What are the cosmetic packaging materials

Abstract: Cosmetic packaging materials are divided into main container and auxiliary materials: The main container usually includes: plastic bottles, glass bottles, hoses, and airless bottles. Supplementary materials […]


Cosmetic packaging materials are divided into main container and auxiliary materials:

The main container usually includes: plastic bottles, glass bottles, hoses, and airless bottles. Auxiliary materials usually include: color box, office box, middle box



1. Plastic bottle

1. The material of plastic bottle is usually PP, PE, K material, AS, ABS, acrylic, PET, etc.

2. Generally used in cosmetics containers with thicker walls, cream bottles, bottle caps, stoppers, gaskets, pump heads, and dust covers are injection molded; PET blow molding is two-step molding, tube embryos are injection molding, and finished packaging For blowing. Others, such as lotion bottles and washing bottles with thin container walls, are blown bottles.

3. The PET material is an environmentally friendly material with high barrier properties, light weight, non-breaking characteristics, chemical resistance, and strong transparency. It can be made into pearlescent, colored, magnetic white, and transparent, and it is widely used in gel water. The bottle mouth is generally standard 16#, 18#, 22#, 24# caliber, which can be used with pump head.

4. Acrylic is made of injection molding bottle, which has poor chemical resistance. Generally, it cannot be directly filled with paste. It needs to be equipped with an inner tank to block it. The filling is not easy to be too full to prevent the paste from entering between the inner tank and the acrylic bottle. In order to avoid cracks, the packaging requirements are high during transportation. It looks particularly obvious after scratching, has high permeability, and the sensory upper wall is very thick, but the price is quite expensive.

5. AS, ABS: AS has better transparency and toughness than ABS.

6. Mold development costs: blowing molds are 1,500 yuan-4,000 yuan, injection molds are 8,000 yuan-20,000 yuan, molds made of stainless steel are more expensive than alloy materials, but they are durable. Several molds can be produced at a time. The production volume needs, if the production volume is large, you can choose a mold with four or six molds, and the customer can decide by himself.

7. The order quantity is generally 30,000-10,000, and the color can be customized. Usually the primary color is frosted and magnetic white, or the pearl powder effect is added. Although the bottle and cap are matched with the same color master, sometimes it is due to the bottle and cap. The materials used are different, and the colors displayed are somewhat different.

8. The screen printing has ordinary ink and UV ink. UV ink has good effect, gloss and three-dimensional effect. It should be printed to confirm the color during production. The effect of screen printing on different materials will be different.

9. The processing technology of bronzing and silver bronzing is different from that of printing gold powder and silver powder. Hard materials and smooth surfaces are more suitable for bronzing and silver bronzing. The soft surface has poor bronzing effect and is easy to fall off. The gloss of bronzing silver Degree is better than printing gold and silver.

10. The silk screen film should produce negative film, the graphic effect is black, the background color is transparent, and the hot stamping and silver process should produce positive film, the graphic effect is transparent, and the background color is black. The proportion of text and pattern should not be too small or too thin, otherwise the effect will not be printed.

11. Bottle caps are generally equipped with inner gaskets, pull caps, and inner plugs. Very few are equipped with small spoons or droppers. This is mainly due to its tightness and ease of use.

12. The production cycle is relatively moderate, about 15 days. The silk-screened cylindrical bottle is calculated as a single color, and the flat bottle or special-shaped bottle is calculated as two-color or multi-color. Usually, the first screen printing fee or fixture fee is charged. The unit price is generally 0.08 yuan/color order to 0.1 yuan/color order, the screen version is 100 yuan-200 yuan/model, and the fixture is about 50 yuan/piece.

Second, the glass bottle

1. Glass bottles used in cosmetics are mainly divided into: skin care products (creams, lotions), perfumes, essential oils, and nail polishes. The capacity is small, and the capacity larger than 200ml is rarely used in cosmetics.

