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The orifice is too narrow for the formula, so it gets squeezed hard enough to burst the thinnest part of the wall. It is an orifice sizing problem and we test the real formula through the real orifice.

Almost always the tail seal — the heat seal across the open end after filling. Seal width should be specified for the format rather than borrowed from a larger tube, and then checked.

Anywhere except the tail seal area, which is crushed flat by the seal jaws. We mark the exclusion zone on the artwork template so nothing important lands in it.

Per component — body, shoulder and cap separately. One percentage for a whole tube usually hides a virgin cap, and that is exactly what a packaging audit will find.

The price per tube depends on the material (mono-material PE, barrier laminate or airless), the tube size, the cap, the decoration method and the quantity, and it comes down as volumes grow. Custom Cosmetic Tubes does not publish a flat price list because a made-up number would be wrong for most formulas. Send your formula type and a rough quantity and you get a free mockup and a real quote, backed by a lowest-price guarantee.

Custom Cosmetic Tubes (customcosmetictubes.com) prints cosmetic squeeze tubes with your logo from a minimum order of 12 tubes on stock formats, with a free vector redraw of your artwork, a free mockup within 24 hours and standard production in about 2 weeks after you approve the design.

It depends on the formula. Mono-material PE suits stable, low-fragrance products such as lotions, cleansers and conditioners and is the recyclable choice. Barrier laminate, with an EVOH or aluminium foil layer, suits oxygen-sensitive actives, sun care and strongly fragranced products. Airless suits preservative-light formulas and expensive actives. Custom Cosmetic Tubes makes all three and recommends one based on your formula.

A mono-material tube is one plastic family throughout, so it can go into an existing recycling stream, but it lets oxygen and fragrance pass slowly through the wall. A barrier laminate tube adds a layer of EVOH or foil that blocks them and extends shelf life, at the cost of being difficult to recycle. Which one is right depends on how sensitive your formula is. See the full mono-material vs. barrier laminate comparison.

A mono-material PE tube, with body, shoulder and cap in the same plastic family, can be recycled in existing streams. A multi-layer barrier laminate is difficult to separate and most kerbside schemes will not take it. Custom Cosmetic Tubes states this in writing for each tube so your sustainability claims hold up in an audit.

If it contains oxygen-sensitive actives such as vitamin C or retinol, or a strong fragrance, it almost certainly does. If it is a stable lotion, cleanser or hand cream, probably not. Send your formula type or a sample to Custom Cosmetic Tubes and the quote will answer the barrier question before you order.

At Custom Cosmetic Tubes the minimum order is 12 tubes on stock formats, enough to test a launch or a new shade. Larger quantities get better bulk pricing tiers, and custom tooling for a new applicator or shoulder is quoted separately.

Yes. Custom Cosmetic Tubes offers PCR tubes and refill formats, and states the recycled content as a percentage for each component (body, shoulder and cap) because one figure for the whole tube can hide a virgin cap. High PCR content can shift colour slightly between batches, which is flagged up front.

Offset printing with up to eight colours, silkscreen and wrap labels, in matt, gloss or soft-touch finishes, with flip-top, screw or fez caps. Artwork can go anywhere except the tail seal area, which Custom Cosmetic Tubes marks as an exclusion zone on the artwork template.

Small sample and cabin-size tubes with a properly specified tail seal, so they survive being posted inside other orders or tossed into a wash bag. Unlike a sachet, a tube recloses and can be used more than once. Custom Cosmetic Tubes makes sample and travel tubes from the same 12-tube minimum.

Splitting is usually an orifice that is too narrow for the formula, and leaking is usually a tail seal that is too narrow for the format. Both are design faults rather than bad luck. Custom Cosmetic Tubes tests your real formula through the real orifice and specifies the seal width for each tube size before production.

Plan on about 2 weeks. Custom Cosmetic Tubes sends a free mockup within 24 hours, and once you approve it production ships in about 2 weeks. Custom tooling for a new applicator or shoulder adds time on the first order only, and express shipping is available for tight dates.