Small batches, real shelf lives, honest margins
Hivara is inventory and production software for skincare makers. Weigh butters, oils and actives by the gram, date every small batch, and price each jar from what it genuinely costs — so freshness stays a feature, not a stock-control headache.
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Track everything that goes into a skincare
From raw materials to finished stock, Hivara keeps skincare makers on top of:
- base oils and lye
- butters
- fragrance and essential oils
- molds
- colorants
- boxes and wrap
A skincare in Hivara
Product
Whipped Body Butter (4 oz)
SKU BODY-BUTTER-4
Material
Shea Butter
tracked in oz · Butters & Oils
Supplier
Soap Crafters Supply
Variations
Scent, Size
Built around how skincare makers actually work
Ingredients measured in grams, bought in kilos
Shea by the kilo, jojoba by the liter, actives by the gram. Track each ingredient in the unit your formula uses, and a 20-jar whip deducts exactly what it took.
Shelf life runs the business
Fresh products expire — which makes overproduction expensive and stale stock a real risk. Batch dates and expiry tracking show what's aging out before it becomes a write-off.
The jar costs more than the butter
Glass jars, lids, shrink bands, labels and boxes routinely outweigh the ingredient cost. Put packaging in every formula so the price protects your whole cost, not half of it.
Batch records for a trust business
Skincare customers ask what's in it and when it was made. A lot number per batch keeps ingredient lots, dates and yields on record — good practice, and great confidence.
A day in Hivara, for skincare makers
- 1
Stock your ingredient shelf
Butters, carrier oils, emulsifiers, actives and packaging — each in formula units with real purchase prices.
- 2
Whip a dated batch
Log 20 jars of body butter: ingredients deduct, the batch takes a lot number and a made-on date.
- 3
Sell fresh, rotate honestly
Finished jars join stock with expiry visible, so markets and online orders always ship the freshest first.
- 4
Reorder by the formula
Alerts on shea, oils and jars fire from your actual usage rate — before a bestseller pauses production.
What a whipped body butter (4 oz) really costs
This is the math Hivara does for every product you make — every line from a real bill of materials, updated whenever a supplier price changes.
Packaging is 33% of this jar's cost — the line most skincare pricing quietly forgets.
Whipped Body Butter (4 oz)
- Shea butter (62 g)
- $1.88
- Coconut + jojoba oils (28 g)
- $1.10
- Fragrance (2 g)
- $0.45
- Glass jar + lid
- $1.15
- Label + shrink band
- $0.52
Questions skincare makers ask
How do I track skincare ingredients by the gram?
Add each ingredient as a material in grams (or ounces) with the price you paid for the pack size you bought. Hivara converts your bulk purchase into per-gram cost, so a formula that uses 62 g of shea knows exactly what those grams cost.
How should I price handmade body butter or lotion?
Cost the full formula — ingredients, jar, lid, label, band — then add your time and margin. Skincare often carries 4–5× markup at retail because trust and presentation carry value; the floor is knowing your true per-jar number first.
How do I manage expiry dates on small-batch skincare?
Date every batch when you make it and give it a shelf life. Hivara shows what's approaching expiry so you can run a bundle or a sale while product is still fresh — instead of discovering a drawer of expired jars in December.
Can I track which ingredient lots went into a batch?
Yes — record lots on receipt and each batch links the exact shea, oil and fragrance lots it used. If a supplier batch behaves differently, you'll know precisely which jars it touched.
Does Hivara work for a skincare line with many scents and sizes?
Scent and size variations keep a butter in 2, 4 and 8 oz across five scents as one tidy product — fifteen combinations, each with its own cost, price and stock count.
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