Packaging Resources
Reference material for people specifying lip packaging: how to measure a container, what drives a quote, how dielines work, and what has to appear on a label. Written to be used while you work rather than read once.
- 10 guides
- Updated as practice changes
- No sales pitch inside the guides
These pages are separate from theour packaging blog, which covers ideas, comparisons and things that change. Resources are the evergreen half: sizing tables you come back to, checklists you run before sending a file, and definitions for the terms that appear on a quote.
Start with your question
Planning
Work out what you need, in what order, and what it will cost.
Lip Product Packaging Guide
The full decision sequence for a lip launch, from primary container to shipper, with what each choice locks in.
Custom Packaging Cost Guide
One-time versus per-unit costs, volume breakpoints, and the specification changes that move price most.
Choosing Packaging Inserts
Work out whether your pack needs an insert, then choose between collars, platforms, partitions, pulp, foam and trays.
Sizing
Measure your container and get to a carton dimension a supplier can quote.
Lip Balm Box Size Guide
Measure your tube, add the right clearance, and read off carton sizes for single sticks, tins and multipacks.
Lipstick Box Size Guide
Case measurement method, the tolerances that catch people out, and carton sizes for singles, duos and collections.
Lip Gloss Box Size Guide
Applicator height, tapered shoulders, base stability and glass tube handling for slim gloss cartons.
Production
How dielines and print files work, and how to check yours before it goes.
Packaging Dieline Guide
Line types, glue flap placement, how a steel rule die is built, and how a flat drawing becomes a folded box.
Prepress Checklist
A working checklist to run against a packaging file before you send it, grouped by the tool you check it in.
Compliance
What packaging has to carry, and how to fit it on a small surface.
Cosmetic Packaging Label Requirements
Panel-by-panel breakdown of cosmetic label content, with the space solutions lip products actually use.
Reference
Definitions for the terms that appear on quotes and proofs.
Packaging Glossary
Structure, material, print, finishing and ordering terms defined plainly, grouped by where you encounter them.
Specification pages, not guides
These describe what we offer rather than explaining a subject. They sit alongside the resources and answer a different question.
- Board and material optionsThe board grades we stock and what each does to your print.
- Printing options and methodsWhich press we would quote at your quantity and colour count.
- Finishing and coating optionsCoatings, foil and spot treatments available on your order.
- Box styles and structuresClosures, bases and constructions you can specify.
- Artwork guidelines for print filesWhat a file must contain before we can accept it for print.
- How to orderThe stages of an order and the two approvals we need.
Worked out what you need?
Send the dimensions, the quantity and the artwork status. If a guide left something unclear, put the question in the message and we will answer it directly.
Price starts from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. Final pricing depends on size, material, printing, and quantity.