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Compare stock packaging, product by product.

What each container type suits, its usual sizes, closures and decoration. Filter by the product you plan, then name your pick in the quote request.

In the starting price: a stock container and a one-color label.

Stock bottles, jars, tubes, vials and pumps carry no tooling cost. Custom colors, silk screen or hot stamping and printed boxes are quoted separately.

11 container types

Frosted glass dropper bottle next to its carton

Dropper bottles

Usually 15 to 100 mL

A pipette doses a few drops at a time. The classic pick for serums and oils.

Suits
Serums, ampoules, face oils, scalp serums, spot serums
Closures
Rubber bulb or push-button pipette
Materials
Clear, frosted or amber glass, or PET
Decoration
Label, silk screen, hot-stamped cap, printed box
Watch out
Thick textures will not draw up, and glass needs careful packing.
White pump bottle of body lotion next to its carton

Lotion pump bottles

Usually 100 to 500 mL

One press, one dose. For lotions, cleansers and anything used in the shower.

Suits
Lotions, cleansing oils and gel or foam cleansers, body lotion and body wash, shampoo
Closures
Lotion pump with a lock, or a foaming pump for foam cleansers
Materials
PET, PE or glass
Decoration
Label, silk screen, shrink sleeve, printed box
Watch out
Needs a lock or clip so it does not leak in transit.

Airless pumps

Usually 15 to 100 mL

A piston pushes the product up, so air does not flow back in and fingers never touch the formula.

Suits
Vitamin C and retinal serums, creams and sleeping masks, eye creams
Closures
Pump head with an overcap. Airless jars keep a jar shape with a pump plate.
Decoration
Label, silk screen, hot stamping, printed box
Watch out
A higher unit cost, and very thin or very stiff textures do not dispense well.
Frosted glass cream jar with its lid next to a carton

Jars

Usually 15 to 300 mL

For textures people scoop: rich creams, masks, balms and scrubs. Face creams are often 50 mL.

Suits
Creams, gel creams and sleeping masks, clay masks, cleansing balms, body scrubs, eye patches
Closures
Screw lid, often with an inner lid
Materials
Glass, or plastic such as PP or PETG
Decoration
Label, silk screen, hot-stamped lid, printed box
Watch out
Fingers go in every day, so the preservative system has to pass a challenge test.
White squeeze tube of foam cleanser next to its carton

Tubes

Usually 15 to 150 mL

Light, hygienic and easy to travel with. The usual format for cleansers, sunscreen and hand cream.

Suits
Foam cleansers, sunscreen, hand cream, eye cream, peeling gels, masks
Closures
Screw cap, flip-top, or a slim nozzle for eye cream
Materials
PE or laminated tubes
Decoration
Printed tube body, silk screen, hot stamping, printed box
Watch out
Oils and fragrance can soak into some plastics.
Glass ampoule vials with crimp caps next to a carton

Crimp vials

30 to 50 mL

Crimp-sealed medical glass for concentrated ampoules, the format we use for our own brand.

Suits
Ampoules and high-concentration actives
Closures
Crimp seal applied at filling
Materials
Medical glass
Decoration
Label or silk screen, printed box
Watch out
Glass needs careful packing for shipping.
Hydrating mist spray bottle next to its carton

Mist and spray bottles

Usually 50 to 200 mL

A fine spray for face mists, spray toners and scalp tonics.

Suits
Face mists, spray toners, scalp tonics
Closures
Fine-mist spray pump with an overcap
Materials
PET or glass
Decoration
Label, silk screen, printed box
Watch out
Thin, watery liquids only: particles clog the nozzle.
Hydrating toner bottle with a screw cap next to its carton

Cap and flip-top bottles

Usually 100 to 500 mL

Pour or squeeze: the everyday bottle for toners, essences and micellar water.

Suits
Toners, essences, micellar water, shampoo and body wash
Closures
Screw cap, disc top or flip-top
Materials
PET or glass
Decoration
Label, silk screen, hot-stamped cap, printed box
Single-dose sachets and stick pouches on a table

Sachets

1 to 5 mL

Single doses of any formula, for trial sizes and gifts with purchase.

Suits
Samples and travel sizes of any product, single-use modeling masks
Closures
Sealed, with a tear notch
Materials
Printed foil
Watch out
A tiny print area, and a minimum of 3,000 sachets.
Sheet mask pouches next to an unfolded mask

Sheet mask pouches

20 to 25 mL of essence per sheet

A sealed foil pouch printed for your brand, one mask each.

Suits
Sheet masks, hydrogel masks and eye patches
Closures
Heat-sealed, with a tear notch
Materials
Printed foil
Watch out
Sheet masks start at 1,000 units.
Lip balm stick, lip mask pot and lip oil next to their cartons

Lip sticks and pots

4 to 10 g

Twist-up sticks for balms, small pots for overnight masks, squeeze tubes for oils.

Suits
Lip balms, masks and oils
Closures
Twist-up stick, screw-lid pot or squeeze tube
Decoration
Label, silk screen, printed box

Decoration: included or quoted

  • One-color label

    Your logo and label copy in one color on a stock container.

    In the starting price
  • Custom colors

    A container, cap or pump in a color matched to your brand.

    Quoted separately
  • Silk screen

    Ink printed straight onto the container, one color per pass.

    Quoted separately
  • Hot stamping

    Metallic foil pressed on with heat, often for a logo on a cap or lid.

    Quoted separately
  • Printed boxes

    A folding carton that protects the product and carries ingredients and directions.

    Quoted separately

We adapt your logo and write compliant labels for your market. More on materials and label rules in the skincare packaging guide and on packaging and branding.

Sizes are typical ranges for each container type, not a stock list. Why airless and jars differ: FDA, Shelf Life and Expiration Dating of Cosmetics (fingers add microorganisms; air and sunlight change color, texture and smell).

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