If you are looking for some creative ideas for wrapping your cosmetic creations, then you should read Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan. In this beautifully illustrated book, author Kunio Ekiguchi demonstrates how to take a little bit of paper or cloth, string and sometimes tape, and turn them into beautiful gift wraps. Especially valuable are the ideas on wrapping odd shapes - a description which fits many cosmetic items. Kunio Ekiguchi has a chapter on basic boxes and cylinders, a chapter for odd shaped gifts, a chapter wrapping flat gifts, a chapter for wrapping gifts for special occasions and a chapter titled “Furoshiki” which is wrapping gifts in cloth. Also valuable are numerous tips throughout the book for selecting paper, determining what kind of paper to use, and for solving problems with gift wrapping. Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan is recommended for anyone who needs new and exciting ideas for wrapping gifts.

One of the easiest ways to promote your handcrafted soaps and cosmetics is through specialty gift baskets that you design and sell yourself. Many different types of businesses use gift baskets to thank customers and reward employees. By creating specialty gift baskets you can help your customers accomplish their goals and they can help you accomplish your business goals - more sales! Here are four gift basket ideas to get you started:

Basket name: “Welcome To Your New Home” gift basket.
Market: Real estate companies looking to give a gift to customers, or home decorators looking for new accessories to decorate a house with for a home show.
Basket description: This gift basket can contain soap and cosmetic items needed by the new homeowner. Such items can include bath soaps, guest soaps and kitchen soap. Throw in a couple of washcloths or dishcloths as an accessory.

Basket name: “Welcome Baby”
Market: Obstetricians who want to thank their customers, hospital gift shops, maternity stores.
Basket description: This gift basket should contains items to help welcome a new baby such as baby powder, baby oil and baby soap.

Basket name: “Kids Bath Basket”
Market: Stores that sell kids clothing
Basket description: This basket should contain fun shaped soaps. Add a funny shaped bath mitt or scrubbie as an accessory.

Basket name: “A Gift For The Bridesmaid”
Market: Individual brides and bridal stores
Basket description: This basket should contain a selection of pamper products like soaps, lotions and bath salts, scrubs or milks. It should be affordable so that a bride can afford to purchase several to give to her wedding party as a way of saying thank you.

In addition to making nice gift containers, baskets also make attractive storage containers when you are displaying your products at gift shows and bazaars.

———————————————————————————————–
Bath and Body Care Accessories At A Discount
Need an affordable source for shower poufs, baskets, sponges and other bath and body accessories? Visit Dollar Days for huge discounts when you order in bulk.

Adding a tiny pressed flower to your packaging is a nice way to dress up your cosmetic products. Here are some ideas for adding pressed flowers to your packaging:

1. Glue a tiny pressed flower on your hang tags, soap labels and self adhesive labels.

2. Decorate the edge or lid of a powder box with pressed flowers. Glue several flowers around the rim of the powder box or glue them in a pattern on the lid of the powder box. Seal with Mod Podge® or a similar substance.

3. Attach a tiny pressed flower to a bar of soap. To do this you will need to prepare the surface of your soap by applying a tiny bit of melted paraffin wax on your soap over the area where you want to put the flower. Put the flower in this area. Seal the flower with additional melted paraffin wax.

Labels are one of the most important parts of any cosmetics package. They tell consumers what is in the package and they create an image for you and your products. If you are looking for ways to improve your labels, here are some ideas:

Make Your Labels Waterproof: If you have ever made labels with an inkjet printer, only to get them smeared with water, you know how frustrating this can be. There are three ways to prevent this:
Use waterproof inkjet labels.
Use a laser printer instead of an inkjet printer for your labels.
Make your labels waterproof yourself by using clear varnish (available at craft shops).

Have A Nice Logo Designed For Your Company: If you don’t already have one, get a nice logo designed for your labels. Having a nice logo that appears on your labels, as well as your other company materials, will help customers to remember you.

Turn Your Labels Into A Mini-Catalog: Be sure to let customers know where they can purchase more of your products. Include your website address, and your mailing address on your labels.

Print Your Labels In Color: Color labels draw attention to your products. The cheapest way to get high quality color labels is to print them yourself using a color laser printer.

Order Short Run Production Labels. If you do not have the time, or inclination, to bother with creating your own labels, contact a short-run production label specialist and have the job done for you.

NEW PRIMERA LX810 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING US $1,730.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Saturday May-17-2008 19:34:13 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX400 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING !!! US $1,140.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Sunday May-18-2008 10:24:55 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX400 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING !!! US $1,140.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Sunday May-18-2008 12:10:53 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

NEW PRIMERA LX810 COLOR LABEL PRINTER LX-810 US $1,569.99 Auction Ends: Tuesday May-20-2008 14:05:09 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX400 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING !!! US $1,140.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Tuesday May-20-2008 15:08:49 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX400 FULL COLOR LABEL PRINTER, NEW, FREE SHIP US $1,095.00 Auction Ends: Wednesday May-21-2008 0:47:22 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX400 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING !!! US $1,140.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Thursday May-22-2008 9:32:35 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

NEW PRIMERA LX810 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING US $1,730.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Friday May-23-2008 10:41:05 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

PRIMERA LX810 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING !!! US $1,695.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Sunday May-25-2008 13:03:30 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item

NEW PRIMERA LX810 COLOR LABEL PRINTER 4800 DPI PRINTING US $1,730.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Sunday May-25-2008 14:40:45 PDT Bid on this Item   | Buy this Item   | Watch this Item