Cosmoprof
Skin care, makeup, fragrance, hair and nail brands, from emerging lines to established houses. Buyers touch, test and compare.
- Beauty advisors
- Demo models
- Sampling hosts
Beauty advisors, demo models, sampling hosts and Buyer Program meeting hosts for Cosmoprof North America at Mandalay Bay. Briefed on your claims, careful with testers. $85 an hour across the board, travel included at no cost.
At Cosmoprof buyers judge a beauty brand at arm’s length, with the product in their hand. Purple Exhibits staffs Cosmoprof North America exhibitors with local beauty advisors, brand ambassadors, demo models, sampling hosts and meeting hosts at one hourly rate of $85 per person; our beauty crew is based in Las Vegas, so travel is never billed. Cosmoprof 2027 runs July 13–15 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. We brief staff on your formulas and claims, keep testers clean all day, and give Buyer Program meetings a host who keeps them on time. Book four to six weeks ahead; rush bookings need 72 hours.
| Show dates | July 13–15, 2027 · 24th edition |
|---|---|
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Bayside halls |
| Last edition | 952 exhibitors and 26,500 attendee visits from 103 countries (2026) |
| Two floors | Cosmoprof for finished brands · Cosmopack for packaging, ingredients and manufacturing |
| Rate | $85 per hour, per person, every role |
| Book ahead | 4–6 weeks · rush 72 hrs |
Sources: Cosmoprof North America’s 2026 figures via our Cosmoprof guide; Mandalay Bay data from our venue guide.
Set your tester stations, Buyer Program meetings and demos. See the crew per shift and the cost for three show days.
Typical crews by booth size at $85 an hour per person.
| Booth | Typical crew per shift | People | Per day | Whole show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10×10 | A beauty advisor and a sampling host | 2 | $1,360 | $4,080 |
| 10×20 | A beauty advisor, a meeting host and a sampling host | 3 | $2,040 | $6,120 |
| 10×30 | 2 beauty advisors, a meeting host and a sampling host | 4 | $2,720 | $8,160 |
| 20×20 island | 2 advisors, a demo artist, a meeting host and a sampling host | 5 | $3,400 | $10,200 |
| Cosmopack booth | A technical rep and a sample-library host | 2 | $1,360 | $4,080 |
8-hour days × 3 show days × $85 per person per hour. No travel, hotel or agency markup.
Brands that have booked Purple
The show splits in two, and each side needs a different crew. Details from our Cosmoprof 2027 exhibitor guide.
Skin care, makeup, fragrance, hair and nail brands, from emerging lines to established houses. Buyers touch, test and compare.
Closures, decoration, ingredients and contract manufacturing. Sourcing teams want samples and spec sheets, not a pitch.
One exhibit level, three attached hotels and a free tram. Tap an area for staffing notes.
Schematic, not to scale. Figures from our Mandalay Bay Convention Center guide; your show kit has the exact hall plan.
Cosmoprof fills the Bayside halls. The whole exhibit floor is on one level, so testers, sample stock and staff move from the dock to the booth without elevators.
Buyers arrive through the Bayside lobbies. If your Buyer Program meetings start early, the meeting host waits at the booth, not the entrance, so nobody gets lost.
Ballrooms host talks and events during the show. Evening hostesses for brand events often work here or in the resort’s restaurants.
More than 4,700 rooms are attached. Private buyer meetings and product previews in suites need a meeting host and a beauty advisor with samples.
The free tram links Mandalay Bay with Luxor and Excalibur in minutes. Our crew uses it in show week instead of fighting Strip traffic.
Careful with testers, precise with claims, on time for every buyer. These are the five roles we send to Cosmoprof.
Staff for scheduled makeup demos at your vanity.
Advisors who guide buyers through testers and textures.
Technical reps for packaging, ingredients and manufacturing booths.
Models and stylists for scheduled hair-tool demos.
Hosts who hand out fragrance strips and samples at the aisle.
Send claims and formulasWe brief only what you approve.
Testers stay cleanSingle-use applicators, hourly wipe.
Meetings on timeA host for every pre-booked buyer.
The show’s Buyer Program books retailers into meetings before you arrive. This is how we run them.
From beauty advisors to Cosmopack reps: what each role does and how many you need.
| Role | What they do at Cosmoprof | How many | Book by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty advisor | Guides buyers through testers, textures and your approved claims | One per two tester stations | 4–6 weeks out |
| Demo artist | Runs scheduled makeup demos at your vanity | One per demo station | 6 weeks out |
| Hair demo model | Sits for scheduled hair-tool demos | One per demo slot | 4 weeks out |
| Sampling host | Hands fragrance strips and samples to the aisle and scans badges | One | 4 weeks out |
| Meeting host | Greets Buyer Program buyers by name and seats them on time | One per ten meetings a day | 4 weeks out |
| Cosmopack rep | Walks sourcing teams through packaging and ingredient samples | One per sample library | 6 weeks out |
Single-use wands, spatulas and wipes at every tester.
