Personal Care Liquid Handling Equipment
To create high-quality personal care products, labs need consistent measurements and dependable tools as much as they need the right ingredients. From research and formulation to batch production and quality control, liquid handling plays a central role in ensuring product safety, performance, and regulatory compliance.
BRANDTECH Scientific supports personal care labs with trusted tools built for accuracy, comfort, and repeatability. Whether you're developing a new shampoo or validating the pH of a finished skincare product, our instruments help streamline your workflow from start to finish.
Key Liquid Handling Applications in Personal Care
In personal care and cosmetic product development, precision and consistency are essential for product safety, performance, and brand trust. Whether you’re formulating skincare, haircare, or color cosmetics, every step depends on accurate liquid handling. BRANDTECH Scientific liquid handling equipment support a wide range of workflows commonly found in cosmetic labs, private-label facilities, and contract manufacturing environments:
- Measuring and dispensing oils, surfactants, and other raw materials: Whether you’re dosing coconut-derived surfactants into a sulfate-free shampoo or dispensing argan oil for a conditioning treatment, accurate volume control is critical for both product stability and cost control. Bottle-top dispensers allow safe, repeatable transfers directly from reagent containers without spills or overpouring.
- Titrating active ingredients to ensure proper concentration levels: From confirming the salicylic acid level in an acne treatment to adjusting the lactic acid concentration in a chemical peel, titration is a key step in many cosmetic formulations. Manual bottle-top burettes, like the Titrette, provide precise, reproducible results in low-volume testing environments, making them perfect for small-batch production and R&D
- Sampling and aliquoting viscous formulations for quality control or R&D: During development or stability testing of products like foundation, clay masks, or heavy creams, thick formulations must be sampled without introducing air bubbles or losing volume. Liquid handling equipment designed for smooth aspiration and dispensing prevents inconsistency when analyzing texture, separation, or microbial resistance over time.
- Preparing small-volume additives such as preservatives, fragrances, or colorants: Whether adding just a few microliters of phenoxyethanol to a lotion or blending pigments for a lipstick base, precision pipetting ensures uniformity from batch to batch. Micropipettes are essential for handling these ingredients, where even slight variation can affect product efficacy, fragrance profile, or visual appearance.
- Repetitive transfers for batch testing, stability studies, and compliance documentation: Cosmetic manufacturing often involves dozens of daily liquid handling tasks, from loading sample plates for microbial testing to preparing duplicate batches for side-by-side comparison. Ergonomic tools help reduce strain while maintaining accuracy during high-volume workflows that are crucial for GMP compliance and regulatory approval.
Benefits of Liquid Handling Equipment in the Personal Care Manufacturing Industry
In personal care manufacturing, the tools you use directly impact how consistent, accurate, and efficient your processes are. Key benefits of high-quality tools include:
- Reliable performance for formulations requiring tight tolerances
- Reduced operator fatigue during repetitive pipetting or titration
- Compatibility with viscous, foaming, or volatile liquids commonly used in cosmetics and personal care
- Faster, more consistent results during QA/QC testing
- Minimized risk of contamination, error, or volume variation
Featured BRANDTECH Products
BRANDTECH’s solutions for personal care labs are engineered to handle the wide range of viscosities, volumes, and workflows involved in modern product development:
- Titrette Bottle-Top Burettes: Perform manual titrations with exceptional accuracy during R&D and batch testing
- Dispensette Bottle-Top Dispensers: Safely and accurately dispense surfactants, solvents, and other raw materials
- Transferpette S Adjustable Micropipettes: Ideal for dosing small-volume additives, preservatives, or actives with precision
- General Lab Products: Support everyday lab needs with reliable glassware, lab aids, and consumables that integrate seamlessly into your workflow
How BRANDTECH Addresses Common Pain Points
Formulators and QA teams in the personal care industry face specific challenges: variable viscosities, aggressive chemicals, repetitive workflows, and strict regulatory demands. BRANDTECH tools are designed to solve for these conditions:
- Ergonomic designs reduce hand fatigue and support extended use
- Chemical-resistant construction handles oils, alcohols, and surfactant-rich formulas
- Consistent volume delivery supports traceability and batch repeatability
- Clean, accurate transfers help meet regulatory and GMP documentation standards
Whether you're working with lotions, serums, sprays, or cosmetics, BRANDTECH liquid handling tools deliver the confidence your team needs.
Why Partner With BRANDTECH Scientific
BRANDTECH has decades of experience supporting formulation labs, contract manufacturers, and private-label developers across the personal care space. Our liquid handling solutions are trusted by teams across America building everything from skincare lines to color cosmetics.
What’s more, we back our tools with real support, hands-on guidance, and a focus on helping your lab stay productive and precise.
Get the Tools You Need to Build Better Personal Care Products
Explore BRANDTECH's full selection of liquid handling solutions and general lab equipment to support your personal care workflow. From formulation to final testing, our tools are designed to help your team do its best work day in and day out.