present a combination of products that you would like to combine into one to create your final product. This will make the formulation and communication process much simpler for you and your chemist.

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Once you have a clear product idea, you can start looking for a chemist.

Where to Find a Chemist to Create Your Cosmetic Product:

Look for Chemist for Hire on Contracting Website:

Websites such as UpWork have created the opportunity for individuals to monetize their skills individually, as opposed to working for a company. Through these websites you can find individuals who specialize in cosmetic development and hire these individuals to create a formulation just for you.

This route can be less expensive than other options offers below, however be cautious when looking to hire a chemist on these individual contracting websites. In most cases…you get what you pay for, and if you are saving a lot of money when formulating, this may come back to bite in the future when you are looking to manufacture your product.

Here are some tips when looking to hire a chemist to make your cosmetic product:

• Reviews are everything! Check the reviews before moving forward with any contractor.

• Check the contractors certifications. Did they attend an accredited program to obtain a certification in cosmetic chemistry?

• Ask about testing and product stability. Do they ensure your product is stable and perform appropriate testing to ensure the product is safe for sale in the US?

• Do they actually create the product and send samples? Be weary of chemists who don’t send samples, they may not even know if the product’s ingredients will combine properly.

If you are able to find a trustworthy chemist to create your cosmetic product, contracting websites can be great resource! We warn you, however, to be cautious. At Genie Supply, we have seem several cases of individuals who come to us to manufacture a formula that was created by a contractor chemist found online and discovered that the chemist may not have done their due diligence in ensuring the formulation is ready for manufacture.

In cases like these, you may have to reformulate the entire product, which can be a costly process if you have already paid a contractor to do it.

Look in Online Beauty Directories:

A more reliable resource, compared to contracting services, to find a chemist to create your cosmetic product can be online beauty directories. Oftentimes these directories will verify the certifications of the chemist and ensure they have reliable business practices. This will help cut out the uncertainty that non-specialized contracting websites create (mentioned above).

Hiring these individuals can also be slightly less costly that hiring a cosmetic lab, but you must once again consider the testing the chemists are able to perform in addition to if they are able to send samples.

Most commonly websites like the Independent Beauty Council (IBA) will have directories to search through to find cosmetic chemists in addition to manufacturers and reputable brands in the industry. When working with a chemist through these directories, it is still important to ask questions to ensure the chemist you partner with to create your cosmetic product is reliable, but using these directories is less risky than hiring through an non-specialized website.

Look for Cosmetic Beauty Labs:

If you are most interested in creating a product and having it manufactured on a shorter timeline, cosmetic laboratories are the best route to take for hiring a chemist to create your cosmetic product. Similar to the other options mentioned above, you should be sure that the lab you choose to work with is trustworthy and offers samples and opportunities for adjustments to your formulation.

More commonly, established cosmetic labs are better able to offer high quality customer service when compared to individual chemist contractors. Now we may be bias because we are a cosmetic lab ourselves, but even when looking at our competitors, the customer service is much better when working with an established company.

Most cosmetic formulation labs, like Genie Supply, have multiple on-staff chemists to help you create your product, in addition to established process to ensure your formulating process runs smoothly, and using these types of labs can help reduce your risk when hiring a chemist to create your cosmetic product.

Finally, you will be able to jump right in to the manufacturing process once you have created your formulation with your cosmetic chemist. Overall, it can be a mush smoother and less risky process.

Pro Tip for working with Cosmetic Labs: Be sure to ask if you will own the formula when the formulation process is complete! If you don’t own your formulation, it can become difficult in the future to produce your product. See this blog for more information on what happens if you don’t own your formula.

Are you ready to Hire a Chemist to Create your Cosmetic Product?

Genie Supply can help. We are the beauty lab for entrepreneurs, and we specialize in formulating clean beauty products. With our staff of experienced chemists and customer service representatives, we can help you to create the perfect product. If you are ready to manufacture, we can help you with that too! We have a full catalog of packaging to choose from. Take a look for yourself!

Once you have determined which product you would like to create with our cosmetic chemists, head over to our custom formulating page and schedule a consult to get started. Two samples rounds with feedback are always included with our services along with the testing you need to start selling your product to your customers!

In the meantime, learn more about Genie Supply, our values and team members here.

Extra questions? Email us at customerservice@geniesupply.com or give us a call at 812-329-1105.