Personal Care Product Testing

Leverage our quality control expertise and global network to ensure your personal care products are compliant. You can count on QIMA’s laboratory testing services to evaluate the safety, quality, and compliance of your personal care products, from toothbrushes to state of the art grooming devices. Explore our QC solutions here

QC Tailored for the Personal Care Product Industry

Our quality control expertise can help you avoid costly recalls, complaints, and potential litigation. QIMA is here to help you navigate international regulations and bring your product to market quickly. Our physical, mechanical and laboratory tests are designed to ensure your products meet the necessary requirements.

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Small Personal Care Product Testing Requirements

Get the tests you need when you need them with our network of accredited laboratories. QIMA laboratories test against regional, national, and global requirements to ensure your products meet the quality and safety standards of your destination market, such as:

  • 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

Personal Care Product Testing Expertise

Leverage our global experience in testing personal care products to ensure you meet all applicable standards and regulations. Our experts can help you identify and test against the standards for your destination markets or your own in-house requirements. We’re here to help you with testing support at any stage of the product life cycle. We provide testing services for a wide variety of personal care products:

  • 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 device

  • Workmanship review

  • Other tests according to customer programs or predetermined rule

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. Certification services you may choose from: