On Display: Pots and Compacts - Receptacles for Cosmetics
SAN Jar, Cap
A cap and a single-walled jar molded from SAN come in sizes of 0.25, 0.5, 1, and 2 oz. The 0.25- and 0.5-oz jars accommodate a polypropylene insert compatible with creams and powders. The 1- and 2-oz jars can be supplied with a powder sifter. The jar and the cap come in stock colors of glossy black and white; however, custom colors and transparent or opaque finishes are options. The caps can be created with windows. Arrowpak Inc., Richmond Hill, NY.
Lid Options
Various lid designs for cosmetic pots provide a range of packaging options. Lid styles include a transparent window cap that keeps a pot's contents in plain sight. The pots are available in different styles, sizes, and finishes. Press pans and direct-pour inserts are optional. World Wide Packaging Inc., Livingston, NJ.
Plastic Pots
A supplier's range of plastic pots includes stackable jars, containers designed to be pot-jar hybrids, and the PETG Colt-view line. The pots are available in sizes of 1Ž32 to 1 oz. Caps can be created with a see-through window for product visibility. In-house decorating services include hot stamping, screen printing, and UV-curable vacuum metallizing. Colt's Plastics Company, Inc., Dayville, CT.
Flip-Top Compact
A flip-top plastic compact for color cosmetics can be supplied with a transparent cap. Options include a round well and a hot-pour insert. Decorating choices include metallization, multicolor printing, and soft-touch finishes. Cosmopak, New York, NY.
Square Pot
A square pot accommodates pressed-powder products, such as eye shadow and blush, and lip gloss and lip balm. The addition of a self-adhesive liner inside the lid makes the pot compatible with cream products. The pot measures 2 x 2 x 5/8 in.; its pan diameter is 1 7/16 in. The base is molded from polypropylene. Decorating options for the pot's styrene lid include hot stamping, silk-screening, spraying, metallizing, and the application of a heat-transfer label. Lombardi Design & Manufacturing, Freeport, NY.
Aluminum Packages
A square compact and a round tin are among the items in a supplier's line of stock aluminum packaging. Magnets inside the compact's pan wells make the compact refillable. The tin can be supplied with plastic inserts of various sizes, and customized with a mirror built into the screw-on lid. Decorating options for the compact and the tin include different colors, anodized finishes, embossing, debossing, and silk-screening. INCA America Ltd., New York, NY.