On Display: Pots and Jars
Innovative Compartment
A window pot features multiple compartments to maximize space and functionality. The bottom of the patented LuxePot includes an innovative compartment for storing applicators. The compartment's hinged lid features a convenient mirror. Various pot sizes are available to package eye shadow, blush, pressed powder, and other cosmetic products. The pots can be made from ABS, polypropylene, and PET. Silk-screening and hot stamping are available. Topline Products Company, Inc., Wayne, NJ.
Flip-Top Jar Caps
Flip-top caps are now available for a supplier's wide assortment of jars. More than a dozen jar styles are available. The company also provides applicators, brushes, caps, compacts, glass and plastic bottles, sponges, and containers for lipstick, eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss. 3C Inc., Hawthorne, NJ.
Window Pots
A supplier offers a selection of pots with hinged or screw-on lids. Both lid styles feature a clear window to showcase a product's color. The pots are available in a variety of sizes and styles. Molded, sprayed, metallized, and soft-touch finishes are available. For further decoration, the company offers hot stamping, color banding, and more. Roberts Cosmetic Containers, Chatsworth, CA.
Italian Design
Designed and manufactured in Italy, two lines of jars and closures convey sleekness and sophistication. Available in flint or frosted glass, the Laurence line is offered in sizes of 15, 30, 50, and 200 ml. The Oeuv line offers two sizes: 15 and 50 ml. Both lines can be used for launching a new product line or expanding a current one. New High Glass Inc., Miami, FL.
New Jar Family
A supplier offers a new family of jars in sizes of 1/4, 1/2, 1, and 2 oz. Suited for cosmetics ranging from lip gloss to loose powder, the jars are available with solid lids or lids with windows. Stock colors include white and black. For a more distinct look, the jars can be custom colored, or provided in translucent or opaque finishes. Various decorating options are available. Arrowpak Inc., Richmond Hill, NY.
Double-Walled Design
Double-walled polypropylene jars feature foam-lined polystyrene caps. The 4-ml jars can hold gels, liquids, lotions, creams, powders, and glitters. The adhesive-free foam liner prevents evaporation. Available in black and white, the flat cap provides for easy label application. The small-sized jars are suited for travel sets. Qosmedix, Edgewood, NY.
Deco Pots
A supplier's Deco Pot comes in a variety of shapes with embedded designs, including a rose and a sunflower. The pot is designed to hold eye shadow, blush, or lip gloss. It is available in capacities of 5 and 10 g. A variety of decorative processes are offered, including hot stamping, silk-screening, UV frosting, vacuum anodizing, soft touching, and embossing. Cospack America Corp., Edison, NJ.
Pumpkin Jar
The polypropylene Pumpkin Jar is available in two sizes, 2 and 8 oz, with 58-400 and 89-400 neck finishes, respectively. Offered in natural, white, and a variety of colors, the jars are designed to hold aromatherapy products, cosmeceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products, and salon and spa products. The jar can be further enhanced with numerous closures and silk-screened decorations. Other glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures are available as well. The Cosmetic Packaging Group, a div. of O. Berk Co., Union, NJ.
Refillable Jar
A refillable jar was developed for one of Yves Rocher's Pro Retinol skincare products. The jar comprises a cap, a translucent outer jar, and a tub containing the product. Injection-molded from SAN with a green tinge, the outer jar is made in two parts. The tub is made from colored polypropylene. The cap includes a colored inner polypropylene part and a translucent, faint green-colored SAN outer part. Alcan Packaging Techpack, New York, NY.
Stock Jars
An expanded line of wide-mouth PET jars includes 25- and 32-oz styles. Both jars have an 89-400 neck finish and are well suited to packaging a variety of personal care products, including creams, ointments, pastes, powders, crystals, and bath salts. The company now offers customers seven sizes of PET wide-mouth jars. The PET jars have the look of glass and are available in clear and opaque white, as well as cobalt blue, dark green, and translucent finishes. Alpha Packaging, St. Louis, MO.
Stock Jars
A supplier's stock selection includes Straight Round jars and Avalon jars. The jars are designed to hold cosmetics, creams, and other treatment and personal care products. They are available in flint glass and can be special ordered in various colors. The company's in-house decorating operation is called Decora and includes acid frosting, organic and ceramic sprays, organic and precious metal screening, and more. An Avalon bottle line is available for cosmetic and personal care products as well. The Glass Group Inc., Millville, NJ.
Low-Profile Style
Low-profile PETG jars are offered to hold creams, gels, and spa-line products. Fourteen large-diameter jars have been added to the existing stock line in 75-, 83-, and 89-mm finishes. The 75-mm jars are available in capacities of 75, 100, 125, 150, and 200 ml. The 83-mm jars are offered in capacities of 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 ml; and the 89-mm jars in 125, 150, 200, and 250 ml. All jars are available in clear, tinted, or opaque varieties. Colt's Plastics Company, Inc., Dayville, CT.
Plastic Packaging
Plastic jars for cosmetic and personal care products can be decorated in a variety of ways. Possible decorative enhancements include four-color offset printing and multicolor silk-screening using UV inks; high-speed pressure-sensitive full-wrap and spot labeling on the jar's front and back; and high-speed pressure-sensitive labeling of the jar's bottom and the closure's top. Jar materials include polypropylene, polystyrene, and styrene acrylonitrile. Structures include single-, double-, and heavy-wall varieties; low profile; and radius base. Sizes range from 0.25 to 18 oz. The company also supplies laminates, plastic laminates, aluminum and tin tubes, and more. IntraPac, Don Mills, ON, Canada.
Stackable Pots
For its Bling Bling product, Hard Candy Cosmetics chose a supplier's Stackable Lens pot. Each pot's threaded neck allows it to be screwed into the base of another pot. The stackable pots allow the customer to collect and connect all six available shades into one convenient-to-carry package. The pot's PMMA material is ideal for showcasing the vibrant loose-glitter product. Hard Candy's logo, product description, and signature heart graphic were printed using white silk-screening. HCT Packaging Inc., Bridgewater, NJ.