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Pillow Boxes · Cosmetics & Beauty

Custom Pillow Boxes for Cosmetics & Beauty

  • From 100 boxes
  • 60 cents a box at volume
  • Free design

In beauty, people judge the box long before they try what's inside it.

You get premium touches like soft touch coating, foil and embossing, at quantities a growing brand can actually order.

Build your box

An estimate, not a quote

$0.74to$0.99a box

About $185 to $247 for 250 boxes, before shipping.

Size
Exact size, if you have measured
in
Board
How many
Or just ask for a quoteDesign it in 3D with your logo
  • From 100 boxes, free design, and a proof you sign off before anything prints.
  • 3 to 5 days on press once you approve the proof, then 1 to 7 days in transit.
  • No card needed to build a list. We price it properly and send it back, usually the same working day.

Why this box

When pillow boxes are the right call

Buy a pillow box for something small, light and giftable: a soap bar, jewellery, hair ties, a gift card. It costs less than any other printed format on this site and it reads as considered on a counter. It protects almost nothing, so keep anything fragile out of one.

How it is made

What happens on press

A flat printed sheet with two curved creases, so folding it forms the pillow shape instead of a box with corners. There is no glue and no assembly, and it ships flat, which is most of the reason it is the cheapest thing we print.

Sizes

Will your product fit?

Three sizes that cover most orders. They are a starting point rather than a menu, because every box is cut to your own measurements, so if your product lands between two rows we make the one in between.

Common sizes for pillow boxes, with the dimensions and what each one typically holds
SizeDimensions
Small4 x 3 inGift cards, hair ties, earrings
Medium6 x 4 inA soap bar or a small candle
Large9 x 5 inA scarf, a folded tee, a bundled set

All dimensions are the inside of the box, in length by width by depth order. How to measure a box properly.

Custom Pillow Boxes, the three common sizes drawn to one scale. Small: 4 x 3 in; Medium: 6 x 4 in; Large: 9 x 5 in.
  • Small 4 x 3 in
  • Medium 6 x 4 in
  • Large 9 x 5 in
Drawn to scale, inside dimensions. Shown as the flat outline, because this format has no fixed depth.

Specification

What you can choose

Minimum order
100 boxes, on every size
Production
3 to 5 days from proof approval, plus transit
From
60 cents a box at volume
Print
One colour, Full colour, Outside and in
Finish
Matte laminate, Gloss laminate, Soft touch, Foil stamp
Board color
White (coated), Kraft (natural), Black (dyed through)
Not on this format
Large size
Design
Free artwork and a digital proof, on every order including reorders

What we'd suggest

What cosmetics & beauty brands usually order

Most beauty orders here are two boxes at once: a folding carton around the bottle and a mailer to ship it in. Sizes are small, often a 2 by 2 by 4 inch carton around a serum, and the finish is where the money goes. Soft touch on a 45 cent carton buys more perceived value per dollar than anything else we sell. First runs usually land at 250 to 500.

Worth knowing

A mistake worth avoiding

Ordering the carton before the bottle is final. Glass suppliers move a shoulder or a cap a millimetre or two between the sample and the production run, and a carton cut to the sample stops closing properly. Wait until the production bottle is in your hand, then measure that one.

What you get

Why cosmetics & beauty brands choose these

  • Curved shape that needs no glue or tape
  • Ships flat and folds in about a second
  • Kraft, white or full color printing
  • Add a window, a ribbon slot or foil

Worth comparing before you order

Pillow Boxes are not the only format that suits cosmetics and beauty brands. These are the others we would put in front of you, and we will tell you if one of them is cheaper for what you actually ship.

Straight answers

Questions

If yours is not here, just ask. A real person reads every message and you will not get signed up to a mailing list for it.

Ask us anything

Why custom pillow boxes for cosmetics and beauty brands?

In beauty, people judge the box long before they try what's inside it. You get premium touches like soft touch coating, foil and embossing, at quantities a growing brand can actually order.

What is the smallest order?

100 boxes, which is a realistic first run for a growing cosmetics & beauty brand. You get a proper printed box without committing to thousands of them.

What does a run actually cost?

Pillow Boxes start at 60 cents a box at volume. A first run of 100 to 250 lands higher per box, because the setup costs the same whatever the quantity. Use the estimator on this page for a range, then ask for a real number.

Can you match our brand colors and finish?

Yes. We print in full color to match your brand, and offer finishes like matte, gloss, soft touch and foil. The design help is free. Colour on press is close to a screen rather than identical, so send a Pantone reference if you have one and we will hold to it as tightly as the process allows.

What artwork do you need?

A vector logo, so an AI, EPS or PDF file. If you only have a PNG, send it and we will tell you honestly whether it prints cleanly at that size. Redrawing a simple logo is part of the free design work, not an extra charge.

How long until they arrive?

Production on pillow boxes runs 3 to 5 days once you approve the digital proof, then a few days in transit anywhere in the lower 48. If you have a launch date, tell us the date and we will say honestly whether it is possible.

Will I get exactly the quantity I ordered?

Usually, and plan for up to 10 percent either way. Over and under runs are standard across printed packaging, because sheets get used up getting the press dialled in. Tell us the number you cannot go below and we will run to that instead.

Can we start small and reorder later?

That is the sensible way to do it. Order 100 to prove the size and the artwork, then order properly once you know the box is right. We keep your artwork and your dieline on file, so a reorder is one message and the same box turns up again at the same specification.

What goes wrong most often on a first order?

Ordering before measuring. A box a few millimetres too big lets the product rattle around, and a box a few millimetres too small is scrap. Print our free dieline at full size, fold it around the actual product, then order. It costs an afternoon and it can save the whole run.

Do pillow boxes ship flat or assembled?

Flat in almost every case, which is good news for your freight bill, because flat board packs tight and you are not paying to ship air. Rigid boxes are the exception: they cannot be knocked down, which is part of why they cost more to send.

Can we see one before we commit?

Yes, and you should. The sample pack is free, shipping is $9.95 flat and comes off your first order, and board thickness and finish are the two things a screen genuinely cannot show you. For a cosmetics & beauty product the thing worth checking is how the board behaves at the size you actually need.

Other formats

Other boxes for cosmetics & beauty

Other industries

Custom Pillow Boxes for other industries

Before you order

Worth reading first

Let’s price your pillow boxes.

Tell us what you sell and roughly how many boxes you go through. We will come back with a price and a free design mockup, usually the same working day.
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