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Ten years of SPF-infused beauty, 2016 to 2026

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The future of sun care is the future of beauty.™

We develop and manufacture patent-protected, mineral-based SPF skin care and makeup for beauty brands, from market-ready formulas to fully custom products, using mineral actives we produce ourselves in Chicagoland.

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  • 120+patents related to skin health behind the products we make
  • 50M+units a year of annual output capability
  • 300,000+square feet across two facilities, with eight clean rooms
  • 12industry awards for innovation and service since 2022

From our 10th-anniversary announcement and our June 2026 awards release.

Award-winning every year since 2022

See every award, year by year
  • Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards 2026 winner

    Contract Manufacturing Partner of the YearCosmetics Business Innovation Awards, 2026

  • Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards 2026 winner

    Allē Awards, 2026Three categories, for Day Mode Hero Concealer SPF 50+

  • Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards 2025 winner

    Allē Awards, 2025Best Finished Formula, for Au Lait Face Milk SPF 50+

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Zinc oxide, without the white cast.

  1. Why mineral SPF stayed in the beach bag

    Conventional zinc oxide can sit on skin as a chalky film, and it shows most on deeper skin tones. It protects, but few people want to wear it every day.

  2. Kleair™ reinvents zinc oxide

    Our patented Kleair™ (say “kl-EER”) improves zinc oxide's performance and its aesthetics together, opening up new formats in mineral SPF. It's non-nano and silicone-free.

  3. One formula for every skin tone

    “The extremely high transparency of Solésence Kleair™ ensures that zinc oxide looks beautiful on all skin tones, so that non-nano mineral sunscreen works for everybody.”

  4. With no trade-off in protection

    98%+
    of UV radiation absorbed
    25–100%
    higher UVA-PF than standard mineral sunscreens

    Every product is broad spectrum.

Four technologies that work together.

Our technologies work synergistically to improve the efficacy and aesthetics of mineral SPF, while offering best-in-class skin health claims and the purity to meet global requirements.

Where each technology works on light. WHSPR™ works on the skin barrier instead. Not to scale.

  • Active Stress Defense™ and Kleair™

    Original Active Stress Defense™ gives zinc oxide comprehensive defense against UVA, UVB, pollution and blue light, while quenching free radicals. Kleair™ reinvents it for transparency. Both are non-nano.

    95%+
    of free radicals stopped
    Up to 5X
    the antioxidant power of standard mineral sunscreens
    Read the Active Stress Defense™ research

  • Blüm™

    The plant-based flavonoid rutin gives a synergistic boost to blue light protection, UV performance and free-radical fighting in the skin, with a subtle tint.

    3X
    reduction in free radicals from HEV (blue) light
    43%+
    of HEV (blue) light blocked
    Read about Blüm™

  • Chromalüm™

    A high-brilliance, precision color technology for SPF-infused color cosmetics: high-sheer formulas and high-def colors, with state-of-the-art HEV protection.

    400–450nm
    the HEV range it protects against
    High SPF
    and water-resistant formulas supported
    Read about Chromalüm™

  • WHSPR™

    A delivery system for allantoin that gets even the most sensitive skin looking and feeling calm, in formats that were out of reach before, like serums, balms and oils.

    100%
    of panelists improved in skin barrier recovery
    79–112%
    immediate boost in skin hydration
    Read the WHSPR™ results

Three paths to market.

Choose by your target timeline, expected order quantity and product requirements. Turnkey options are available on every path.

  1. White label

    SPF-tested and ready for launch

    Minimum order
    10,000
    Time to market
    6–9 months

    More than ten market-ready formulas with SPF testing complete. You bring the design, label and branding.

  2. White label+

    Customized white label products

    Minimum order
    10,000
    Time to market
    6–12 months

    Light customization of a market-ready formula: extra claims, formula adjustments, your format and package, and up to three claim ingredients.

  3. Custom development

    Your way, from start to finish

    Minimum order
    30,000
    Time to market
    9–18 months

    Fully bespoke SPF-infused products beyond our existing formats, textures and claims, for brands from pre-launch indie to multi-billion-dollar global.

Compare every detail

White label White label+ Custom development
Minimum order quantity10,00010,00030,000
Time to market6–9 months6–12 months9–18 months
Active Stress Defense™ technology
Broad-spectrum UV protection
Boosted antioxidant power
Free-radical quenching technology
Made to FDA cGMP standards
Education and marketing support
Digital project management tool
Custom claims setLimitedUnlimited
Custom formulationUp to 3 ingredientsUnlimited
Custom textureLimited
Custom package type
Your design, labeling and branding
Custom product format
Review cycles before launch13

From “Which path is best for me?” on solesence.com.

Thirteen formulas, ready to launch.

Each is built on our patented technologies around the trends driving growth in skin care and cosmetics. Launch one as it is, tweak it, or start something new from it. Five are hybrids that sit in both skin care and makeup.

See our custom development concepts

From brief to shelf.

Brand partners on customized white label and custom paths also get our digital project management tool, to streamline development, speed up time to market and ease the stress of production.

  1. 1

    Choose your path

    White label, white label+ or custom development, depending on your timeline, order size and product needs.

  2. 2

    Shape the brief

    Choose the claims, textures, format and package that suit your story.

  3. 3

    Formulate on our science

    Every formula builds on our patented skin health technologies. White label+ adds up to three claim ingredients.

  4. 4

    Review and refine

    One review cycle for white label+ and three for custom development, all tracked in our project tool.

