HL Professional Skincare

What HL Professional Skincare does

HL Professional Skincare is a privately held production company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 1984. It produces and supplies a focused line of professional skincare products, specifically sun protection formulations, moisture products, creams, and drying lotion. The "Professional" designation and product mix indicate a go-to-market oriented toward clinical, dermatological, or aesthetician channels rather than mass-market consumer retail, though no customer logos, channel data, or distribution partners are disclosed in available sources.

The company employs between 51 and 100 people and operates its primary web presence at hl-labs.com. However, the company's own website returned only a verification/loading page during data collection, yielding no substantive information on product specifications, proprietary formulations, manufacturing technology, certifications, pricing, partnerships, or management. Consequently, the technical basis of the products — formulation science, proprietary actives, delivery systems, or quality control infrastructure — cannot be characterized from public sources.

The revenue model, pricing mechanics, customer segments, and ownership structure are all unverified. No funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership changes, product launches, or geographic expansions are documented in available sources. The entity is registered as a for-profit private company with no disclosed parent or subsidiaries. In short, while the firmographic shell (40-year-old Israeli specialty skincare producer with mid-sized headcount) is intact, the deeper commercial, technical, and strategic profile is a meaningful data gap that limits analytical depth.

Name

HL Professional Skincare

Website

https://hl-labs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

HL Professional Skincare is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based private production company founded in 1984 that manufactures and supplies professional sun protection, moisturizers, creams, and drying lotion products, likely serving aesthetic, dermatological, or clinical channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Skincare

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (42421)

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional Skincare & Facial Treatments (CRABALAF)

Keywords

• Professional skincare products
• Sun protection creams
• Moisturizing lotions
• Drying lotion formulas
• Cosmetic product manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

HL Professional Skincare is a production company that produces and supplies sun protection, moisture, creams, and drying lotion products to the professional skincare channel. The company manufactures these skincare formulations under its own brand for use by skincare professionals such as spas, dermatology clinics, and aesthetic salons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sun protection products Sun protection skincare formulations manufactured by HL Professional Skincare and supplied to professional skincare buyers such as spas, dermatology clinics, and aesthetic salons.
• Moisturizing products Moisturizing skincare formulations manufactured by HL Professional Skincare and supplied to professional skincare operators for use in aesthetic and dermatological treatments.
• Skincare creams Skincare cream formulations produced by HL Professional Skincare and supplied to professional skincare buyers for use in treatments and post-treatment care.
• Drying lotion products Drying lotion formulations manufactured by HL Professional Skincare and supplied to professional skincare operators for targeted skincare applications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• EltaMD: EltaMD is a US-based sun protection specialist brand sold through dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and professional channels. It directly overlaps with HL's SPF product category while operating in a narrower specialty than HL's broader portfolio.
• Colorescience: Colorescience is a sun protection-focused skincare brand that has expanded into the professional channel with mineral SPF and post-procedure products. It overlaps with HL's sun protection line while being more narrowly focused, making it a partial / specialty competitor.

Direct peers

• PCA Skin: PCA Skin is a US-based professional skincare brand focused on chemical peels, treatment serums, and sun protection sold through licensed estheticians and physicians. Its professional-channel distribution, treatment-protocol focus, and inclusion of specialty SPF products closely mirror HL's stated positioning.
• Dermalogica: Dermalogica is the global leader in professional skincare, founded in 1986, built on the same esthetician/spa backbar model that HL targets. It sells cleansers, moisturizers, SPF, and treatment products through professional channels worldwide — making it the most directly comparable competitor and a relevant benchmark for HL's potential scale.
• SkinCeuticals: SkinCeuticals (L'Oréal-owned) is the dominant medical-grade professional skincare brand with a heavy emphasis on vitamin C serums, broad-spectrum sun protection, and treatment creams. It competes with HL for the same professional backbar and post-procedure protocol business.
• iS Clinical: iS Clinical is a professional skincare brand distributed through spas, medical practices, and licensed professionals, offering treatment serums, SPF, and specialty formulations. Comparable mid-sized professional-channel player with similar product architecture to HL.
• Image Skincare: Image Skincare is a privately-held professional skincare company with a broad portfolio of facial skincare, SPF, and treatment products sold through spas and med-spas. Comparable to HL in scale (mid-sized manufacturer), professional-channel focus, and product breadth.
• Obagi Cosmeceuticals: Obagi (owned by Valeant/Bausch Health) is a medical-grade skincare brand selling prescription and OTC treatment products, including SPF and specialty creams, through physicians and licensed professionals. Directly overlaps HL's treatment-skincare and sun protection categories in the professional channel.

Broad incumbents

• Estée Lauder Companies: Estée Lauder is a global beauty conglomerate whose professional skincare brands (including Clinique, Origins, and Dr. Jart+) compete for the same esthetician/spa and department-store channel. Serves as the broad incumbent benchmark for distribution leverage, R&D capacity, and acquisition precedent relevant to HL's professional positioning.
• L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty Division: L'Oréal's broader dermatological beauty division encompasses SkinCeuticals, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, and CeraVe, offering professional and pharmacy-channel skincare at global scale. Represents the broad incumbent competitive threat against which HL must position its mid-sized professional brand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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