NYC × Seoul— K-BEAUTY MANUFACTURING & SOURCING

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Without the overseas headaches.

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01 · About


What is ALTAMEET



ALTAMEET is a New York-based K-beauty manufacturing and sourcing consultancy. ALTAMEET helps beauty brands launching in the United States and Europe connect with Korean manufacturers and manage product development from brief to production-ready approval.



We work primarily with first-time founders and growing indie brands that need a responsive, bilingual partner between their team and Korean manufacturers. Branding, packaging design, regulatory filing, marketing, and AEO/GEO are coordinated through vetted partners who bill you directly. ALTAMEET is paid only by the brands it represents. We do not accept commissions, referral fees, rebates, or margin from manufacturers or partners. Our engagement, Production-Ready Development, starts at US$3,000 for one SKU on an existing ODM base and scales with SKU count, custom formulation, and packaging complexity. Production Management is optional and billed separately. Your proposal explains the services, fees, calculation basis, and payment terms before you commit.






  

    
Your Pain Points

    
How We Solve This

  


  

    
Wrong manufacturer match — capacity oversold, quality misaligned, MOQ unrealistic.

    

      Vetted Korean network
      Matched by your specs, MOQ, category fit, and budget.
    

  


  

    
Language and cultural barriers slow every conversation. Vague responses, no Zoom meetings, hidden problems.

    

      Single bilingual lead
      One point of contact runs every factory conversation in real time, in Korean, and translates context — not just words.
    

  


  

    
Indie brands get deprioritized by manufacturers. Always saying "no" without explanation or alternatives. 

    

      Relationships, Reading Contexts 
      "No" is rarely the end of the conversation — it's MOQ structure, scheduling pressure, or capability mismatch in disguise. I translate what's actually being said, surface the alternatives that weren't offered, and open doors an indie brand alone can't reach.
    

  

  

    
Hidden margins. Unclear pricing. You never know what the agency really makes.

    

      Transparent fees
      Know what you are paying for before you commit. Production-Ready Development starts at US$3,000, and your proposal states the exact total. We take nothing from manufacturers, so the factory quote you see is the price you pay. Manufacturing and third-party expenses are separate unless expressly included.
    

  


  

    
Hiring an in-house product team is expensive — product manager, sourcing lead, QC, and overseas communications all add up before you've produced a single SKU.

    

      Cost-effective vs. in-house
      You don't need to hire a product manager, sourcing lead, and QC/communications person separately. With a decade of experience across Korean manufacturing and global brand development, ALTAMEET operates as your outsourced product team — at a fraction of the cost of building one in-house.
    

  



    
A strong product with no story. Generic positioning that gets lost in a crowded category. Weak ingredient narratives. AI search engines that have never heard of you.

    

      AI-powered PR
      I help shape how the brand tells itself — ingredient storytelling, design coordination, and content engineered for AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) to actually cite when people ask about your category.

02 · Why ALTAMEET

Founder

A decade in beauty, from the floor up.

My career didn't start in K-beauty marketing. It started on the show floors in Cosmoprof Bologna 2015 — long before "K-beauty" became a global category. I've spent the last decade in beauty, lifestyle, fashion, human resources consulting, culture, working across four global hubs: Seoul, Italy, Singapore, and now New York.

Five of those years were inside CJ Group — the conglomerate behind Olive Young, Korea's Sephora. There I led 50+ cultural programs and diplomatic-level events with global institutions, curating K-culture experiences for stakeholders. I was responsible for incubating artists and creative talent — work that, surprisingly, prepared me almost perfectly for incubating indie beauty brands.

Today, ALTAMEET is a boutique consultancy with global reach. I partner directly with Korean manufacturers, handle intensive cross-border negotiations, and collaborate with Korean government affiliates.

2015
Cosmoprof Bologna · First exhibitor
Eleven years before this site went live, I walked the floor at Cosmoprof Bologna for the first time — long before K-beauty became a global trend.
Languages
English · Korean
Conversational Italian
Industry
10+ years
Beauty · Lifestyle · Culture
Cities
Seoul New York Italy Singapore

03 · What We Do

Two paths to your shelf-ready product.

Whether you bring us a finished formula or just a brief, we'll match you with the right Korean manufacturing path — and then build the operational scaffolding around it.

i.

Private Label

Choose from existing, pre-developed Korean formulations and customize the packaging, branding, and finishing details. Fastest path to launch.

