Cosmetic Sample & Small Containers
Custom Cosmetic Portion Containers
Custom cosmetic portion containers with your branding. Samples sent to check appearance and capacity. MOQ 1,000,000 pcs per size.
Specifications
- Product Type
- Cosmetic Portion Container
- Application
- Cream, serum, gel and balm samples
- Capacity
- 20–37 g (other capacities against tooling)
- Shape
- Round / square / shaped
- Material
- PP
- Color
- Custom colour matching
- Surface
- Glossy / Matte / soft-touch
- Closure
- Flat foil heat-sealed membrane
- MOQ
- 1,000,000 pcs per size
- Samples
- Sent before the run; you cover freight
- Production
- OEM Custom Manufacturing
Custom Cosmetic Portion Container
Custom cosmetic portion containers are single-use PP cups for cream, serum, gel and balm — the format a brand hands over at a counter, drops into a gift set, or sends out with a press insert. Capacity, shape, colour, surface and print are all made to your brief.
Size is set by how many applications the cup has to give, not by the millilitres. One application, a week of use, or a travel kit: those are the three things buyers actually mean by "sample size", and they land on three different cup formats. A portion cup sits at the one-application end. For a week of use, move up to a wider cup — 20 to 37 g covers most creams — and check that the fill weight still leaves headspace under the lid.
When a portion container is the right format
Three formats do the same job, and the choice is about how the product leaves the pack. A portion cup gives a fixed dose the customer scoops or tips out: right for balm, thick cream, and anything where the dose has to be exact. A spout pouch is squeezed (spout pouch line starts at 50,000): right for lotion, gel and serum, and cheaper per unit once volume is there. A jar or bottle is right when the customer keeps the pack and refills it.
If the product is thick enough to hold its shape, and the sample has to look like a small jar of the real thing, the cup wins. If it flows, the pouch does.
What you can change
Capacity, cup shape (round, square, shaped), colour, surface (glossy, matte, soft-touch), and the closure. A lid suits products the customer opens more than once. A flat foil heat-sealed membrane suits a single use, a tamper-evident top, and a lid area that carries print. Print can run on the lid, the cup, or both.
MOQ, samples and the first run
This line starts at 1,000,000 pcs per size, and there is no trial batch. The number is set by multi-cavity tooling — a run fills the mould, and that is what keeps the unit cost where it is. It is not a policy aimed at small brands.
What replaces a trial batch is the sample. Cups are sent before the run so you can hold the print in daylight, check that the lid or the foil seats flat, and fill them to measure real capacity against the stated one. Send the fill weight and we will say which of the two or three closest cups takes it.
If a million is far above your first order, say so — the spout pouch line starts at 50,000 pcs per size with a 1,000-pc trial, and for a liquid formula it is usually the better first pack anyway.
What to send for a quotation
- fill weight per cup, in grams
- the formula type: cream, gel, balm or serum
- lid or foil, and whether the top carries print
- artwork status: finished vector, or still being designed
- destination market, if the product is sold in the EU or US
FAQ
Can I see a sample before ordering a million?
Yes. Samples come from the run rather than a separate short batch, so what you hold is what you get. You cover the freight.
Lid or foil — which one?
Foil if the cup is opened once and the top has to prove it has not been. A lid if the customer opens it repeatedly, or if the cup is meant to look like a miniature jar.
Is the cup recyclable?
The cup is mono-material PP. The foil membrane is a separate component and has to be removed before recycling — worth knowing if the pack carries a recycling claim.
