Beauty products logistics
Global transportation and warehousing of cosmetics
Cosmetic 3PL with regular departures across Europe and Asia. Send us your route and volumes. Get a clear quote.
Global transportation and warehousing of cosmetics
We move large batches straight from the manufacturer to retail. A typical shipment: a full container of skincare, masks or make up out of South Korea, booked for a chain or a marketplace with a fixed receiving slot. Two of these directions run on a regular schedule — to Kazakhstan and to Europe. Sea, rail and air are all available. Consolidation, customs clearance and cosmetics warehousing stay in one contract, so the beauty products supply chain answers to a single operator.
Opening a new market calls for a different setup. Here the goods need to sit close to the buyer, not travel to him. We arrange transportation of cosmetic products into the destination country and store them there: controlled conditions, batch and expiry tracking, picking and kitting for promo sets. From that cosmetics warehouse, beauty products distribution runs to retail, marketplaces or your own showroom.
How cosmetics logistics looks like with SYNEX Logistics
Main beauty industry supply chain issues
Cosmetics look like simple retail cargo and behave like anything but. A single pallet can combine three regulatory regimes and a shelf life that starts running the day it leaves the plant. Most of what goes wrong here is decided at the booking stage, not on the road.
- Fragile packaging. Glass, pumps, droppers, pressed powders. Damage happens at transshipment, not on the road. We build the load with as few handovers as possible and stack by weight.
- ADR cargo. Perfumes, toners, alcohol lotions and aerosols are dangerous goods. Declared as ordinary cosmetics, they stop at the first control. We classify before booking, prepare the ADR file and use limited quantity packaging where it cuts the cost.
- European import rules. CPNP notification, a Responsible Person in the EU, labelling in the local language. Our brokers check the file at booking and flag gaps while there is still time.
- Temperature. Emulsions separate in heat and freeze in winter. We plan cosmetics transportation around the season and add temperature control only on the legs that need it.
- Shelf life. Retail rejects short-dated stock. Our cosmetics warehousing tracks goods by lot and ships the oldest first.
- Peaks. Launches and seasonal campaigns hit everyone at once, and spot capacity gets expensive. Regular departures and local buffer stock keep beauty products fulfilment at a planned rate.
Global network of cosmetics warehouses
Our own cosmetics warehousing capacity sits in Kazakhstan — Class A complexes in Almaty and Astana, on the country’s two main trade arteries. Both run full 3PL operations: multi-temperature storage from –21 °C to +13 °C, dry storage and cross-docking under one roof. The infrastructure is built for pharma-grade discipline — 24/7 surveillance, secured zones, anti-dust flooring, fire protection, modern docks. Astana adds a rail terminal, a customs clearance zone and an Electronic Declaration Center. A container arrives by rail, clears customs, is stored and dispatched without ever leaving the site. Fewer intermediaries, shorter lead time.
Cosmetics are stored to the rules the category demands. ISO 22716 sets the frame: a stable ambient zone at +15…+25 °C, controlled humidity, no direct sunlight, and separate fire-rated space for alcohol-based products and aerosols under ADR. Racking rather than floor stacking, because glass and pressed powders do not survive a second pallet on top. Every intake is registered by lot and expiry, stock rotates FEFO, and a quarantine zone holds returns and damaged goods until they are cleared. On top of storage we run pick and pack, kitting for gift sets and promo displays, and relabelling for local language requirements — the point where beauty products fulfillment meets the delivery slot.
Сhoose SYNEX Logistics for health and beauty logistics
Your product carries a launch date, a shelf life and a border file. We carry the rest. Regular departures, licensed storage, ADR handling and customs under one contract — the reason brands compare cosmetics logistics companies and stop here.
Send your route, volumes and product categories. We’ll come back with a schedule and a rate.
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FAQ
People and warehouse operations are at the core of 3PL. And we understand this like no one else. SYNEX LOGISTICS is a part of Eclectic Talent Group, a leading outsourcing provider both on the Ukrainian and global markets.
That is why we have been working on warehouse processes and managing warehouse staff since 2009 year.
We have a risk management process for each customer. Certain guarantees, including the insurance can also be provided on an individual basis. At the moment, all SYNEX LOGISTICS customers are covered by Freight forwarder’s liability insurance in the amount of UAH 4,000,000 per each insured event.
We have experience in transporting various types of cargo by road transport: oversized, valuable, excisable and ADR cargo, food products, pharmaceutical and medical products.
Because by contacting us, the customer forgets about any logistics issues: transportation of cargo, their storage and packaging, obtaining necessary permits and paperwork.
The complex of such services is called Third-party logistics (3PL).