Testers wiped and tidied on a schedule, not when someone notices.
Advisors ask before applying anything to a buyer’s skin.
Staff use only the claims on your brief, nothing more.
Buyer Program meetings and the busiest traffic
Demos on the hour and walk-in buyers
Follow-ups, last orders and pack-out
From approved claims to the last tester wiped. Ticks save in this browser.
A 10×20 skin-care booth needs three people: a beauty advisor at the testers, a meeting host for Buyer Program appointments and a sampling host at the aisle. See how the local version of that trio compares with flying the same people in.
| Cosmoprof 10×20, three days | Cost |
|---|---|
| Purple local staff | |
| Travel, hotel, per-diem | $0 |
| Your Las Vegas total |
| Typical fly-in agency, same team | Cost |
|---|---|
| Staff hours at $85 | |
| Round-trip flights ~$380 each | |
| Hotel Mandalay Bay area, July · ~$250/night | |
| Per-diem ~$84/day | |
| Fly-in total |
Compared on what actually changes your results and your invoice in Cosmoprof North America.
| Purple local crew | Fly-in staffing agency | General temp agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay per hour | One flat $85, models to reps | Day rate plus travel costs | Cheap, but not booth-trained |
| Travel and hotel | $0. The team lives in Las Vegas | About $380 flight plus $250/night per person | $0 |
| Local knowledge | Halls, transit and shortcuts | Arrives with a map | Depends on the person |
| The Las Vegas edge | Single-use applicators, hourly wipe. | Not local | Not specialised |
| Trained on your product | Briefing call and cheat sheet | Sometimes, for a fee | No |
| Lead capture | Qualifies and tags every scan | Varies | Not part of the job |
Fly-in costs use the same typical Las Vegas rates as the budget above. Other agencies’ pricing varies.
About three minutes. No deposit.
We’ll email your quote within 24 hours, usually much sooner. Need it now? Call (800) 994-8030.
A messy counter loses buyers. We wipe and tidy testers every hour.
A buyer who hears the wrong claim walks. We brief only the claims you approve.
Let a beauty advisor handle walk-ins so the founder can sit with buyers.
Pre-booked buyers expect to be greeted by name and seated on time.
Cosmopack sourcing teams need technical reps, not brand ambassadors.
Call (800) 994-8030 and ask for the beauty desk.
$85 an hour per person with a four-hour minimum. Beauty advisors, brand ambassadors, demo models, sampling hosts and meeting hosts cost exactly the same. They are local, so no flights, rooms or per-diems are added.
July 13–15, 2027, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. It is the 24th edition.
Yes, for scheduled demos. Tell us what the demo involves and we send staff with the right experience. If your demo needs a licensed artist or cosmetologist, ask and we will confirm availability.
Single-use applicators at every tester, testers wiped on an hourly schedule, and advisors always ask before applying anything to a buyer.
Yes. A meeting host greets each pre-booked buyer by name, seats them and keeps your schedule on time, and a beauty advisor brings samples to the table.
Yes. For packaging, ingredients and manufacturing booths we send technical booth reps and sample-library hosts, not brand ambassadors.
Use the counter planner on this page. Most 10×20 booths need two or three people: a beauty advisor, a meeting host and a sampling host.
Yes. We brief staff on the claims you approve and nothing else.
Yes. Hostesses, door hosts and brand ambassadors for events during Cosmoprof week.
We keep standby staff in Las Vegas all week. A briefed replacement arrives within two hours, or that shift is free.
No. Beauty brands exhibiting at Cosmoprof hire us independently of the show. We are not affiliated with Cosmoprof North America or its organizers.
Yes. We design and build beauty booths with lit product bays and sample libraries, and staff them under one plan.
Beauty week in Las Vegas runs from Mandalay Bay to suites, launches and parties. We staff all of it.
Private buyer meetings and product previews.
We send: Beauty advisors, meeting hostsNew product launches for buyers and creators.
We send: Brand ambassadors, door hostsOn-model photos and video for social posts.
We send: Beauty modelsVIP arrival, seating and gift bags.
We send: HostessesScheduled hair and nail demos.
We send: Demo models, stylists on requestStaffing by show
Las Vegas and this show
Purple Exhibits is an independent exhibit and staffing company. We staff exhibitors at Cosmoprof North America; we are not affiliated with Cosmoprof North America or its organizers. Show names belong to their owners.
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