Cosmetics Testing and Analysis Services

Bringing a cosmetic or personal care product to market demands more than innovation, it requires proven safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and scientific validation. With over two decades of experience, our global network of expert laboratories delivers comprehensive cosmetics testing services tailored to your product’s lifecycle. 

From raw ingredients to finished packaging, we support brands, manufacturers, and suppliers with advanced chemical, biochemical, microbiological, in vitro, and clinical analyses to ensure quality, compliance, and consumer trust in every formulation.

Your global cosmetics testing partner:

• Decades of proven lab testing expertise
• End‑to‑end testing from raw material screening to finished product
• Advanced allergen and contaminant screening
• Unique biochemical services for advanced and complex ingredients
• Experienced microbiology supporting quality and stability
• Rigorous restricted substances analysis supporting compliance
• Contamination testing that reduces risk
• Comprehensive regulatory and toxicology support for global market launches

Science-backed insight: Helping you to innovate with confidence

With product safety and performance at the core of your launch strategy, our testing services let you push the boundaries of innovation—while managing risks associated with microbiology, restricted substances and potential allergens or contaminants. How do we do this? 

Ingredient & formulation insight: We deliver detailed analysis of raw materials, actives, nanomaterials, preservatives and more—backed by industry-standard methods and aligned with global regulatory requirements. This guides smarter formulation decisions and helps guarantee consistent, compliant and safe product performance.

Comprehensive allergen screening: Benefit from our unique screening service for 58 chemically defined allergens via a robust and sensitive GC-MSMS method

Cutting‑edge material characterisation: Whether it’s nanoparticles or advanced biomolecule actives, our testing capabilities include nanotechnology characterisation to ensure regulatory compliance or a deep understanding of complex ingredients such as proteins, collagen, chitosan or hyaluronic acid 

In vitro oral care product testing: Experienced in vitro oral care product laboratory testing and method development to support demonstration of product performance in areas such as cleaning efficacy, whitening, abrasivity, remineralisation and more, supporting product launch and boosting consumer confidence.

Microbiological quality and stability: With expert challenge testing for preservative efficacy and controlled stability storage, we assess microbial quality, total viable count, and stability —helping you minimise safety risks and maximise shelf life.

Packaging interaction and migration studies: Science-led cosmetics packaging testing for safety, quality, sustainability and compliance.

Regulatory Compliance & Safety: Ensuring Trust in Every Product

In today’s global beauty landscape, brands must deliver safe and compliant cosmetics across multiple regions. Under EU Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and other international frameworks, it’s your responsibility to demonstrate—through robust analysis—that your products pose no harm during normal use. Our testing and consultancy services give you that assurance. 

Prohibited & Restricted Substance Analysis
Our comprehensive chemical testing checks for banned or restricted ingredients, including formaldehyde, heavy metals, phthalates, parabens and Annex II/III substances—to help you mitigate safety risks.

PFAS (“Forever Chemicals”) Analysis
We identify and quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetic samples, helping you meet stringent international regulations and safeguard brand reputation.

Allergen Detection: 58 Potential Fragrance Allergens
Using advanced GC-MS/MS methods, we test for up to 58 potential allergens—ensuring safe formulation and accurate labelling according to evolving EU guidelines.

Preservative Efficacy (Challenge Testing)
We follow ISO 11930 standards to validate antimicrobial effectiveness in water-based products, boosting both safety and shelf-life

Nanomaterials Characterisation
We perform specialist testing on nanoparticle-containing cosmetics to evaluate safety and regulatory compliance under current EU frameworks

Heavy Metals and Elemental Analysis Testing
Trusted quantitative analysis protects against toxic exposure and supports both safety and compliance certifications.

Bringing Cosmetic Quality and Safety to Life

Tap into over 20 years of proven experience across a global network of laboratories, scientists, and consultants. We deliver reliable, high‑quality data and regulatory insights to help brands, manufacturers, and suppliers understand and mitigate product risk.

As your trusted partner, we offer Total Quality Assurance—a flexible, technically efficient resource that adds value throughout cosmetic development and production. Partner with Intertek and launch safer, more reliable products that inspire consumer confidence and succeed globally. Contact us now.