2. Glass bottles are divided into wide-mouthed bottles and narrow-mouthed bottles. For solid pastes, a wide-mouthed bottle is generally used. It is suitable to use aluminum or plastic caps. The caps can be used for color spraying and other effects; emulsion or liquid Generally, narrow-mouth bottles are used for pastes, and pump heads should be used. Care should be taken to prevent springs and balls from rusting. Most pump heads are now equipped with glass beads, which are usually used for material testing. For example, a cover needs to be equipped with an inner plug. The small hole is the same as the inner plug for water, and the larger hole is used for thicker emulsion.

3. The glass bottles are more consistent in material selection, with more shapes, rich processing techniques, and diversified matching with bottle caps. Common bottle shapes include cylindrical, oval, flat, prismatic, and cone shapes. Manufacturers often develop series of bottle shapes. The bottle body process includes spraying, transparent, frosted, translucent toning, silk screen, bronzing, and silver bronzing.

4. Silk screen printing: glass bottle screen printing usually has two kinds, one is high temperature ink screen printing, which is not easy to decolorize, the color is dull, and the purple color toning is difficult to produce effect, and the other is low temperature ink screen printing, which has brighter color. High requirements for ink, otherwise it is easy to fall off, and attention should be paid to bottle disinfection.

5. The effect of spraying generally requires an additional 0.5 yuan-1.1 yuan per piece, depending on the area and the difficulty of toning. The silk screen is 0.1 yuan per color. Cylindrical bottles can be calculated as a single color, and special-shaped bottles are calculated as two-color or multi-color. , Bronzing and silver 0.4 yuan/section.

6. If the glass bottle is made by hand mold, there will be a slight deviation in the capacity. It should be tested and marked correctly when selecting. For example, the automatic production line is more uniform, but the demand for shipments is larger and the cycle is relatively long. The capacity is relatively stable.

7. The uneven thickness of the glass bottle can easily lead to damage, or it is easy to be squeezed by the content under severe cold conditions. A reasonable capacity should be tested during filling. The transportation should be carried by paper and separated individually. The product should be Equipped with a color box, the inner support and the middle box can be more anti-vibration effect.

8. The commonly used bottle shapes of glass bottles are usually in stock, such as essential oil bottles, ordinary transparent or frosted bottles. The production cycle of glass bottles is long, it takes 20 days as fast as possible, and some delivery periods take 45 days. Generally, the order quantity is 5,000 to 10,000. The smaller the bottle type, the larger the quantity to be made. The cycle and the minimum order quantity are both Affected by peak season and off-season.

9. Mold opening cost: manual mold is about 2500 yuan, automatic mold is generally about 4,000 yuan, 1 out of 4 or 1 out of 8 is about 16,000 yuan-32,000 yuan, depending on the manufacturer's conditions.

10. The bottle cap process can be used for electrochemical aluminum lettering, bronzing, and etched lines. There are matte and bright colors. It must be equipped with gaskets and inner caps. It is best to use pressure-sensitive sheets to enhance the sealing effect.

11. Essential oil bottles are usually made of brown or colored and colored frosted, which can avoid light. The lid has a safety ring and can be equipped with an inner plug or a dropper. The perfume bottle is usually equipped with an exquisite spray pump head or plastic cap.

Three, hose

1. The hose is divided into single-layer, double-layer and five-layer hoses, which are different in terms of pressure resistance, anti-permeability and hand feeling. For example, the five-layer tube has an outer layer, an inner layer, and two adhesive layers. Barrier layer. Features: It has excellent gas barrier properties, which can effectively prevent the infiltration of oxygen and peculiar gas, and prevent the leakage of the content fragrance and effective ingredients.

2. Double-layer pipes are more commonly used. Single-layer pipes can be used for medium and low-grade pipes. The diameter of the hose is 13#―60#. When a certain diameter hose is selected, different capacity characteristics are indicated by different lengths. , The volume can be adjusted from 3ml to 360ml. For the sake of beauty and coordination, the diameter below 60ml is commonly used below 35#, 100ml, 150ml usually use 35#―45#, and the volume above 150ml needs to use 45# or above.

3. The technology is divided into round tube, oval tube, flat tube and super flat tube. Flat tube and super flat tube are more complicated than other tubes. They are also new types of tubes in recent years, so the price is correspondingly more expensive.

