Custom Printed Lip Gloss Boxes for Wand Tubes and Trios

A gloss tube with its wand cap is often 100 to 120 mm tall. The carton becomes a long, thin column rather than a stubby square.

That shape changes how the box behaves. The tuck flaps are small compared with the panel height, so the board has to be stiff enough to stop the carton bowing.

The pink drawer box in our photos takes a different route. The tube sits in a black card insert and the whole tray slides out of a printed sleeve. It feels far more like a gift than a tuck end does.

A printed carton turns a filled tube into something you can list and sell.

We also pack gloss for brands that sell through live video and social selling, where the unboxing is half the pitch. Lip oil brands and tinted balm makers in wand tubes use the same carton sizes.

You will find gloss cartons grouped with palettes and lash boxes in our makeup packaging for UK brands.

• Start-up gloss brands launching with three to five shades
• Lip oil and tinted balm makers in wand tubes
• Social sellers who film every unboxing
• Beauty students and makeup artists selling a house gloss
• Teen and tween brands with bright, playful artwork

Then add about 4 mm to the width and 8 to 10 mm to the height.

Squeeze tubes are flat rather than round, so measure the sealed end as well. That crimp is usually the widest point.

The table gives starting points. For an odd-shaped tube, our UK cosmetic box size guide explains how to measure it before you ask for a quote.

It suits a gloss sold at a stall or dropped into a mailer with other products.

A drawer box costs more per unit but slows the customer down in a good way. The tray slides out, the tube sits in a cut insert, and the whole thing stays on the dressing table.

A window carton is the one to pick for a trio. Buyers want to see three shades before they commit, and a clear panel does that without opening the box. The box styles guide for cosmetic cartons walks through all three builds.

The extra stiffness keeps the long panels flat.

Drawer boxes are made from rigid greyboard with a printed wrap. The sleeve and tray are separate pieces, so the fit between them is set on the proof and checked on a sample.

Textured or linen board is an option on the sleeve if you want a finish that photographs with some grain. Other boards and rigid builds can be quoted on request.

One colour print, white board, and the whole range still looks like a set.

Rose gold foil on a pale pink carton is the other look that keeps coming back. It suits a soft, clean brand and reads clearly in a small product photo.

Full colour CMYK lets you print a shade swatch on each carton, so the shelf shows the colour without a window. Finish choices are covered in our beauty packaging finishes guide, from soft touch to spot UV.

Each knock in the post turns the cap a fraction, and a tube arriving with gloss on the threads looks used.

The fix is a snug carton and, for anything posted on its own, a drawer box with a cut insert. The insert grips the bottle below the cap so the cap takes no load.

Cartons that travel together go into a mailer with tissue between them. Our printed mailer boxes for beauty orders are sized for three to six gloss cartons.

A window box with three cells shows the range and keeps each tube upright.

Lip kits pair a gloss with a liner or a balm in one box. These usually need a card insert with two or three cut-outs of different widths.

If you run a monthly box or a discovery set, a gloss is an easy hero item. Our beauty subscription boxes with inserts can take a gloss carton beside a sample jar.

Wand caps are often 2 to 3 mm wider than the bottle, and the carton will not close over them.

Printing the shade name only on the base is the next. On a tall carton the front panel has room, so put the shade there in a size that reads from arm's length.

Choosing a thin board to save a little per unit also backfires. A 115 mm carton on light board bows in the middle and looks cheap on the shelf.

Nothing is printed until you approve the free proof.

If you would rather talk it through, use the contact page for phone and WhatsApp and send a photo of your tube.

1. Tell us the tube size with cap on, the style you want and how many shades you sell.
2. Choose a board and finish, or ask us to suggest one for your budget.
3. Send artwork, or let our designers lay the panels out for free from your logo.
4. Check the free proof, including the window position on trio boxes, and approve it.
5. We make the boxes in 4 to 6 business days and send them by free tracked delivery to your UK address.