# FormuClear ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Origin | Spain | | Headquarters | Barcelona (parent company Industex SL; catalogue metadata gives Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona) | | Owner | Industex SL | | Status | Active | | Distribution | Multi-channel | | Website | https://industex.com/ | FormuClear is a small personal-care product line belonging to Industex SL, a consumer-products company based in Barcelona, Spain [5]. It does not operate as a stand-alone brand with its own website or published history. Instead it appears as one of many names in the catalogue of Industex and its wider ISL Group, a company built on demonstration selling and television infomercials. The line is known for two products: a salicylic-acid patch intended for skin tags and a kit of rinse-free hand gels. Both sit closer to everyday skin treatment and hygiene than to cosmetics in the narrow sense. No launch year, founder or brand-specific story has been published for FormuClear itself. ## Ownership FormuClear is listed in the "Beauty, cosmetics & complements" section of the Industex SL product catalogue, which is the main link between the name and its owner [5]. Industex trades internationally as the ISL Group. The parent company's own founding date is given differently in two of its publications. The corporate website states that the ISL Group was founded in 1991 by Philip Bouldstridge, who began by selling products in department stores through live demonstrations [1]. The company's product catalogue instead says that Industex has developed, marketed and distributed consumer products "since 1985" [4]. Neither date refers to FormuClear, whose own start date is unknown. According to the group's history, it grew from its Barcelona office into operations in France, the United States and Canada, and later formed subsidiaries in several European countries, Japan and Australia. In 2008 it acquired Best Direct International, a direct-response television business with its own home shopping channel, which the company says allowed it to expand quickly in the United Kingdom [2]. The group's Swiss company, Actervis GmbH, handles intellectual-property filings and reports more than 800 registered trademarks [8]. No published source confirms whether FormuClear is among them. ## Philosophy & positioning FormuClear has no published mission statement or brand philosophy of its own. Its positioning follows that of its parent. ISL describes its range as products that solve everyday problems and are "sold in stores, online, and on TV" [1]. The catalogue presents Industex as a developer of mass-appeal consumer goods, with direct-response television used to generate demand before products are launched across retail and online channels at the same time. This model shapes how FormuClear is sold. The group says it supplies hypermarkets, supermarkets and department stores, often with in-store screens that demonstrate products, and that it sells online and through television shopping. FormuClear therefore belongs to a mass-market, multi-channel category rather than to the prestige or pharmacy-led segment of the beauty market. Industex's catalogue covers a wide spread of categories, from household and kitchen goods to fitness, pet care and toys. Beauty and personal care form only one part of that range, and FormuClear sits alongside other group names in the same section. ## Products & innovation The best-documented product is the FormuClear Skin Tag Patch. Skin tags are small, soft growths of skin that commonly appear on the neck, underarms or body. According to the catalogue, the patches contain 35 to 40 percent salicylic acid, an exfoliating acid that softens the skin [6]. The stated intended use is to "favour skin softening to facilitate manual removal". Industex promotes the patch as "the easiest way to remove skin tags" and as "fast, painless and permanent", though these are marketing statements rather than clinical claims. No clinical testing is documented. The set contains 30 patches in two sizes, and the product page carries warnings that it is for external use only and for stopping treatment if irritation develops. The second product is the FormuClear Hands Cleansing Kit, a set of rinse-free hand gels [7]. The company describes it as a way to keep hands clean at home, at work or while travelling, for example before meals or after using public transport. In France, the skin tag patch has been listed by an online marketplace seller under the name "FormuClear Original Skin Tag", carrying the label "as seen on TV" and describing the patches as a natural and painless solution [10]. The seller name on that listing, Venteo, matches the name of the ISL Group's French operation, which the company says was set up to sell Industex products in France through major retail chains [8]. No third-party certifications, patents or proprietary technologies are documented for the FormuClear line, and its manufacturing location is not published. ## Signature products {#belagg-products} - **FormuClear Skin Tag Patch** — The easiest way to remove skin tags. — https://www.products.industex.com/product-page/formuclear-skin-tag-patch - **FormuClear Hands Cleansing Kit** — Rinse-free hand gels. — https://www.products.industex.com/product-page/formuclear-hands-cleansing-set ## Key ingredients {#belagg-ingredients} salicylic acid Source: https://www.products.industex.com/product-page/formuclear-skin-tag-patch ## Sources 1. (T1) https://industex.com/ 2. (T1) https://industex.com/about-us/ 4. (T2) https://www.products.industex.com/ 5. (T2) https://www.products.industex.com/copy-of-home 6. (T2) https://www.products.industex.com/product-page/formuclear-skin-tag-patch 7. (T2) https://www.products.industex.com/product-page/formuclear-hands-cleansing-set 8. (T2) https://industex.com/isl-group/ 10. (T4) https://www.lemeilleuravis.fr/skin-tag-patch --- Glowpedia · · Published 2026-10-13 Please cite with a link to the article URL.