BC 03 · Body Care

Custom body care formulation & manufacturing.

Develop body care products that turn a daily step into a recognizable brand experience. From body washes and lotions to scrubs, oils, and treatment products, we build formulas around feel, performance, and your market position.

Custom body care lotion formulation
Custom body care development

Body care that performs from first use to last pump.

Body lotion being applied to an arm in a clean studio setting

A body care formula has a bigger job than simply carrying a fragrance or an ingredient story. It needs to spread well across a larger surface area, absorb at the pace your customer expects, work with the chosen package, and leave behind the right sensory memory. The best body products are easy to reach for every day and distinct enough to be remembered.

Our team develops body care around your intended routine, price point, texture direction, fragrance preferences, and claims language. Whether you are building a straightforward daily lotion or a more technical exfoliating, firming, deodorizing, or after-shower treatment, we help organize the formula, packaging, and manufacturing decisions into a practical product-development path.

AMR Labs supports early R&D samples, stability and compatibility work, production scale-up, contract filling, and final quality control. We can help launch a single body hero or build a coordinated wash, treatment, and moisturize regimen that gives your customer a consistent experience across the line.

Alcohol-FreeFast-AbsorbingFragrance-FreeHydratingLightweightMineral Oil-FreeMoisturizingNon-GreasypH-BalancedPlant-BasedSmoothingSofteningVeganVegan-FriendlyWater-BasedWhipped TextureBarrier-SupportingBrighteningCalmingClean-List CompatibleColorant-FreeCoolingCruelty-FreeDermatologist-Test ReadyMade With Organic IngredientsNaturally DerivedNon-GMONot Tested on AnimalsPalm Oil-FreeParaben-FreePEG-FreePetrolatum-FreeUnisexUpcycled Ingredients
What we formulate

Every product type, custom to your brief.

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Lotions & moisturizers

  • Daily body lotion
  • Rich body cream
  • Body butter
  • Gel lotion
  • Lightweight body moisturizer
  • Hand cream
  • Foot cream
  • Neck and décolleté cream
02

Body washes & cleansers

  • Cream body wash
  • Gel body wash
  • Foaming body wash
  • Shower oil
  • Bubble bath
  • Bath soak
  • Cleansing bar
  • After-workout body wash
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Scrubs & exfoliants

  • Sugar scrub
  • Salt scrub
  • Cream scrub
  • Body polish
  • Exfoliating body wash
  • Smoothing treatment
  • Pre-shave scrub
  • Foot exfoliant
04

Oils & after-shower care

  • Dry body oil
  • Massage oil
  • After-shower oil
  • Shimmer body oil
  • Bath oil
  • Cuticle oil
  • Nourishing body serum
  • Layering oil
05

Hands, feet & targeted care

  • Hand sanitizer gel
  • Hand repair cream
  • Cuticle treatment
  • Foot balm
  • Heel cream
  • Elbow and knee cream
  • Travel hand lotion
  • Overnight hand mask
06

Deodorant & freshness

  • Deodorant stick
  • Deodorant cream
  • Deodorant spray
  • Underarm serum
  • Body mist
  • Cooling body spray
  • Post-workout freshener
  • All-over body deodorant
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Spa & treatment products

  • Body wrap cream
  • Massage cream
  • Treatment mask
  • Warming body treatment
  • Cooling leg gel
  • Post-sun body gel
  • Professional back-bar lotion
  • Retail spa treatment
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Seasonal & gifting formats

  • Holiday body butter
  • Gift-set minis
  • Layering fragrance lotion
  • Travel body wash
  • Limited-edition scrub
  • Body care duo
  • Bath ritual kit
  • Subscription-box body care
Planning for launch

Plan the body care experience before the production run.

Body care development benefits from a clear point of view about when and how the product will be used. A quick-absorbing lotion for a morning routine has different priorities than a rich overnight cream, a sensorial scrub, or a body wash designed to layer with fragrance. Defining the routine gives formulation, packaging, creative, and operations teams a shared idea of what success looks and feels like.

We help brands make choices early around viscosity, pump or jar compatibility, fragrance carry, rinse behavior, package fill, and the amount of product a customer is likely to use per application. Those details influence the experience in the bathroom as much as the formula on the ingredient list, and they can reduce avoidable revisions later in the project.

For collection launches, we can also help organize the role of each product in the assortment. A wash, exfoliant, moisturizer, oil, and mist do not need to compete with one another; they can create a flexible routine that feels coherent on shelf and gives customers a reason to build a set over time.

For body care, a useful final check is whether the product works in the pace of the customer’s day. The right texture, closure, amount per use, and scent expression can make a lotion, wash, or treatment feel easier to repurchase and easier to recommend.

Before production, every body care project is reviewed as a complete customer experience: formula, package, production plan, and retail presentation working together.

Forms in this category

The formats we run.

Choose the texture and delivery system that best matches the routine, product story, and packaging direction you want to build. These formats can be adapted to the category needs outlined above.

Serum texture
SerumsLightweight treatment systems
Cream texture
CreamsRich emulsions and moisturizers
Gel texture
GelsClear, cooling, and targeted textures
Lotion texture
LotionsFace, body, and hand care
Oil texture
OilsDry oils and nourishing blends
Stick texture
SticksSolid formats for face and body
Wash texture
WashesFoams, gels, and cleansing systems
Balm texture
BalmsComforting oil-based treatments
Mask texture
MasksClay, cream, and treatment masks
Mist texture
MistsFace, body, and hair sprays
Popular ingredients

What brands are asking us to formulate with.

A starting point, not a menu. Final selection follows your claims, target cost, packaging, and any retailer or channel standards you need to meet.

AllantoinAloeAvocado oilCaffeineCeramidesCocoa butterColloidal oatmealGlycerinGlycolic acidJojoba oilLactic acidMango butterNiacinamidePanthenolSqualaneSunflower oilUreaVitamin E
Included support for every project

Formulation is the start, not the whole job.

Every formula we develop is built to survive stability, fill cleanly on our own lines, and pass the regulatory review of the market you're selling into.

Stability & compatibility

12-week accelerated testing against your actual component. AMR will prepare bulk to be sent to your preferred testing lab.

Micro & preservative challenge

AMR will prepare bulk for PET testing to confirm the preservation system holds in when organisms are added. Micro testing is automatically performed on every batch we produce.

Regulatory review

INCI, labeling, and MoCRA support for your selling market.

Clean-list compliance

We can formulate to Sephora, Ulta, Credo, or your retailer's list when your brand requires it.

Scale-up to production

Bench formulas built to behave the same at 2,500 or 250,000 units so quality isn't degrading as production quantities and sales both increase.

Fill & assembly in-house

The lab that wrote the formula runs the line that fills it. The chemist who worked on your formula oversees the first production batch