Personal Care Product Testing

Personal Care Product Testing for Safety and Compliance

Verify the quality of your personal care products with comprehensive tests, including safety, performance, and chemical analysis.

QIMA’s quality control expertise can help you avoid costly recalls, navigate international regulations, and bring your product to market quickly. Our laboratory tests, including physical, mechanical, and chemical assessments, are designed to ensure your personal care products meet all necessary requirements.

On this page, you’ll find:

• Testing Requirements for Personal Care Product Compliance

• QIMA’s Personal Care Product Testing Expertise

• Certifications for the Personal Care Product Industry

• QIMA Benefits

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Testing Requirements for Personal Care Product Compliance

Get the tests you need when you need them with our network of accredited laboratories. Our labs can test against regional, national, and global requirements to ensure your products conform to the quality and safety standards of your destination market, including:

• Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC/EMI)

• Conformité Européene (CE) and UKCA Marking

• EU Low Voltage Directive (LVD) compliance

• EU Product Safety Directive compliance

• EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED) testing

• Heavy metal analysis (lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel)

• Plasticizers (phthalates)

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

• Product safety testing (UL/IEC)

• RoHS testing

• Toxics in packaging

• IECEE- CB Scheme

• Energy Efficiency Verification (EEV) and Energy Star

• US California Proposition 65 for Consumer Products

We also perform testing to help you ensure compliance with your own in-house requirements.

QIMA’s Personal Care Product Testing Expertise

Leverage our global experience in testing personal care products to achieve regulatory compliance and guarantee consumer safety.

We provide testing services for a wide variety of personal care products, including but not limited to:

• Hair dryers

• Curling irons

• Electric curlers

• Straighteners

• Body and foot massage devices

• Electric shavers and razors

• Groomers, trimmers, and hair removal devices

• Electric toothbrushes

• Electric skin therapy devices

• Epilator, electrolysis

• Scales

• Digital health devices (like wearables)

Our labs use physical and mechanical tests as needed to check the safety, quality, and performance of your personal care products:

• Durability tests

• Earth continuity

• Eco-design

• Frequency checking

• Hipot test

• Impedance check

• Internal construction review

• IP tests (IP 44, IP X7) for lighting equipment

• Motor rotation speed measurement

• Noise level measurement

• Power consumption

• Power cord pull test

• Product function/performance test

• Product parameter check

• Sensory analysis

• Signal-to-noise ratio Durability

• Stability tests

• Waterproof tests

• Working current/voltage check

• Working distance for wireless devices

• Workmanship review

• Other tests according to customer programs or predetermined rules

Certifications for the Personal Care Product Industry

QIMA’s certifications for personal care products can set your products apart and demonstrate superior product quality and safety to your consumers. We offer various certification services, including:

• GS Mark Certification

• IECEE CB Certification

• In-house fit-for-use quality and test marks

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