Businesses always lose customers on their packaging, but it's not always their fault. There are, however, some things you must know about cosmetic packaging…like yesterday!

In this blog we are going to dive into some terminology to help you better understand what your factory is talking about when they spit seemingly esoteric acronyms at you during the purchasing and proofing stages.

This is a question that may have never even crossed your mind: is the factory that you're talking to real? Now before you start questioning the authenticity of everything including your own existence, let me say this: this is only a real problem within China. If you are not working with a factory in China, it's less of an issue, but you should always still be vigilant.

Chinese factories service literally every country in the world. Each factory has hundreds or thousands of customers. How are you going to stand out? Your attitude can decide your success or failure, but ultimately your factory relationship will decide the difference between high quality and low-quality goods.

When creating your beauty products, it's important to know what certifications to require from your factory. Depending on whether you are choosing packaging-only or finished OEM products, you will want to ask for different certifications. That being said, even if you have your beauty product formulated in the US or EU, there's still some basic questions you want to ask. Let's dive in: