Packaging for retinol serum — 13 stock moulds, no tooling fee
Retinol is oxidised by air before it is oxidised by anything else, and a dropper bottle exchanges the headspace with room air every time it is opened. An airless pump removes that exchange entirely, and an opaque or frosted body removes the light that does the rest of the damage.
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Retinol Serum is one of 880 formulas in the library that fall into this form. Across the whole library, 57% of them are built for a airless bottles — that is the format the form itself is designed around, not a preference we hold. If the formula you pick is lighter or heavier than the typical retinol serum, the recommendation moves with the viscosity, which is why every formula page in the library shows its own pack pairing rather than a category rule.
Typical textures in this group: Watery gel-serum, Slippery essence, Light milky serum, Ample gel.
Moulds that fit
What to avoid
Do not put an unencapsulated retinol in a clear PET dropper bottle. The failure is not visible in the first month — it shows up as a colour shift and a loss of activity in the back half of the shelf life, which is the half your repeat customer sees. If the formula needs a dropper for positioning reasons, use glass with an amber or frosted finish and accept a shorter stated PAO.
Example formulas in this library
- Astragalus Anti-Aging Ample gelAmple gel+ Quote
- Combination-Skin Astragalus Anti-Aging Silky fast-absorbing serumSilky fast-absorbing serum+ Quote
- Dry-Skin Zinc PCA Acne Control Watery gel-serumWatery gel-serum+ Quote
- Dry-Skin Zinc PCA Acne Control Slippery essenceSlippery essence+ Quote
- Oily-Skin Zinc PCA Acne Control Light milky serumLight milky serum+ Quote
- Retinol Acne Control Biphase shake serumBiphase shake serum+ Quote
These are six of the 880 formulas that match this form. Filter the full set on the serums page, or pair any mould above with any formula — one request, one quote covering both.
Send us the mould reference and the product form. We reply within 24 hours with one FOB price covering the fill, the decoration and the tooling position (there isn't one — every mould here is running), plus the compliance route for your destination market.
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