Product Safety: Ingredient selection, formula selection, packaging choice
Consumer & Clinical Evaluation: Finalized product is tested on volunteers to ensure that the product actually provides the intended effects.
Microbiology: Tests determine which preservative system works to best prevent contamination of the product for its intended shelf life. (Fungi, bacterial, and yeast growth)
Stability: Ensures that the packaging choice is compatible with the cosmetic formula to contain and preserve the product safely.
Process Development: This process ensures that the product is able to be manufactured in large quantities anywhere while maintaining quality control of the final product.
Supply Chain: Purchases all materials needed to produce large consumer quantities. Including all raw materials, labeling, and packaging.