Hi - I’m Michelle. I’ve worked in pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing for close to four decades, starting on the factory floor at 18. I founded PharmaScope and ran it as a cosmetic contract manufacturer for 20 years, with more than 50 staff making up to half a million units a month for Australian brands. I’m an ISO 22716 accredited cosmetic GMP auditor, a past President of the Australian Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and I still formulate and make small batches myself.

Over those years I watched good products stall for the same few reasons: a label missing an ingredient, a claim that turned a cosmetic into a therapeutic good, a batch that worked at the bench and separated at 20 kg, a retailer form nobody could answer. The fix was nearly always a document the brand didn’t know it needed.

StethoScope is where I’ve put those documents. Each kit is built from templates and checklists I used in my own plant and with my consulting clients, rewritten for a brand with one or two people and no quality department. They’re written for Australian rules and checked against the current regulations before release.

If you’d rather have someone look at your product directly, email me at michelle@pharmascope.com.au.