Cosmetics/Personal care

Guthy-Renker selects airless system for skin crème

Direct sales company uses 15- and 30-mL pumps for new Meaningful Beauty Cindy Crawford Anti-Aging Crème Serum.

January 19, 2012

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Containers

L'Oreal shampoo line gets a whole new look

L'Oreal's Pureology brand professional products (shampoos, conditioners, masques and treatments) have been literally flipped over on-shelf in sophisticated pearlescent toned, multi-tasking bottles designed to reflect their 100% vegan formulation and sustainable packaging.

January 13, 2012

Cosmetics/Personal care

Panasonic personal grooming tools return to Target in new packaging

Panasonic's line of feminine power hand-held personal tools--encompassing a three-head razor, a four-head razor, and an epilator--recently returned to Target stores in newly redesigned packaging.

January 10, 2012

Filling/capping, dry

See the PharmaPack-US high-speed capper in action

The PCL-15FT is a versatile press-on and screw-on automatic capper designed for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, food, beverage, health/beauty, and confection industries. Its automatic rejection feature rejects inverted caps to provide continuous product throughput and features speeds up to 150 bpm.

December 19, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Nair hair remover in an easy-open clamshell

Anne Marie Mohan examines a Nair brand hair remover product from Church & Dwight whose primary package has ergonomics written all over it and whose secondary package is a clear plastic clamshell with notable easy-open features.

December 19, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Hand sanitizer packaging designed with environment in mind

Hand-sanitizer dispensing system employs refill packs made from recyclable PET that uses 30% less material than HDPE; pumps are removable for recycling.

December 7, 2011

Cosmetics/Personal care

P-s label carries info inexpensively

Oriflame Cosmetics needed a p-s label that could carry lots of info without costing too much or adding unacceptably to the solid waste stream. Superpeel was just the ticket.

December 2, 2011

Cosmetics/Personal care

OFF THE SHELF: Lip balm packaging has really changed

Anne Marie Mohan--our own little Susie Chapstick--takes a look at how many widely varying packaging formats now exist for lip balm.

December 1, 2011

Containers

'Revolutionary' package design refresh for Summer's Eve feminine hygiene products

A complete transformation for Summer’s Eve’s feminine hygiene products packaging brings brand relevancy to a new generation of users.

November 11, 2011

Cosmetics/Personal care

Colors convey brand essence

Muted colors capture natural spirit of seaweed-based personal care line.

November 7, 2011

Flexible packaging

Using trial-size packaging to induce first-time purchasing

Trial-size packages are a type of downsizing that entails many options.

October 10, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

2011 Clear Choice Awards: Innovation in glass pack design recognized

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has announced the winners of its 2011 Clear Choice Awards. Sponsored by GPI since 1989, the awards honor consumer product goods manufacturers that expand the frontiers of glass packaging design by using glass containers in innovative ways.

September 27, 2011

Cosmetics/Personal care

Nautical theme inspires vintage graphics for soap pack

Inspired by old-world utilitarian objects that were built to last, IZOLA of New York City has carefully curated a whimsical collection of bathroom accessories that combines functional everyday staples with antiquity. The IZOLA collection is offered in five distinct themes, one of which, Maritime, uses a nautical motif.

September 14, 2011