Selling beauty?
Compliance
The government fee is genuinely small. It's everything around it that costs. This is the part we do ourselves. It's the part we own: the ingredient screen, the label sign-off before you print, holding the file, and the annual renewal.
Opening with our beauty intake
We're taking fashion brands first, where there's no HSA gate at all. Before we notify anyone's first product we're putting the Singapore entity, the safety assessors and the product-liability cover in place — in that order, and before the filing rather than after it, because that's the only order that actually protects you. If you're a beauty or fragrance brand, start the conversation now: we'll tell you plainly where that stands, and plan your launch around it.
How it works
- 1We screen your ingredient list against the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive's prohibited and restricted annexes: a real review, not a formality.
- 2We review and sign off your label before you print it, not after.
- 3We hold your Product Information File and produce it on demand.
- 4We handle adverse-event reporting on a fixed clock, and the annual re-notification, every year it's due.
- 5When you're ready to notify, we become your Responsible Person: your brand stays on the pack.
What you get
- ✓Cleared to sell in Singapore: notified, labelled, on the shelf
- ✓Label sign-off before you print, not after
- ✓Your Product Information File held on your behalf
- ✓Adverse-event handling and the annual renewal, tracked and done
- ✓Your brand name stays on the pack
What we need from you
- Full ingredient listPer product, exactly as it would appear on the label
- Current artworkSo we can mark up what has to change before you print
- Lab resultsRequired for whitening, lightening, and other higher-risk products
Timeline
- Total (first product)Two to six weeks: driven by the label and the safety file, not by HSA
- HSA filingSame day, once we're ready to notify
What this doesn't cover
- –Testing or evaluating your formulation: this is a notification, not an approval
- –Fashion products: apparel isn't a cosmetic, so there's no HSA gate
How pricing works
Quoted per product: a brand with three products and one with thirty are very different amounts of work.
The HSA government fee itself is small: S$13 per product for most cosmetics, S$28 for eye-area, lip, oral and certain hair-dye products, S$8 for fourth and subsequent variants. That's included: what you're paying for is the work around it.
Questions we get
Is this a licence?
No: a notification. HSA doesn't test or approve; it logs the filing and holds the Responsible Person answerable for it.
Do you do this for fashion brands too?
No: fashion isn't a cosmetic, so there's no HSA gate to clear.
Can you take on any product?
Only ones that pass our ingredient check first. We decline products that don't.
Enquire
No obligation, no pitch deck — let's discuss the pricing.