Best fit

Founders who want to launch quickly with proven formulations and focus their energy on brand-building.

ii.

ODM

Original Design Manufacturing — develop a fully custom formulation from scratch, in collaboration with our partner labs. We manage the brief, the iterations, the stability testing, and the production hand-off.

Best fit

Brands with a specific formulation vision, signature ingredient story, or differentiated efficacy claim.

i.

For Face

  • Cleansing foam
  • Cleansing cream
  • Cleansing balm
  • Cleansing stick
  • Cleansing pack
  • Cleansing mask
  • Toner
  • Serum
  • Cream
  • U.S. sunscreen projects — evaluated separately
  • Sheet mask
ii.

For Body

  • Body care
  • Hair care
  • Feminine care
  • Neck cream
  • Hand cream
iii.

Make Up

  • Eye liner
  • Mascara (lash)
  • Blusher
  • Lip balm
  • Lip tint
  • Lipstick
iv.

Men's Care

  • Men's facial products
  • Men's body products
  • Men's hair products
  • Men's grooming line

U.S. sunscreen and other OTC-drug projects require additional regulatory and manufacturing review and are evaluated separately.

Containers & Packages

From frosted glass jars to airless pumps and Korean cushion compacts — we source across our 22-supplier packaging network. Below is a partial sample of the silhouettes we work with.

Dropper Bottle
Airless Pump
Pump Bottle
Cream Jar
Squeeze Tube
Mist Spray
Cleansing Stick
Lipstick Tube
Compact Case
Roll-on Bottle
Foaming Pump
Cushion Compact

04 · Contact

Get a quote.

We'd love to hear from you. Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you shortly.

Initial production
For planning purposes, allow approximately 6–12 weeks from final formula and packaging approval to factory dispatch for an initial production order. Formula development, sample revisions, international shipping, and customs clearance are additional. Timing depends on material availability and factory scheduling; custom packaging or additional testing may extend the estimate. The manufacturer confirms the production schedule for each project.
Samples
Sample-making fees are US$200–500 per product (SKU), charged by the manufacturer. These are separate from ALTAMEET's development and coordination fees.
Contact
Book free 15-min gut-check with Liz
Based in
Manhattan, NYC — with Seoul-side partners.

05 · FAQ

Common questions.

If your question isn't answered below, send us a note and we'll respond within two business days.

For Private Label projects, after the product brief is confirmed, we typically deliver an initial sample within approximately 2 to 4 weeks, with production starting immediately after, as soon as container and packaging designs are locked in. For planning purposes, allow approximately 6–12 weeks from final formula and packaging approval to factory dispatch for an initial production order. Formula development, sample revisions, international shipping, and customs clearance are additional. Timing depends on material availability and factory scheduling; custom packaging or additional testing may extend the estimate. The manufacturer confirms the production schedule for each project. Subsequent reorders run shorter, since tooling, packaging, and formulation are already in place. For ODM projects, after the product brief is confirmed, we typically deliver an initial batch of samples within approximately 4 to 6 weeks, and once the formula is locked in, run additional stability tests before production.
The first 15-minute introductory call is free. ALTAMEET is paid only by you, the brand: we do not accept commissions, referral fees, rebates, or margin from manufacturers or partners, and you pay manufacturers at their quoted price. Production-Ready Development starts at US$3,000 for one SKU on an existing ODM base, through your written approval of the final formula and packaging, billed US$1,500 at kickoff and US$1,500 on approval. Additional SKUs (US$1,500), custom formulation (US$2,000 per SKU), and custom packaging (US$1,000 per SKU) are added per project. Production Management is optional and billed separately at 8% of the manufacturer's invoice value (minimum US$1,000), decreasing on larger orders. Branding, design, regulatory, and marketing partners bill you directly.
First of all, congratulations on your new brand! Yes — first-time founders are one of our core client profiles. Building something from scratch can feel daunting, especially when overseas manufacturing is part of the picture. Think of us as the extra team member who's already navigated this terrain — we'll handle the operational side so you can stay focused on the brand you're building.
All our formulation manufacturers are based in South Korea.
For ODM projects, we coordinate signed NDAs and exclusivity agreements with the manufacturer before any formulation work begins. For Private Label projects with proprietary tweaks, we negotiate exclusivity windows on customized variants.
MoCRA and FDA compliance is sequenced after labeling and artwork are finalized — not before. We coordinate the right documentation in the right order: facility registration, product listing, adverse event reporting setup, and labeling review.