4. Hose caps have various shapes, generally divided into flat caps, round caps, high caps, flip caps, super flat caps, double-layer caps, spherical caps, lipstick caps, and plastic caps can also be processed in a variety of processes and hot stamping Edge, silver edge, colored cap, transparent, oil spray, electroplating, etc., tip cap and lipstick cap are usually equipped with inner plug. Hose caps are injection molded products and hoses are drawn tubes. Most hose manufacturers do not produce hose caps themselves.

5. Some products need to be filled before sealing. The sealing can be divided into: straight pattern sealing, diagonal pattern sealing, umbrella sealing, star point sealing, special-shaped sealing, and sealing can be required when sealing. Print the required date code at the end.

6. The hose can be made of colored tubes, transparent tubes, colored or transparent frosted, pearlescent tubes, and there are matte and bright points. The matte looks elegant but easy to get dirty. The difference between the large-area printing of colored tubes and tube bodies can be Judging from the cut at the tail, the white cut is a large-area printing tube, and the ink used is demanding, otherwise it will easily fall off and will crack and expose white marks after being folded.

7. The hose production cycle is generally 15 days to 20 days (from the confirmation of the sample tube), the order quantity for a single product is 5,000 to 10,000. Large-scale manufacturers usually order 10,000 as the minimum quantity, which is very small. If the manufacturer has a large variety, the single product can be ordered with a minimum order quantity of 3,000. Few customers open the mold by themselves. Most of them are public molds (a few characteristic lids are private molds). There is a deviation of ±10% in this industry.

8. There are big differences in the quality of the hose and the price of different manufacturers. The plate-making fee is usually 200 yuan to 300 yuan. The tube body can be multi-color printing and silk screen printing. Individual manufacturers have thermal transfer equipment and technology. Hot stamping and hot stamping are calculated based on the unit price of the area. The silk-screen printing effect is better, the cost is more expensive and there are fewer manufacturers. Different manufacturers should be selected according to the needs of different levels.

Four, distributor/pump head

1. Distributors are divided into two types: tie-type and screw-type. In terms of function, they are divided into spray, foundation cream, lotion pump, aerosol valve, and vacuum bottle.

2. The size of the pump head is determined by the caliber of the matching bottle. The spray specification is 12.5mm-24mm, and the water output is 0.1ml/time―0.2ml/time. It is generally used for packaging perfumes, gel water and other products. The caliber The length of the same tube can be determined according to the height of the bottle.

3. The specifications of the lotion pump range from 16ml to 38ml, and the water output is 0.28ml/time―3.1ml/time. It is generally used for creams and washing products.

4. Special dispensers such as foam pump heads and hand-button sprinklers. The foam pump head is a non-gas-filled hand-pressure pump head. It does not need to be filled to produce foam. It can produce quantitative high-quality foam with light pressure. . Usually comes with a dedicated bottle. Hand-button sprinklers are usually used for cleaning agents and other products.

5. The composition of the distributor is more complicated, generally including: dust cover, snap head, snap rod, gasket, piston, spring, valve, bottle cap, pump body, straw, valve ball (with steel ball, glass ball). Bottle caps and dust caps can be colored, electroplated, and can be covered with anodized aluminum rings. As a set of pump head involves more molds and the order quantity is larger, the minimum order quantity is 10,000 to 20,000, and the delivery period is 15 to 20 days after the sample is confirmed. White and general types are often available in stock.

6. Airless bottles are usually cylindrical, with specifications ranging from 15ml to 50ml, and some have 100ml. The overall capacity is small. It relies on the principle of atmospheric pressure to avoid pollution caused by cosmetics during use. The vacuum bottle has anodized aluminum, plastic plating and colored Plastics are more expensive than other general containers, and the general order quantity requirements are not high.

7. Distributor customers seldom open molds by themselves, they need more molds, and the cost is higher.

Five, color printing

1. Color printing mainly includes color printing, color printing set boxes, manuals, leaflets, posters, picture albums and color printing stickers.

2. The requirements and material selection are complex. The packaging color box is also called a folding carton. Generally, 350g single copper paper is used. The appropriate thickness of cardboard can be selected according to the volume and inner weight. Different grades of paper can be selected. Corrugated cardboard can be used as the inner The lining is fixed, anti-vibration, or because the container is small, the size of the color box can be increased to increase the appearance. The design principle of the bottom of the box is to ensure both strength and simplicity, which will save time for manual assembly.

