Face scrub contract manufacturing

A cosmetics plant develops and produces a rinse-off facial scrub for your brand: the particle, the gel or cream base, stability and patch testing, filling, and the BPOM notification. You decide the positioning, from a gentle weekly polish to an oil control scrub, and sell it under your own name.

A face scrub exfoliates mechanically with particles and is rinsed off, usually once or twice a week. An exfoliator is a leave-on acid product (AHA, BHA, PHA) that works chemically over hours. An exfoliating cleanser is a daily wash with a light exfoliant for its minute on the skin. They can share a shelf; they should not share a wording.

Jojoba ester beads are round and soft, the gentlest choice for the face. Cellulose and bamboo powders are biodegradable and medium in feel. Perlite and fine silica give a firm polish. Walnut shell and apricot seed powders are sharp and better kept for the body. Sugar and salt dissolve as you rub, so the scrub softens in use. Size and amount set the intensity.

No. Polyethylene microbeads were once the standard round particle, but they do not break down and are now rejected by most markets and retailers. We formulate with jojoba esters, cellulose, bamboo, perlite, or silica instead; the brief decides which, by the feel and the price point you want.

Because the base has viscosity but no yield value: it flows, so heavy grit settles. A scrub base needs a polymer, typically carbomer, a cross-linked acrylate, or xanthan gum at the right level, that behaves like a gel at rest and liquefies when squeezed. We check particle distribution top and bottom after storage at 45 °C before approving the formula.

Yes, within limits. Round, soft particles at a low load in a creamy base, no fragrance, and a soothing extract such as allantoin or oat produce a scrub that sensitive skin tolerates once a week; a patch test confirms it. For very reactive skin we usually suggest a PHA exfoliator or an enzyme powder instead and say so at the consultation.

A clear gel scrub for oily and combination skin; a cream scrub for dry skin; a foaming scrub that cleanses and polishes in one step; a scrub mask with kaolin that is left on for a few minutes before rinsing; and a powder that activates with water. Each needs its own base and filling setup.

The brand sets the frequency in the directions, and the formula follows it: a soft jojoba scrub can be directed for two or three times a week, a firmer perlite scrub for once. Directions and the warning to avoid the eye area and broken skin are part of the label under BPOM Regulation No. 18 of 2024.

Yes, where they survive a rinse-off: salicylic acid up to the 3 percent rinse-off limit for an oil control or acne-prone positioning, activated charcoal or kaolin for an oil-absorbing story, niacinamide for a brightening angle, green tea or centella as soothing extracts. Fragile actives such as vitamin C are better left to a leave-on product.

"Helps remove dead skin cells" and "smoother skin" follow from the format and can be supported by a skin texture or roughness reading. "Brighter-looking skin" needs an instrumental study. "Helps cleanse pores" is acceptable; "removes blackheads" or "shrinks pores" edges toward claims the data rarely supports. Wording follows BPOM Regulation No. 3 of 2022.

A tube is the first choice: it squeezes out a particle-rich gel evenly and keeps the product clean. A jar suits a thick cream scrub or a scrub mask applied with the fingers. A flip-top bottle fits a fluid foaming scrub. Clear tubes show the beads, which sells the product on the shelf.

Technically yes, but the two are built differently: a body scrub uses larger, harder grit and a richer oil base, while a face scrub uses small, round particles at a lower load. A single product ends up too harsh for the face or too mild for elbows and knees. Brands that want both usually launch them as a pair.

ODM: our R&D team designs the scrub from your brief, choosing particle, base, actives, and scent. OEM, or private label: you start from a scrub base we already produce and change the particle color, the fragrance, or the tube, which keeps sampling short because the suspension is already proven.

The skin type and concern you are selling to, how intense the scrub should feel, your view on particle type (plant beads, mineral, biodegradable), the format, the scent direction, a selling price range, a rough quantity, and the claims you hope to print. We propose a particle and base pairing and make samples from that.