Kristina Cimo, CEO, Bellus LabsKristina Cimo, CEO
Aleading innovator in the hair and skincare space, Bellus Labs serves as a strategic partner that assists businesses and entrepreneurs in bringing their product visions to life. Its relentless focus on innovation, quality, and client success helps it master the art of creating superior, authentic, and affordable products with all-natural ingredients, rapid turnaround times, and low order minimum. Built on the solid foundations of its founders’— Michael and Kristina Cimo—extensive industry experience, Bellus Labs specializes in the formulation, manufacturing, and distribution of various hair and skincare products.

“Our comprehensive suite of services is ideal for cultivating a smooth, turn-key launch for client products, allowing them to focus on growing their business,” says Kristina Cimo, CEO of Bellus.

Bellus Labs’ portfolio comprises private label, custom formulation, and contract manufacturing services.

Recognized as a leader in the U.S. private label market, it excels at assisting clients in producing a broad range of natural skin, hair, therapeutics, and pet products. Businesses can brand or customize a stock formula with Bellus Labs’ patented boosts, giving them endless ways to enhance the product experience.

Its custom formulation services, on the other hand, help clients design new, innovative product formulas befitting each brand’s or market’s specific requirements. The team of chemistry experts’ over a century of combined experience is at play, allowing it to leverage potent natural ingredients, preservatives, and transdermal delivery systems to design a product that makes a real impacting the market.

The primary step involves working closely with clients for a three-month period and guiding them with the research and development of a new formula. If brands opt for continued assistance, Bellus Labs helps with product manufacturing to raise profit margins. Contract manufacturing and bulk filling are yet another service for supporting clients to get their products out to the masses within a limited time.

“What truly sets us apart from other market players is our team’s experience that makes us adept at catering to clients’ specific needs and providing services beyond their expectations,” says Cimo.

An example demonstrating Bellus Labs’ service excellence in the niche is its collaboration with a group of high-volume Amazon merchants selling 60 to 100 thousand product units each month. The clients approached the team as they were struggling with supply chain disruptions while outsourcing products from China, causing a substantial downturn in their businesses. The team at Bellus Labs shifted their clients manufacturing and production from a China-based model to an entirely U.S.-based strategy. This helped them to seamlessly manufacture products on demand and ship them out to Amazon centers without any delays. One of these clients who benefitted from this strategy reported a substantial rise in their margin, from $8 million to $20 million a year.

What truly sets us apart from other market players is our team’s experience that makes us adept at catering to clients’ specific needs and providing services beyond their expectations

Such achievements testify its team’s dedication to helping clients create a sustainable revenue stream. For the road ahead, Bellus plans to continue its legacy in private-label skin and health care by blending time-tested theoretical principles with natural ingredients like caviar oil, retinol, hyaluronic acids, and royal jelly honey for enriching products to bestow a compelling change in people’s life.