GET DEPENDABLE, PROFESSIONAL LABELS THAT BUILD YOUR BRAND
The beauty market is critical of both product content and presentation—don’t sell yourself short with labels that don’t match your creative concept and materials that aren’t suited for your requirements.We promise to match this versatility with our own selection of premium labels to make sure that whether on shelf, in the bathroom, or inside a purse, your own custom lip balm labels stay put and look good all the time.
Choose from a variety of our standard pressure-sensitive and self-adhesive paper (coated and uncoated), plastic film (white BOPP), clear PVC, foil (PET and metalized paper options), and kraft label stocks for your unique requirements. When choosing your label stock it’s important to consider the regular use and environment of your products.
RECOMMENDED STOCKS FOR LIP BALM LABELS
Lip balm, lip gloss, lip treatment, lip salve, lip polish, lip butter, lip whip, or lip primer products can come in many unique and interesting packaging. While the most popular would be in tubes and pots, we’ve had customers who look to more novel presentations that require different label materials for individual labeling requirements or matching label sets to complement their product lines. With lip balm labels, a particular concern is that these are going to face moisture, constant handling, and friction, which means label performance is key in both keeping the labels from slipping off of your containers and having the prints look as beautiful as they did right after they were freshly applied.
White plastic film stock is our recommended material for most lip balm label applications. It is thin and flexible, and with the addition of our stronger adhesive this will guarantee that your labels stay perfectly positioned on their containers for longer. This is especially valuable for tubes and curved surfaces. Extremely durable, these self-adhesive labels come in a beautiful pearlescent milky white with high opacity and shine, developing vibrant prints, with high contrast. This stock is tear-proof and impervious to water and oil. Add laminate to give prints more resistance to ink scuffing while lip balms are subjected to friction inside bags and constant handling.
Clear plastic film (PVC) stock holds up extremely well on both shelf and while in use. This is a popular, versatile and stylish choice for cosmetics, especially if you particularly want your label to “disappear” on your lip balm containers. Clear labels will give you that “no label look” or printed-right-on-the-tube look which works in synergy with transparent and frosted lip balm containers, especially if your containers are of visually-stimulating colors and follow a certain color scheme for each lip balm flavor or scent variant. This label stock is also a cheaper option compared to diecut labels (cookie cutter shape labels) since you would simply need to print white and colored ink on areas that need to be conspicuous—the clear, unprinted label material will blend onto the container, taking after the color of its background, leaving you with any custom shape of whatever has been printed.
Kraft paper stock is another popular choice with the immediate personality inherent in this material. The warmth of the natural brown color and eco-friendly feel are main visual factors that make this stock a perfect match if you are after a particular brand image. Our kraft stock has more yellow undertones—if you would like this stock for your custom lip balm labels, we recommend requesting for samples or a hard proof to verify that the kraft packaging that you have matches our kraft paper.
This label stock isn’t going to work well with actual lip balm tube labels as this stock is uncoated and this will pose problems with print longevity. Frequent handling and friction inside bags or purses will wear away your kraft lip balm label, making the paper base crumbly as it deteriorates with use. This stock is recommended for external packaging, as in bath and beauty set boxes and bags.
White paper stock is our cost-efficient lip balm label option since it is the least expensive material that costs less than plastic labels, but have comparable print quality, strength, and durability needed for simple lip balm packaging applications.
While we do have a white matte uncoated stock, if choosing this option, we strongly advise adding a laminate to make the labels hardy against oil, moisture, and frequent handling. If you absolutely need uncoated paper stock, we recommend cleaning your container surfaces thoroughly with alcohol to completely remove traces of your lip balm product to guarantee superior tack.
Foil silver stocks (Silver PET and Silver Metalized Paper) and our Holographic silver stock will capture the attention of your customers, especially if your packaging is wanting a more glam look and high fashion appeal. These specialty stocks will make your custom lip balm labels look markedly custom. The foil stocks can be cheaper alternatives to hot or cold foil stamping, if your lip balm labels require metallic-looking prints. Our holographic silver stock has a signature rainbow sheen that is conspicuous enough to capture any beauty market customer’s fancy and can work well with creative concepts to give your lip balm labels more shelf appeal. These label materials come with either gloss or matte laminate to further protect your custom lip balm labels against friction and fading.
CHOOSING LAMINATE FOR LIP BALM LABELS
A laminate is a clear, protective coating that also changes the final finish of your lip balm labels. Once applied, it creates a smoother label texture, and protects the print from wear-and-tear against rubbing or scuffing.
CHOOSE MATTE LAMINATE – For a flat, low-shine label finish, with printed colors that are soft and muted. Generally, colors are duller with less contrast. Matte coating is forgiving with low resolution prints and provides for a refined appearance.
CHOOSE GLOSS LAMINATE – Gloss makes your labels extremely smooth and allows them to reflect a lot of light, for high shine. This reproduces vibrant color and delivers sharper detail due to higher contrast (shadows are darker and highlights are brighter). This is great for labels with vibrant color palettes, for a more commercial look. Gloss also provides more protection against ink scuffing compared to matte laminate, especially with paper labels.
CHOOSE HOLOGRAPHIC GLOSS – Same as gloss laminate, but with the addition of a transparent color gradient that is only apparent once the surface catches light at different angles. The transparent rainbow effect transforms old lip balm label artwork into a more eye-catching piece. This kind of laminate doesn’t suit all label designs and concepts. We suggest getting a label sample to check if this will enhance your existing lip balm label artwork.