Independent laboratory
Cosmetic R&D
Pau · Hélioparc technology park
Laboratoire LBP designs, formulates and supports your cosmetic products, from concept to industrialisation. Two formulators, one dedicated contact, one laboratory in Pau, at the foot of the Pyrenees.
For brands, project owners and cosmetic professionals.
Consulting & design
It arrives as an idea, a brief, sometimes just a feeling expected on the skin. That is where the work begins: writing a detailed brief together — goals, constraints, aspirations — then steering the project scientifically by identifying the most suitable ingredients.
We also guide you on product positioning and packaging, and we make sure from day one that the product meets the regulatory requirements in force.
One dedicated contact from the first conversation to production.
Expertise
Research & development
We translate your needs into unique formulations, then run the trials and tests that guarantee the product’s efficacy, stability and safety. Throughout development, exchanges are regular: you follow progress and your feedback is built in.
Regulatory affairs
We plan the tests required to assess the product’s safety and efficacy, draft the mandatory documents — including the Product Information File (PIF) — and support you through registrations with the competent authorities and the certifications needed to sell the product.
Industrialisation
We manage the industrial transfer, from formulation to large-scale production: selecting the manufacturing partner according to your needs in capacity, volume, quality and cost; monitoring scale-up; supervising packaging and piloting the first production batches.
Product types
These categories correspond to the products developed by the laboratory.
Positioning
Galenic forms
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Each galenic form brings its own constraints of stability, preservation and sensoriality. We formulate all of them.
Fluid aqueous phase with little or no oil: toner, mist, treatment water.
Water and oil held together by an emulsifying system: cream, milk, fluid.
A gelled, transparent or translucent network: freshness and clean spread.
Formulation with little or no water: bar, stick, solid shampoo or care.
Actives protected in micro-reservoirs, released on application.
Air structured in a liquid phase: cleansers, shaving products.
Particles in a base: mechanical exfoliation with a controlled grain.
Pure or enriched oil phase: dry, nourishing, cleansing.
The laboratory
Hélioparc technology park, Pau
Marie Pru and Carla Lacoste-Bourgeacq founded Laboratoire LBP in 2024 at the Hélioparc technology park in Pau, around a shared passion for the formulation of natural cosmetics. Every project has a dedicated contact, from the first conversation to production.
Marie Pru
Co-founder · Managing Director
Cosmetic R&D project management, formulation and regulatory affairs, notably for organic and solid cosmetics.
Carla Lacoste-Bourgeacq
Co-founder · President
Sun care formulation, QHSE, compliance and regulatory affairs.
Commitments
Frequently asked
There is no fixed duration: it depends on the complexity of each project. If you want to launch your range without knowing where to start or which steps are essential, we support you through each of them, from design to market launch.
Certification goes through an accredited body (Ecocert, Qualité France…). It involves an annual fee, an inspection of the production site and a verification of the whole manufacturing process. We can supervise the organic certification of your products and help you estimate the costs; only the certifying body issues an official quote.
Claims are the statements — text, image, symbol — used to highlight a product’s properties. They must not mislead consumers and must meet the criteria of Regulation No 655/2013, based on the available evidence (studies, data, information about the product).
Your project
An idea, a brief, an existing formula to rework or a product to industrialise: tell us where you stand. We reply quickly.