Cosmetic Sample & Small Containers
Cosmetic Sample Containers & Packaging
Cosmetic sample containers and packaging for creams, lotions and serums. Samples to check appearance and capacity. MOQ 1,000,000 pcs.
Specifications
- Product Type
- Cosmetic sample container
- Application
- Creams, lotions, serums, balms, masks
- Use
- Samples, trial sizes, travel and single-use packs
- Capacity
- 20–37 g (other capacities against tooling)
- Shape
- Round / square / shaped
- Material
- PP
- Closure
- Lid, or flat foil heat-sealed membrane
- Color
- Custom colour matching
- Lid
- Custom Options
- MOQ
- 1,000,000 pcs per size
- Samples
- Sent before the run; you cover freight
- Production
- OEM Custom Manufacturing
Cosmetic Sample Containers & Packaging
A sample container is chosen by three things, in this order: how many applications the sample has to give, whether the customer opens it once or twenty times, and whether the top has to carry print. Everything else — shape, colour, finish — is decided after those three.
This page covers the range. Two narrower pages go deeper: the portion container page for single-dose cups, and the eye cream page for foil-sealed eye care.
Start with the number of applications
One application is a sachet in cup form: a portion cup, foil sealed, opened once and thrown away. A week of use means the customer keeps it, so it needs a lid that closes properly and a surface that survives a bathroom shelf. A travel kit sits in between and is usually decided by the size that fits the case rather than by the dose.
Decide the closure second
A lid is for anything opened more than once, and it lets the pack look like a miniature jar. A flat foil membrane is for single use: it seals the whole top in one plane, keeps a small dose from drying, and gives a printable surface with no rim in the way. The two are not interchangeable once the artwork assumes one of them — a design built for a foil top has no room for a lid's edge.
Decide the print third
On a small top, artwork has to lose something. One mark, one product name, one colour usually reads better than a full label shrunk down. If the brand system needs more than that, the answer is a bigger cup, not finer print.
MOQ, samples and the first run
This line starts at 1,000,000 pcs per size, and there is no trial batch. The figure 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 against small brands.
The sample replaces the trial batch. Cups go out before production so you can hold the print, check the seal, and fill them to test capacity. Send the fill weight and we will name the closest two or three cups rather than a range.
If a million is out of reach for a first order, the spout pouch line starts at 50,000 pcs per size with a 1,000-pc trial — for a lotion, serum or gel it is often the better first pack.
What to send for a quotation
- fill weight per cup, or the number of applications
- the formula type and how thick it is
- lid or foil
- artwork status
- destination market
FAQ
What is the MOQ for custom sample packaging?
1,000,000 pcs per size. There is no trial batch on this line — samples are sent first so you can check appearance and test the capacity before the run.
Can I mix several colours or shapes in one order?
Each size runs as its own quantity, so a mixed order means a mixed run. Tell us the split you need and we will say what is practical.
Are the cups supplied empty?
Yes, empty and with the foil separate, so filling and sealing happens on your line. Filled and sealed samples are a separate process — mention it at quotation stage.