  5. 5

    Make it yours

    Your design, labeling and branding, on every path.

  6. 6

    Manufacture

    Made to FDA cGMP standards in our Chicagoland facilities, with capacity for more than 50 million units a year.

  7. 7

    Launch with support

    Product marketing and customer education materials to help your launch land.

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From our zinc oxide to your finished product.

Our products are formulated with mineral sunscreen actives we produce ourselves, in an FDA-registered Chicagoland facility that has supplied sunscreen actives, including the leading zinc oxide sunscreen active, to the personal care industry for decades.

300,000+ sq ft
of operating space across two facilities
8 clean rooms
with bulk drug cGMP manufacturing
50M+ units
of annual output capability
Water-free zinc
Our proprietary zinc oxide process uses no water and has no effluent, and we upcycle its very minor waste stream.
EcoVadis Bronze
Earned in 2026 for our 2025 sustainability and ESG achievements.
Cruelty-free
Every product, and a PETA-certified cruelty-free manufacturer.
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Our mission

Deliver joy through innovation, inclusivity and the science of beautiful skin.

Founded in 2016 to bring mineral sun and environmental protection patents to market, we have partnered on hundreds of skin care, sun care and color cosmetics products worldwide.

Recognized for the formulas, and for the partnership.

Twelve industry awards for innovation and service since 2022, plus the awards our partners' products have earned.

“We are honored to receive this award, which reflects the strength of our product innovations as well as how we bring them to market and support the success of our brand partners.”

Kevin Cureton, President and Chief Executive Officer, on Contract Manufacturing Partner of the Year, June 2026

  1. 2026

    • Contract Manufacturing Partner of the YearCosmetics Business Innovation Awards
    • Best Prototype Product/Chassis in Anti-Aging, Color Cosmetics and Compromised SkinCosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards, for Day Mode Hero Concealer SPF 50+
    • Finalist, Cosmopack Award for FormulationCosmoprof North America, for Scalp Screen Dry Shampoo SPF 45+ Sunscreen
    • Finalist, Best Contract ManufacturingBeautyMatter Awards
    • Featured in the CosmoTrends reportCurated by BeautyStreams for Cosmoprof North America, for Scalp Screen Dry Shampoo SPF 45+ Sunscreen

  2. 2025

    • Best Finished Formula, Prestige Sun/Light ProtectionCosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards, for Au Lait Face Milk SPF 50+

  3. 2024

    • Cosmopack Award for FormulationCosmoprof North America, for Lip Oil SPF 40+: our third win in a row
    • Best Prestige Finished FormulaCosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards, for Soft Glow SPF 50+

  4. 2023

    • World's Most Innovative Companies, BeautyFast Company
    • Best Contract ManufacturerBeautyMatter NEXT Awards
    • Cosmopack Award for FormulationCosmoprof North America, for Natural Glow Face Oil SPF 40+
    • Winner, 22nd Annual Chicago Innovation AwardsChicago Innovation

  5. 2022

    • Cosmopack Award for FormulationCosmoprof North America, for Multi-Cultural Magic SPF 50+
    • Best Sun/Light Protection Active IngredientCosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards, for Kleair™

Partners from indie to global.

In ten years we've worked with dozens of brand partners, whose products have been recognized across hundreds of “Best Of” lists.

  • Bloomeffects
  • Credo
  • Glo Skin Beauty
  • 13 Lune

It started with Colorescience. Our first brand partnership was announced in 2017, and the first product we made together launched in 2018, then won Oprah Winfrey's Fall Beauty “O-Ward” for best sensitive skin face day product.

“This collaboration is another step forward for us as we seek to strengthen the technology behind our leading color cosmetics and skin care products.”

Ted Ebel, Chief Business Officer, Colorescience, announcing the partnership in January 2017

The people behind your formula.

A team of scientists, product specialists, marketers and manufacturing experts with more than 30 years of experience developing and making personal care products for brands.

  • Kevin Cureton

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    With the company since 2012 and more than twenty years in the chemical industry, most of them in personal care.

  • Dr. Harry Sarkas

    Chief Scientific Officer

    Author or co-author of over 45 patents, including our Active Stress Defense™ and Kleair™ technologies.

  • Yoana Dvorzsak

    Vice President, Innovation and Product Integrity

    Supervises every external client program, from concept to launch, with deep formulation and regulatory experience.

  • Yoolie Park

    Vice President, Brand Partnerships

    More than 20 years leading partnerships with indie and multinational brands, from concept through commercialization.

Meet the full leadership team

Learn with our team.

Tips for teaching and brand storytelling, from the people who formulate your products.

Questions brands ask first.

What's the minimum order?

10,000 units for white label and white label+, and 30,000 units for custom development.

How long does it take to launch?

Typically 6–9 months for white label, 6–12 months for white label+, and 9–18 months for custom development.

Is SPF testing already done?

Yes, for our market-ready white label products: they've completed SPF testing and are ready for launch.

Can we add our own ingredients?

With white label+ you can add up to three claim ingredients. Custom development has no limit on formulation.

Where are the products made?

In our FDA-registered Chicagoland facilities, to the FDA's cGMP standards, using mineral sunscreen actives we produce ourselves.

Are the products cruelty-free and non-nano?

All of our products are cruelty-free, and we're a PETA-certified cruelty-free manufacturer. Active Stress Defense™ and Kleair™ are non-nano.

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