Launching a successful beauty brand requires more than just a great formula. You need a reliable Cosmetic ODM partner with proven expertise, regulatory compliance, and scalable production.
This guide introduces carefully vetted cosmetic manufacturers from around the globe—full-service turnkey providers, each with specialized technologies and unique strengths.
Find Your Match
To identify proven cosmetic ODM manufacturers, this article examined 115 exhibitors at MakeUp in New York in 2025*, a global trade show where cosmetic trends and technologies from around the world converge. Here, we present a detailed overview of three carefully selected ODM manufacturers that operate as full-service turnkey providers, backed by extensive expertise and unique technologies not found elsewhere.
*Source: MakeUp in New York Official Website | As of survey conducted in December 2025 (https://www.makeup-in-newyork.com/en/exhibitors)
JAPAN
PICASO COSMETIC LABORATORY is a leading Japanese ODM company specializing in skincare products. Drawing on 200,000 formulation data points*1 and over 72 patented ingredients*2, PICASO proposes differentiated products focused on the skin-focused formulation Features associated with Japanese brands.
PICASO can develop ingredients derived from uniquely Japanese sustainable upcycled materials, as well as ingredients that leverage materials such as matcha and sake. The company offers end-to-end turnkey services, covering everything from ingredient selection through product storytelling designed with market communication in mind.
SOUTH KOREA
C&C International is a leading ODM company for color cosmetics in South Korea. The company creates new textures based on data accumulated through its leadership in K-beauty, combined with the development capabilities of its research team. C&C proposes products that anticipate upcoming trends.
Development With a prototyping system and production capability built on accumulated color and texture data, C&C can efficiently develop multi-color variations suited to diverse skin tones, as well as derivative lines featuring different textures.
ITALY
COSMETIC SERVICE is a full-service turnkey Italian ODM company specializing in hair care development. While meeting Italy’s high standards for organic practices and sustainability, the company designs formulations from the ground up, tailored to specific needs such as scalp care and damage repair.
COSMETIC SERVICE provides integrated support across key areas, from container materials and graphic design to fragrance development. By integrating the brand’s world into the product’s appearance, texture, and scent, the company can create a memorable brand experience.
Details
JAPAN
PICASO is a major Japanese ODM company specializing in skincare products. The company maintains strict quality standards compliant with ISO 22716* across its overseas facilities and factories. Through hygiene management in line with international standards and meticulous inspection processes carried out by skilled staff, it delivers highly refined product development. Going beyond manufacturing and production alone, PICASO continues to provide Turnkey Solutions that help create successful skincare products in collaboration with global brands and numerous manufacturers.
In addition to original ingredients developed from uniquely Japanese, sustainably upcycled materials, such as soy milk-derived galactomyces, often used in products designed for visible signs of aging, PICASO can also develop custom-made ingredients derived from Japanese materials such as matcha, sakura, and sake. Product stories can be developed starting from ingredient selection. The company also holds over 72 patented ingredients*1 and, drawing on more than 200,000 formulations*2, can develop differentiated products tailored to specific skin concerns.
PICASO is a major Japanese cosmetics ODM manufacturer founded in 1935. With multiple research laboratories and factories in Shanghai and Bangkok, the company adheres to hygiene management in line with international standards while maintaining rigorous Japanese quality standards. Backed by a stable monthly production capacity exceeding 10 million units*, PICASO provides turnkey skincare solutions as a partner to global brands and international manufacturers.
| Address | Head Office & Central Laboratory 1-8-35 Nishimiyahara, Yodogawa-Ku, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, 532-0004, Japan |
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| Established | November 21, 1935 |
| Capital | ¥1.315 billion |
| Offices and Factories |
Tokyo Office & Laboratory Yokohama Technical Center Yokohama Factory No.2 Yokohama Factory Kobe Factory Shanghai Factory & Laboratory No.1 Bangkok Factory & Laboratory No.2 Bangkok Factory |
| Official Website | https://www.cosme-park.com/en/ |
SOUTH KOREA
As a leading color cosmetics ODM in Korea, C&C possesses a vast body of texture data accumulated through its role in driving K-beauty, along with advanced research and development capabilities. By eliminating the time loss associated with trial and error from scratch and building on textures that have already gained strong market recognition, C&C can propose product development within a short timeframe. By enabling textures that are trending on social media to be incorporated into product lineups without delay, C&C helps capture trends without missing opportunities and translate them into market share.
Based on extensive color material data and an established prototyping framework, C&C can accommodate color design for a wide range of skin tones. This makes it possible to design a color lineup that is not biased toward specific skin tones from the outset. Because derivative lines with different textures can be planned from the outset, product lines can be expanded efficiently in line with sales performance.
Founded in 1997, C&C is a Korean ODM manufacturer specializing in makeup and is a driving force behind K-Beauty color cosmetics trends. In addition to operating factories in South Korea, the company has established a manufacturing base in Shanghai and, as a cGMP-designated company, has implemented a quality control system compliant with ISO 22716*. Leveraging extensive pigment data and development and production capabilities that enable efficient multi-color expansion, C&C creates innovative makeup products.
| Address | 39, Samseong 1-ro 5-gil, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea |
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| Established | 1997 |
| Capital | Not specified on the official website |
| Offices and Factories |
Green County (Factory) Shanghai Factory |
| Official Website | http://www.cnccosmetic.com/en/ |
ITALY
COSMETIC SERVICE offers hair care ODM services that enable formulation design from scratch based on specific objectives such as damage repair and scalp care. Rather than relying on existing formulations, the company can tailor key formulation elements, from combinations of cleansing agents and repair ingredients to adjustments in texture and feel, making it possible to differentiate both functionality and sensorial qualities. Drawing on Italian aesthetic sensibility that emphasizes the final texture and finish, COSMETIC SERVICE develops hair care products with carefully refined usability.
COSMETIC SERVICE realizes brand worldviews down to the shape and texture of the bottle, as well as fragrance design. By carefully crafting visual impressions, tactile feel when held, and fragrance during use, the company creates memorable brand experiences that remain in users’ minds. With a view to making a pleasant sensory experience a natural part of everyday life, COSMETIC SERVICE develops hair care products that encourage continued use.
Not specified on the official website
COSMETIC SERVICE is a manufacturer that operates as a full-service turnkey ODM for hair care and makeup development. With its own factory near Venice, the company operates a manufacturing and quality control system compliant with ISO 22716* and in line with U.S. FDA standards. COSMETIC SERVICE provides premium product development for global brands that combines Italy’s sophisticated aesthetic sense with high functionality.
| Address | Via delle Industrie, 124 30020 – Marcon (VE) Italy |
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| Established | Not specified on the official website |
| Capital | Not specified on the official website |
| Offices and Factories | Not specified on the official website |
| Official Website | https://www.cosmeticservice.it/en/ |