Min. 100 units · 3–5 days
Shampoo Boxes
Custom Cosmetic Packaging
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Custom lotion Boxes produced to your size and substrate, with printing and finishing handled in one run.
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Name, email, phone and what you are packing and the finish you have in mind. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.
Lotion Boxes hold a pump or flip-top bottle, taller than a jar and lighter than glass. That is the starting point for the specification, because measure the pump in its shipping position. Some ship locked down and some do not, and the difference is often an inch.
In service they are used for body care and haircare retail where pump bottles are the standard format.
Shelf presence is decided at arm's length, not close up. Contrast, the front panel hierarchy and how the pack sits next to competitors matter more than a finish that only reads in the hand.
If lotion boxes will be faced on a shelf, tell us the facing orientation so the strongest panel is the one the customer sees.
Lotion Boxes are specified for body care and haircare retail where pump bottles are the standard format. Measure the pump in its shipping position. Some ship locked down and some do not, and the difference is often an inch.
16pt SBS. Plastic bottles are light enough that heavier board adds cost without benefit.
The options we would consider for this format are below; measure the pump in its shipping position. Some ship locked down and some do not, and the difference is often an inch.
Tall cartons bow if the board is too light. Rigidity here is about appearance rather than protection.
Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography are all available for this format. Run length usually decides which is cheapest: digital removes the plate cost on short quantities, offset and flexo overtake it at volume.
Tall cartons bow if the board is too light. Rigidity here is about appearance rather than protection.
The finishes below are quoted line by line. Each is an additional pass, so dropping one is a real saving rather than a rounding difference.
Sized to the bottle including the pump at full height, commonly 2 × 2 × 7 in.
Send the contents rather than a box size. Bottles are measured with the pump locked down, which is not how they are packed for retail.
Supply artwork on the dieline we send you, with 3 mm bleed past every trim edge and all text held 4 mm inside the fold lines.
Supply a print-ready PDF or vector file with fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Our prepress team checks every file before a proof is issued. The check that catches most files is type sitting too close to a crease, which is easier to move at layout than at proof.
Start with dimensions and quantity. If you already run something similar, a physical sample tells us more in a minute than a specification does in a page.
A dieline template follows, sized to your product. Prepress checks your artwork against it and issues a proof; nothing runs until you sign that off.
Foil, soft-touch and deboss all read differently in person than on a screen, so we recommend a printed prototype rather than a digital proof alone for anything finish-led.
Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.
Reference
| Product | Lotion Boxes |
|---|---|
| Category | Custom Cosmetic Packaging |
| Construction | Die-cut, creased and seam-glued |
| Board thickness | 12pt – 18pt depending on product weight |
| Ships as | Flat-packed, glued one seam |
| Materials | 12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board |
| Printing | Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography |
| Finishes | Gloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping |
| Minimum order | Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises. |
| Lead time | 3 to 5 business days after artwork approval |
| Shipping | Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia |
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In practice
Sized to the bottle including the pump at full height, commonly 2 × 2 × 7 in.
The pump is measured depressed rather than extended, so the carton will not close over the product as packed.
Specified for body care and haircare retail where pump bottles are the standard format.
Measure the pump in its shipping position. Some ship locked down and some do not, and the difference is often an inch.
This format sits in our custom cosmetic packaging range, alongside 24 other made-to-order formats.
Answers
Specification, minimums and lead times for lotion boxes.
In whichever position it ships. Some pumps lock down for transit and some do not, and the difference is frequently an inch — enough that the carton will not close.
At the widest point, which is frequently not the base, and including the cap or pump. Send us the actual container if you can — a measurement from a drawing misses flex and applied label thickness, and both decide whether lotion boxes close cleanly.
More than most brands allow for. Ingredient copy and any warnings compete directly with the design, and adding them late usually forces a reflow. We block the area on the dieline before you commit design time.
Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.
Yes. Once a first run is approved we hold the board, structure, dimensions, print method and finishes against your account, so a reorder references the same specification exactly rather than being re-derived. That includes the ink formulation, which is what keeps a brand colour consistent between runs rather than drifting a shade each time.
Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for folding cartons. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.
A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. The dieline we supply carries the crease positions, so keeping type clear of a crease is easier to solve at layout than at proof.
A flat 100 units on any format. Most folding cartons in this range are quoted from 100 units upward because unit cost falls sharply above that, but the minimum exists so you can validate a structure first.
3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Folding carton runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. Finishing passes are the lever buyers most often underestimate: each one is a separate run through the line.
Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. Ask for the printed prototype rather than the plain sample if the question is finish — soft-touch, foil and deboss all read differently in the hand than on a screen.
Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. A physical sample tells us more than a specification sheet — board caliper and coating are usually described loosely and measured exactly.
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Send the dimensions, the quantity and the finish you want. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.