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Containers for lip care

For businesses packaging lip care, with capacity, neck finish, case pack and case price published on every container.

Top picks for lip care

0.1875 oz White PP Lip Balm Tube$0.25 eachcase of 2,500Natural PP Lip Balm Tube Cap$0.12 eachcase of 10,0003 oz Clear Glass Straight Sided Jar$0.42 eachcase of 1508 oz Clear PET Single Wall Jar$0.48 eachcase of 4804 oz Clear PET Single Wall Jar$0.39 eachcase of 7602 oz Amber Glass Straight Sided Jar$0.39 eachcase of 1681 oz Black PP Double Wall Straight Base Jar$0.27 eachcase of 486100 cc Clear PET Packer Bottle$0.39 eachcase of 580

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Guides

Getting started

Is a lip balm business for youWhat it costs to startHow much time it actually takesWhere the wax and butter come fromEquipment for a first runYour first year, month by monthWhere the work happensWhat you have to register, and with whomWhat protects the makerTurning a recipe into a productNaming it without a problem later

The balm itself

Waxes, and what each one doesButtersLiquid oilsThe ratio, which is the whole formulaHardness, slip and dragFlavor, and why it is not tasteColor and pigmentActives, and what adding one does to youStoring raw stock

Cosmetic or drug

Two regimes, and which one you are inWhat makes it a drugThe actives the monograph allowsThe words you are allowed to useThe Drug Facts panelThe 60 percent rule, and why a tube is specialAdding SPFStaying a cosmetic on purpose

Making a batch

Choosing a batch sizeWeighing, not measuringMelting, and in what orderHold temperature and why it mattersWhen flavor goes inPouring into tubesThe second pourSetting and coolingCappingCleaning down

What goes wrong

Bloom, the white filmGrainingSweating and beadingThe hole in the middleDrag, and the balm that will not glideToo softToo hardRancidityThe flavor disappearedSeparation and settling

Tubes and pots

Tube, pot or stickWhat sizeThe twist mechanismFilling by hand without the messFill temperature and the containerLabels on a very small curveShrink bands and capsTamper evidenceHow it looks on a shelfCase packing and shipping

Selling it

What to chargeSelling at a marketSelling onlineSelling wholesaleGetting the label right the first timeINCI, and the ingredient listWhat your state addsInsurance, and what your policy excludesWho you buy fromWhere the practitioners areDisplay, and the counter unit

Growing the operation

Making more of itMaking tube 4,000 match tube 1Equipment at the next sizeHaving somebody else make itThe contractThe first person you payWhat you have to write down

Tools and directories

The wax, butter and oil calculatorHow many tubes you will getWorking out what to chargeWhen it pays for itselfEverything that has to be on the labelAre you a drug? A checkWho regulates you, and whenThe words, in the order you meet them

Beyond the tube

Tinted balm and glossLip scrubSolid perfumeBody balm and salveMaking it for somebody else

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