Creative Packaging Ideas for Your DIY Skincare&Haircare Recipes
If you are a natural skincare gal and you have been reading this blog for some time now and create your own DIY skincare products, then knowing how to package your recipes can be rewarding. Finding sustainable, eco-friendly and reusable materials for the right recipes. Now let's start.
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TYPES OF ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING FOR DIY SKINCARE AND HAIRCARE RECIPES
You have varieties of materials that are sustainable made of paper, wood, glass, metal and biodegradable plastic that you might appreciate and love when they host your homemade natural DIY recipes. Some of these packaging are
Paper: These are usually easy and cheap to find. They are made of plant fibers and other recycled materials that are green and sustainable. You can find them in various thickness, size and color. Thinner ones can be used to make paper bags, pockets and outer packaging for your recipe. Thicker paper like cardboard can be used to make mailers and durable boxes. You can buy online cute glossy paper and cut out a template of a box.
Use: Make use of paper material available to make flipping lid boxes, pillow boxes, use toilet paper rolls to make round boxes. Laminate your paper packaging with wax, use beeswax or soy wax to make them waterproof.
Glass containers: They are good for storing liquid products like serums, shampoos, hair conditioners, massage oils and body oils. Glass jars, on the other hand, are good for packaging night creams, moisturizers, face scrubs and body butters. They are nice for displaying the recipes you just made. They are reusable and can be easily recycled. You can use corks, metal lid, rubber and screw tops as enclosures to secure your products. Use amber colored, blue cobalt colored and frosted glass containers if you want your products to not be affected by UV light and expire soon.
Use: They come in variety of ranges, they are good for displaying your product and have a nice look. Use them for almost any kind of recipes from dry blends, lotions, creams, oils to mists. They are fragile materials so handle with care.
Wooden containers: They have become popular online, every time I look for packaging they come up in searches. They are economically to expensively priced for this category. Many are made from bamboo wood or plywood. They make good choice for balms, night creams, thick lotions or any other product that can can be stored in a jar.
If you want a luxurious, good and unique product presentation, then go for this one! If you want to use it for products for selling then keep in mind that its gonna affect the price point of your end product. You can find other material like glass with wooden enclosures.
Use: If you want a sustainability and luxury in one package then this is a good option. Body butters, creams and lotions are a nice fit. Make sure these wooden containers are laminated with waterproof material such as wax, lacquer or biodegradable plastic.
Metal containers: They come in various shapes and are usually very affordable found in online shops and DIY craft stores. They can be made from aluminum and tin metal material. They are good for storing balms, salves and oil gels. Be careful with this kind of packaging, don't use metal containers with harsh or water-based recipes that can cause rust or corrode your container. If your recipe is oil-based because they are less likely to damage the container.
Use: Oil-based recipes especially balms and salves make a good, durable and luxurious packaging because they are less likely to stain or corrode metal containers.
Recyclable and biodegradable plastic containers: They come in different shapes, sizes, volumes and colors. They are fairly cheap. You can use them to package any recipes because they have a wide range of packaging. Different from the bad plastics these one can be degraded without causing environmental damage since they are made from plant-based materials.
Use: If you want a cheaper and durable option then use compostable and biodegradable plastic containers. It is good for any kind of recipe plus you can reuse plastic bottles of the products you have already used instead of throwing them away.
Bags: They be made with different materials cotton muslin, compostable bags, cello bags silk bags and other made from cellulose or other plant-based materials. They make a god choice for dry recipe blends.
Use: They are good for dry recipes such as bath salts, milk bath blends, tea rinses, pot pourri, sugar scrubs and herbal and flower blend. Put them in cotton muslin bag, for a better display put them in a silky bag and add a note with beautiful message.
TYPES OF ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING FOR DIY SKINCARE AND HAIRCARE RECIPES
You have varieties of materials that are sustainable made of paper, wood, glass, metal and biodegradable plastic that you might appreciate and love when they host your homemade natural DIY recipes. Some of these packaging are
Paper: These are usually easy and cheap to find. They are made of plant fibers and other recycled materials that are green and sustainable. You can find them in various thickness, size and color. Thinner ones can be used to make paper bags, pockets and outer packaging for your recipe. Thicker paper like cardboard can be used to make mailers and durable boxes. You can buy online cute glossy paper and cut out a template of a box.
Use: Make use of paper material available to make flipping lid boxes, pillow boxes, use toilet paper rolls to make round boxes. Laminate your paper packaging with wax, use beeswax or soy wax to make them waterproof.
Glass containers: They are good for storing liquid products like serums, shampoos, hair conditioners, massage oils and body oils. Glass jars, on the other hand, are good for packaging night creams, moisturizers, face scrubs and body butters. They are nice for displaying the recipes you just made. They are reusable and can be easily recycled. You can use corks, metal lid, rubber and screw tops as enclosures to secure your products. Use amber colored, blue cobalt colored and frosted glass containers if you want your products to not be affected by UV light and expire soon.
Use: They come in variety of ranges, they are good for displaying your product and have a nice look. Use them for almost any kind of recipes from dry blends, lotions, creams, oils to mists. They are fragile materials so handle with care.
Wooden containers: They have become popular online, every time I look for packaging they come up in searches. They are economically to expensively priced for this category. Many are made from bamboo wood or plywood. They make good choice for balms, night creams, thick lotions or any other product that can can be stored in a jar.
If you want a luxurious, good and unique product presentation, then go for this one! If you want to use it for products for selling then keep in mind that its gonna affect the price point of your end product. You can find other material like glass with wooden enclosures.
Use: If you want a sustainability and luxury in one package then this is a good option. Body butters, creams and lotions are a nice fit. Make sure these wooden containers are laminated with waterproof material such as wax, lacquer or biodegradable plastic.
Metal containers: They come in various shapes and are usually very affordable found in online shops and DIY craft stores. They can be made from aluminum and tin metal material. They are good for storing balms, salves and oil gels. Be careful with this kind of packaging, don't use metal containers with harsh or water-based recipes that can cause rust or corrode your container. If your recipe is oil-based because they are less likely to damage the container.
Use: Oil-based recipes especially balms and salves make a good, durable and luxurious packaging because they are less likely to stain or corrode metal containers.
Recyclable and biodegradable plastic containers: They come in different shapes, sizes, volumes and colors. They are fairly cheap. You can use them to package any recipes because they have a wide range of packaging. Different from the bad plastics these one can be degraded without causing environmental damage since they are made from plant-based materials.
Use: If you want a cheaper and durable option then use compostable and biodegradable plastic containers. It is good for any kind of recipe plus you can reuse plastic bottles of the products you have already used instead of throwing them away.
Bags: They be made with different materials cotton muslin, compostable bags, cello bags silk bags and other made from cellulose or other plant-based materials. They make a god choice for dry recipe blends.
Use: They are good for dry recipes such as bath salts, milk bath blends, tea rinses, pot pourri, sugar scrubs and herbal and flower blend. Put them in cotton muslin bag, for a better display put them in a silky bag and add a note with beautiful message.
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR PACKAGING YOUR RECIPES
Try reusing bottles and jars of finished food products to save money and reduce wastes in the environment.
Label your recipes and ingredients to avoid misusing your products and ingredients. Use one-sided adhesive paper to mark your products.
Use ribbons, tassles, macrame knots, crystals and beads to decorate your final products. This can be good for gift giving.
Attach notes with beautiful quotes or ingredients found in your recipe, direction for use or any other inspirational thing you'd like to add.
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