HC 02 · Haircare

Custom hair care formulation & manufacturing.

Bring your hair care product idea to market with custom formulation and scalable manufacturing support. We develop shampoos, conditioners, scalp treatments, hair masks, styling products, oils, serums, and other professional hair care formulations for emerging and established brands.

Wavy brown hair representing haircare formulation
Custom haircare development

A haircare system built around your brand.

Wavy brown hair representing haircare formulation

Today’s hair care market extends far beyond basic shampoo and conditioner. Consumers increasingly seek products developed for specific hair types, textures, routines, and performance goals—including scalp care, curl definition, moisture, damage repair, frizz control, shine, and heat protection.

As a custom hair care manufacturer, we consider every part of your product’s development: ingredients, performance, texture, fragrance, packaging compatibility, stability, production requirements, and regulatory considerations. Our capabilities can support your project from initial concept and laboratory samples through contract manufacturing, filling, packaging, and quality control.

Whether you are creating one signature formula or developing a complete hair care collection, we can help turn your concept into a distinctive, market-ready product. Explore the product types below to see the hair care products we can formulate and manufacture for your brand.

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What we formulate

Every product type, custom to your brief.

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Shampoos & cleansers

  • Daily shampoo
  • Moisturizing shampoo
  • Sulfate-free shampoo
  • Clarifying shampoo
  • Chelating & hard-water shampoo
  • Purple & blue toning shampoo
  • Micellar shampoo
  • Co-wash
  • Dry shampoo
  • Shampoo bars
02

Conditioners & detanglers

  • Daily conditioner
  • Moisturizing conditioner
  • Smoothing conditioner
  • Volumizing conditioner
  • Leave-in conditioner
  • Detangling spray
  • Kids’ detangler
  • Conditioning mist
03

Masks & intensive treatments

  • Deep conditioner
  • Hydrating hair mask
  • Bond-repair treatment
  • Protein treatment
  • Pre-shampoo treatment
  • Overnight hair treatment
  • Hair gloss treatment
  • Lamellar rinse
04

Scalp care

  • Scalp serum
  • Scalp oil
  • Scalp scrub
  • Exfoliating scalp treatment
  • Scalp tonic
  • Scalp mist
  • Scalp barrier serum
  • Scalp-balancing shampoo
05

Curly & textured hair

  • Curl cream
  • Curl-defining gel
  • Curl custard
  • Curl-refreshing spray
  • Textured-hair leave-in conditioner
  • Edge control
  • Braid gel
  • Loc gel
06

Styling products

  • Styling gel
  • Styling mousse
  • Volumizing foam
  • Blowout cream
  • Pomade
  • Texture paste
  • Sea-salt spray
  • Flexible-hold styling spray
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Heat, frizz & environmental protection

  • Heat-protectant spray
  • Thermal-protectant cream
  • Anti-frizz treatment
  • Anti-humidity serum
  • Smoothing balm
  • Color-protecting treatment
  • UV-protecting hair mist
08

Oils, serums & finishing products

  • Hair oil
  • Lightweight finishing oil
  • Shine serum
  • Smoothing serum
  • Split-end serum
  • Hair perfume
  • Conditioning hair mist
  • Shine-enhancing spray
09

Hair Density, Lash & Brow Support

  • Scalp Density Serum
  • Fuller-Looking Hair Serum
  • Hairline Care Serum
  • Scalp Peptide Serum
  • Root-Strengthening Treatment
  • Thinning-Hair Shampoo
  • Thinning-Hair Conditioner
  • Strengthening Scalp Oil
  • Eyelash Conditioning Serum
  • Eyebrow Conditioning Serum
  • Lash & Brow Peptide Serum
  • Lash & Brow Fortifying Treatment
  • Lash & Brow Conditioning Oil
Planning for launch

Build the haircare routine before production begins.

A useful haircare brief defines more than a hero ingredient. It explains the hair type, routine moment, desired texture, level of cleansing or conditioning, fragrance direction, package format, and price position. That gives the development team a practical framework for making decisions as the formula moves from concept to samples.

Before bulk production, we can help pressure-test the details that affect launch readiness: viscosity and dispensing, whether a pump, tube, jar, spray, or bottle suits the formula, how products layer in a routine, which sample feedback matters most, and what claims or clean standards should guide raw-material choices.

For a collection launch, shampoo, conditioner, treatment, styling, and scalp-care products each benefit from a clear role. A considered assortment helps customers understand what to use first, what to add later, and how each product supports the result your brand promises.

For haircare, the final launch decision is not only about a formula sample. It is also about whether the performance, packaging, routine role, and product story work together from the first wash through repeat purchase.

Before production, every haircare 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.

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, and any retailer clean list you need to meet.

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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