Launch Your Skincare Brand in the UK — 8 Weeks

Under UK cosmetics regulation (retained from EU Regulation 1223/2009), every cosmetic product sold in the UK needs a named UK Responsible Person. The RP ensures your product meets safety standards, holds the product information file, and is liable for compliance. Without one, your product can't legally be placed on the UK market. We appoint your RP through Biorius UK, Obelis UK, or UK Cosmetic Safety Consultants.

A Cosmetic Product Safety Report is a mandatory document prepared by a qualified safety assessor. It evaluates your product's ingredients, toxicological profile, stability data, and microbiological safety. With assessors like Delphic HSE or Alcyomics, a CPSR typically takes 2–4 weeks when stability data and formulation details are provided promptly. We run this in parallel with site development to stay within the 8-week timeline.

CPNP is the EU system; SCPN is the UK equivalent introduced post-Brexit. Both require you to register product details before selling — it's how Poison Centres respond to emergencies. We handle both notifications so you can sell in the UK and EU markets from launch day.

Standard Shopify themes share the same Liquid rendering engine and often score poorly on Core Web Vitals. Headless Shopify decouples the frontend — we build in Next.js on Vercel's edge network — while keeping Shopify's checkout, inventory, and payment infrastructure in place. The result is sub-second page loads, 95+ Lighthouse scores, and conversion rates 20–30% higher than theme-based stores.

Yes, with the right coordination. The CPSR assessment and production are your critical path. We use white-label or pre-tested formulation bases to compress formulation timelines, run stability testing in parallel with site builds, and pre-stage Huboo fulfilment setup during production. Twelve of our launches since 2022 have hit the 8-week mark. Custom formulations from scratch typically add 4–8 weeks.

The £22K tier covers white-label formulation (MOQ 50), UK RP appointment, CPSR assessment, CPNP/SCPN notification, a headless Shopify storefront on Next.js, Huboo 3PL integration, and 30-day post-launch support. Higher tiers add custom formulations, larger production runs, advanced marketing automation, subscription commerce, and multi-market compliance. Every line item is visible in your quote — no hidden fees.