Custom Printed Soap Boxes for Bars from 80 g to 150 g

The simplest version is a tuck end carton cut from one sheet of board, glued down one side and closed with a flap at each end.

Our photos show the other three styles we quote. A kraft tuck box with a small round cut-out so the bar peeps through. A drawer box, where a printed sleeve slides over a tray holding the bar. And a rigid two-piece box with a foam insert cut to the bar, for the premium end of a range.

All four are made to the bar you hand us. There is no stock size to squeeze into.

The box has to look right on a market table, on a hotel bathroom shelf and in a mail-order parcel.

The makers below are the ones we quote most often. Makers who want the bar visible through the front usually move up to our window soap boxes with film or cut-outs instead.

• Cold-process soap makers selling 100 g and 120 g bars at markets and online
• Hotel and guest house amenity suppliers boxing 30 g to 80 g guest bars
• Farm shops and delis with a local soap line beside the till
• Salons and barbers selling a shaving or beard soap under their own name
• Skincare brands adding a cleansing bar to a facial range

A typical 100 g rectangular bar ends up about 85 x 55 x 25 mm.

Add 3 to 5 mm on each dimension so the bar slides in without forcing the flaps. For most 100 g bars that means a 90 x 60 x 30 mm box, the size we quote most in this range.

Round bars need a square box or a round lid and base. A pleated 150 g round bar about 80 mm across sits best in an 85 x 85 x 35 mm lid and base. A card ring stops it rolling.

If your bars vary from batch to batch, size the box to the biggest one. Our common UK cosmetic box sizes page lists more bar and box pairings.

Every board, rigid and finish option is quoted on request, and the table below is how we usually describe them to makers.

A big wordmark, a single illustration or a flat block of colour reads from across a shop far better than a busy label.

One colour on kraft costs least and still looks deliberate. For florals, fruit and anything photographic, go for full colour CMYK on white board.

Foil stamping on the brand name and a matt lamination are the two finishes we quote most on soap boxes. Embossing the logo on a rigid lid is a good third option. The beauty packaging print finishes guide shows how each one looks on board.

A snug fit holds the bar and the flaps keep it in place.

Rigid lid and base boxes do, because the bar sits loose inside a box that is deeper than it is. A die-cut foam insert, like the black one in our first photo, frames the bar and stops it sliding. A card insert does the same job at a lower cost. Both are available on request.

Drawer boxes sit between the two. The tray holds the bar closely, and a tissue wrap on request stops scuffing when the drawer slides.

1. Let the bar finish curing before boxing, so it does not sweat inside the carton.
2. Wrap the bar in tissue or a paper band if it is soft or oily.
3. Slide it into the box lengthways and close both tucks fully.
4. Post single bars in a padded or card mailer, never loose in a paper envelope.
5. For several bars, pack them tightly in one outer so the boxes cannot knock together.

Put the scent name, the weight and the brand there, and move the ingredients list to the back.

On a hotel shelf, a lid and base box reads as a gift and gets taken home. On a market table, a kraft tuck box stacks cleanly and takes a hand-written price sticker without looking cheap.

Bars sold in twos and threes do better in a presentation set. Our soap gift boxes for sets of bars cover ribbon, inserts and multi-bar trays.

Cold-process bars lose water as they cure and can shrink by a few millimetres, so a tight box becomes a loose one.

Ordering thin board for a heavy rigid look is another. A 350 gsm carton cannot be made to feel like a lid and base box, so choose the construction first and the print second.

Finally, printing a batch date or a shelf life in the artwork locks you to one run. Leave a blank panel and apply a small label instead.

We do not impose a minimum; your order is priced on its own, with £0.25 per unit as the starting point, and the quote states the figure in writing.

Our designers lay out your artwork for free and email a proof. Approve it and the run needs 4 to 6 business days, after which the boxes go out with free UK tracking and land in 2 to 3 business days.

A misprinted or damaged box is replaced or refunded, provided we hear from you within 10 days and see photos. If you would rather talk it through first, the contact page with phone and WhatsApp has every way to reach us.