ARG Laboratories
Close up of a white cosmetic emulsion

Private label manufacturing  ·  Dallas, Texas  ·  since 1992

We make creams, lotions and serums for other people's brands.

Most manufacturers make you fill in a form before they tell you anything. Here are our numbers first, so you can find out in ten seconds whether we are a fit.

Minimum order2,000units

Per product. Anything above it is a fit.

Lead time3–4weeks

Approved formula to finished goods.

Terms50%

Deposit up front, balance before shipment.

No formula yet$500

Product development fee. We build it with you.

What we make

Topicals, done properly, for thirty-four years.

Creams, lotions, serums, gels, balms and washes, across body, face, hair, men's grooming and nail care. If it goes on skin or hair, it is probably something we run.

Thick white body cream, close up
Body

Creams, lotions, gels, scrubs, body oils, spritz.

A clear serum droplet on a polished surface
Face

Serums, moisturisers, cleansers, toners, masks, eye creams, lip care.

Clear viscous gel pouring in a ribbon
Hair & grooming

Shampoo, conditioner, styling gels, beard and shave products.

Slow vortex in pale cream coloured liquid
Nail & foot

Creams, salts, soaks.

See the full product list →

Unlabelled glass bottles and jars waiting for a brand

Every bottle that leaves this building carries somebody else's name on it.

Where the work sits

What you bring, and what we handle.

The short version: you own the brand and the decisions. We own everything between the formula and the pallet.

You bring

  • Your brand and label artwork
  • Your target volume
  • A formula, if you have one
  • Componentry, if you prefer

The last two are optional

ARG handles

  • Formulation and bench development
  • Batching and compounding
  • Scale up from bench to batch
  • Filling
  • Raw material sourcing
  • Quality control and release
  • Componentry sourcing, no extra charge
  • Packing and shipment

Two of these are yours to choose. If you have no formula we build one for $500. If you have no componentry we source it for nothing.

Why our minimum is what it is

2,000 units is a real batch, not a sample.

Every product change means stripping a line down, cleaning it, and setting it back up. That changeover costs the same whether we run two hundred units or twenty thousand. Two thousand is the point where the run pays for the setup, which is why it is our floor and why we will not quote below it. It also means your unit cost is a manufacturing cost rather than a rounding error on a cleaning bill.

How a project runs

Five steps, and you know where you are in all of them.

  1. 01

    Enquiry

    Volume and format

  2. 02

    NDA

    Before anything is sent

  3. 03

    Formula

    Yours, or ours for $500

  4. 04

    Bench sample

    You approve before scale up

  5. 05

    Production

    3 to 4 weeks

50% deposit at step 3  ·  balance before shipment at step 5

Read how each step works →

Start a project

Tell us your volume and we will tell you straight away.

Four questions, one minute. If we are not a fit we will say so rather than keep you talking.

Start a project See what we make