Aftercare balms & butters
Breathable barrier balms in tins and jars, from rich occlusive butters to lighter petroleum-free systems.
Tattoo care · Contract manufacturingCustom tattoo care.
Custom tattoo care.
From session to healed.
Balms, lotions, foaming cleansers, soothing sprays and numbing formats. HWL develops your formula, sources your packaging and manufactures your tattoo care line—under your name, your label and your specifications.
Custom formulationFlexible packagingPhoenix, Arizona
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What we make
Your complete tattoo care line.
Build the full routine—cleanse, soothe, protect—or start with one hero SKU. We develop each product around your customer, positioning and target market.
Healing ointments & creams
Repair creams with panthenol, allantoin and vitamin E developed for compromised, freshly tattooed skin.
Aftercare lotions
Lightweight daily-hydration lotions for the dry-heal method, fragrance-free and alcohol-free by default.
Foam soaps & cleansers
Gentle foaming washes and liquid cleansers built to rinse clean without stinging or stripping fresh ink.
Soothing gels & sprays
Cooling aloe and witch hazel systems that calm irritation without petrolatum or heavy residue.
Numbing creams, gels & sprays
Pre-session comfort products developed for your market, with active levels and applicable regulatory requirements reviewed for the finished product.
Glide & skin prep
Artist-side products for before and during the session: stencil prep, glide and post-session barrier layers.
Aftercare kits & sets
Bundle cleanser, balm and moisturizer into retail-ready kits — a natural upsell for studios and e-commerce brands.
R&D & custom formulationYour brand. Our expertise.
Your brand. Our expertise.
Not an off-the-shelf formula.
Start with your customer, healing philosophy, ingredient preferences and desired claims. Our formulation team develops a custom system, sends samples and refines texture, scent and skin feel with your feedback.
Tattoo care succeeds on correct use as much as formula: we help you pair textures with clear directions so artists recommend your line with confidence.
Barrier & occlusivity
Breathable-protect versus richer balm systems, tuned to how your customers actually heal a tattoo.
Comfort actives
Panthenol, allantoin, bisabolol, colloidal oatmeal and botanical soothers selected for healing skin.
Gentle cleansing & pH
Cleansing systems that rinse clean without stinging, plus numbing formats developed for your intended market.
Samples & refinement
Review samples and refine texture, scent and absorbency with your feedback before approval and scale-up.
Packaging & production
From your brief to your finished line.
01
Define your direction
Confirm formats, customer, positioning, numbing needs and ingredient preferences.
02
Choose your packaging
Tins, jars, tubes, foam pumps and sprayers, with labels and decoration matched to your brand.
03
Pilot & manufacture
Approve your formula and packaging, verify ingredient supply, then pilot and produce with quality checkpoints.
04
Fill, pack & ship
Filling, capping, labels, seals, cartons, kitting and co-packing, with delivery to your warehouse or distribution partner.
Testing & documentation
Performance you can support.
Testing
- pH and viscosity checks
- Packaging compatibility
- Coordinated stability and microbial testing
- Preservative efficacy evaluation
Documentation
- Certificate of Analysis and SDS
- Technical and ingredient information
- Batch records and traceability
- Allergen and stability documentation
Quality & claims
- FDA-registered facility
- cGMP manufacturing practices
- Applicable regulatory requirements
- Product-specific claim review
Healing, fast-acting, sensitive-skin, pain-relief and color-protect claims require appropriate evidence for the finished product, and numbing products are developed for their intended market and use. Intended areas of use need safety evaluation. Facility registration is not FDA product approval.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
Ready to get started?
Let's build your tattoo care line.
Tell us about your formats, positioning, numbing needs and packaging goals.
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Tell us about your tattoo care formats, ingredient preferences and packaging.
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