3. Color-printed sets of boxes, color-printed and then mounted, can be made in different specifications. The paper layer of color-printed mounting is single copper, aluminized paper, and different specifications of gray board or MDF can be used. There are more manual work and higher cost. High, it is used with a hand bag, blister/sponge/paper support and silk cloth at the same time.

4. The manual can choose ordinary paper 60g-80g or 105g and 128g, 157g coated paper, and generally use more than 105g coated paper for leaflets, posters or picture albums.

5. For printing stickers, you can choose coated paper and various material stickers, silver aluminum paper or transparent PVC and other materials.

6. In order to ensure the design effect, and to have real samples comparable in color printing and documentary, computer proofing can be performed first when the film is output, and the fee is charged according to the color and size, usually 75 yuan/P

7. The process and appearance effects that can be done in color printing include surface polishing or gloss glue, matte glue, laser film, hot gold and silver and bumping effects, beer, glue box forming or bonding PVC film (also called windowing) and Thermal sensitivity, colorful onion craft, uv effect, etc.

8. Thermal embossing process, there is no need to hit the embossing after printing, there is an obvious three-dimensional effect. The thermal embossing powder has fluorescent, matte and various color effects, and the color onion process (used more in greeting cards)

9. The laser has two colors, silver card and gold card, and can be made into rainbow and partial hologram coated cards, which has a high anti-counterfeiting effect.

10. The frosting process is suitable for aluminized film and aluminum foil paper. The process features have a strong metallic feeling, a harmonious and noble color, a comfortable feel, and a metal etching effect.

11. Color printing charging standards and features:

A) Design, electrical output, proofing, and calculate according to P;

B) Color printing start-up fee (800 yuan-1200 yuan) minimum consumption, reasonable typesetting and increased printing volume can reduce the unit price.

C) Determine the impact of related costs according to the amount and difficulty of the subsequent processes, such as over-glazed glue, riding nails, folding, and over-pressing

Glue has corresponding charging standards and minimum consumption.

12. The production cycle usually takes 3 to 5 days for color printing. Depending on the difficulty of the process, the working day should be increased appropriately for the set box. If the set box needs to be mounted, too much glue is used, and the delivery period will also be affected by the weather.

13. Matters needing attention:

A) In order to avoid large deviations between the finished product and the design color sample, it should be proofed and confirmed during printing and used as a quality inspection standard.

B) The folding method of the manual should be clear and unified, and the transportation packaging of color printing should be explained. If it is a set box, consider the second use.

C) The handle bag can be designed to open on one side and on both sides, which can save costs in printing and film output.

D) The printing volume refers to the weight of the paper, not the quantity of the finished product after printing. If the size of the manual is small, a larger quantity is required to be an economic order

E) The design must meet the requirements of color printing specifications. For example, the hot stamping film should produce negative films, and other positive films must be adapted to the printing characteristics in composition.

14. If the quantity is small and can not meet the minimum printing order or the more economical order quantity, the box can be mounted directly through the effect of colored paper to reduce the cost.

Sixth, aluminum platinum bag

1. According to the material, there are pure aluminum bags, aluminized bags, PV, PE, BOPP, PET, PEGT bags, etc.

2. There are three-side sealing bags, middle sealing bags, bone-fitting bags, upright bags, vacuum bags and roll bags.

3. Material characteristics of aluminum platinum bag and shrink film: high-barrier plastic packaging material that is good for freshness, quality and shelf life. It has low cost, light weight, impact resistance, transparency, microwave heating, convenience and large room for packaging design options Features.

4. The pure aluminum bag has a metallic texture, is easy to crease, and can be color printed. The aluminum-plated bag can be printed in matte or bright light, and is soft. It is suitable for the trial packaging of lotion and paste. PET, aluminized PET, CPE are suitable for shampoo or liquid, BOPP/CPE is suitable for daily necessities such as washing powder.

5. The cost of pure aluminum bags is about 30% higher than the unit price of plating bags