How to remove liquid latex from a makeup brush

Before, we have posted a lot of articles to show that makeup brush is a kind of manual work. Since it is a manual work, there are many uncontrollable problems such as the glue overflowing during dipping.

 

If the liquid latex overflowed from the makeup brush ferrule, there must be some mark on the ferrule and handle, so how to deal with this problem? Scrap or repair them?

 

No matter large or small makeup brushes, high-grade or low-grade makeup brushes, dipping glue is an essential step, so if scrap the whole makeup brush just because of the glue mark, that is too ridiculous and no makeup brush factory can afford this unnecessary waste.

 

So the only solution is to repair them, to remove the liquid latex or mark from the makeup brush.

 

Here is the question: how to remove? By water or oil or anything else? You may consider dip the brush into hot water to remove the liquid latex, but you will only find that you damage the brushes but the liquid latex still there.

 

In fact, it is very simple, in the makeup brush factory; the workers usually use a kind of solution to remove the liquid latex, just dip some solution onto the gloves and then wipe the ferrule and handle. As such solution is harmful to human skin, so gloves are a must when removing the liquid latex.

The tricolor nylon

Nowadays, due to the policy to protect animals, many makeup brush customers will prefer synthetic bristles instead of animal hairs. The synthetic bristles are sometimes more softer than animal hairs and with no allergic to skin.

 

Nylon is a kind of synthetic bristles, and after complex dyeing, the original nylon will have colors, maybe one color, two colors or more. Now the tricolor nylon is the most popular in the synthetic bristles, as its tricolor can make the whole brush looks more beautiful, high grade and elegant. Therefore, although it is relatively expensive than normal nylon, many customers still would like to have tricolor nylon as the makeup brush bristles.

 

If you would like to custom makeup brushes from us, and have very low target price, it is better to use normal nylon bristles, tricolor nylon may not ok for you due to its high price. If your end customers have high consumption capacity and would like to get high quality and elegant makeup brushes, the tricolor nylon will be helpful to your business.

 

Please note that tricolor nylon is a kind of high-grade bristle, and it is usually be together with the same high-grade ferrule and handle, for example copper ferrule and wooden handle, which should be taken into consideration during your initial design.

 

Anyway, according to different demands, tricolor nylon is not the best, there are many other better bristles for your choice. Please feel free to contact Toney- the professional makeup brush factory to get details.

 

Why we charge samples

Some customers may ask: why you charge for some samples and some not? What is your standard? Since you are a makeup brush factory, why not afford this cost by yourselves to win more customers?

 

Well, it depends on the sample cost, if the sample cost is very high, we have to charge samples, for example customers would like to custom makeup brushes with tricolor nylon, copper ferrule and wooden handle. First, its raw material: tricolor nylon, copper and wooden handle is expensive; second we need to do processing on the material, we need to dye bristles and every time we have to dye 2KG bristles at least; also we need to do the painting and wooden handle, which will waste a lot of raw material. If no following orders, it is really a great burden to us since the margin of makeup brush is so low. Therefore, we hope customers pay the samples first, and if you place orders to us in future, we will refund this cost to you to show our sincerity.

 

If you need samples of our existing makeup brushes, if the sample quantity is small, we can offer free samples; also if you need mini makeup brush samples, sometimes we also not charge samples. Also, if you have placed the order, and need samples from us for confirmation, the samples are also free

 

To win more business and have more orders, if we can afford the sample fee, we will certainly not charge it from customers, the reason we charge it is really because it is hard for us to afford. We really would like to get understanding from all customers and hope we can have more and more cooperation.

large makeup brushes VS mini makeup brushes

Some may notice that there are some large brushes as well as mini brushes on our website, and may ask: which one is better? Which one is more suitable for my company or me? What is their difference?

Well, their first difference is of course the size, large brushes with big size while mini brushes are much smaller.

Their sizes decide their applications, the large makeup brushes are usually used by the makeup artists, as the large size is better for makeup, and some large brushes may be put together and become a makeup brush set which is usually equipped with a makeup brush roll; while mini makeup brushes are mostly put into the cosmetics boxes and free for cosmetics customers. The mini brushes usually just include sponge applicators, lip brushes and blush brushes.

Second difference is their price, the large brushes, due to the function requirement, are usually made of high-grade material, so the price is rather high; while the mini makeup brushes, usually made of sponge or goat hair, which are relatively cheaper than large brushes.

Also their profits are also different, the large brushes will have more margins than small brushes, but the order quantity will be lower than small brushes. The mini brushes order quantity usually can reach 500Kpcs.

So if you are a wholesaler, and your target customers are cosmetics factory, mini makeup brushes will be better for your target market; if your target customers are individual females or makeup artists, large makeup brushes will suit you more.

Toney is a professional makeup brush factory, we have specialized in custom makeup brushes for more than 10 years. No matter you need small or large makeup brushes, please just feel free to contact us, we will certainly give you our best service.

The sample fee

Usually, to show our sincerity to establish relationship with worldwide customers, we will not charge samples as long as we can afford. Therefore, for small makeup brushes, we will offer free samples for customer evaluation; the customers just need to pay the freight charge.

 

However, for the makeup brush sets which may include more than 10 high-grade makeup brushes, we have to charge samples, as the cost of each such makeup brush set may reach 200RMB or even more if customers have higher demands on material. It is hard for us to afford such cost since the margin of makeup brushes is so low.

 

Therefore, as a professional makeup brush factory that specializes in custom makeup brushes, if you need samples from us, it is totally ok for us. We can offer you samples of any kind of makeup brush according to your requirements.

 

For mini makeup brushes, the samples are free, you just need to pay the freight charge to your location; for large high grade makeup brushes or makeup brush set, we will quote you individually according to your detailed requirements on the samples. Just please note that the samples price will be higher than large quantity, so do not be shocked by the sample price. The large quantity price will be much lower.

Natural cosmetics successful all over the world

According to Messe Nurermberg, Germany, organiser of the trade shows BioFach and Vivaness, a current study by kline & Company forecasts excellent prospects for natural cosmetics in Asia, Europe and the USA until 2014. The Asian markets will achieve two-figure growth rates and a volume of 14.8 billion US dollars.
Sales of over 6.3 billion US dollars are forecast for Europe in the next five years and 5.8 billion US dollars for the USA. Evidence of the stability of the natural cosmetics sector in the crisis is also provided by the growth achieved in 2009 – 13% in Asia, 9% in Europe and 8% in the USA (Study: Kline Global Natural Care Market Report).

Germany: trend-setter for natural beauty care

An impressive number of natural cosmetics brands known throughout the world and valued by Hollywood stars have been set up in Germany. Many a success story began here. More customers also decided in favour of natural cosmetics in 2010. Sales of natural cosmetics in Germany grew by 11% to 795 million EUR, 78 million EUR more than the year before. The market share was 6.2% (data source: naturkosmetik konzepte)

Alliance Boots produces cosmetics products for Carrefour under a long term cooperation agreement

Carrefour, according to its own account 1st retailer in Europe and 2nd worldwide, and Alliance Boots, the British manufacturer and retailer of cosmetic and health products, have concluded a long term cooperation agreement in the beauty category for the design and manufacture of hygiene and beauty products.
„This cooperation will leverage the scale and geographical presence of Carrefour and the advanced beauty knowledge of the Boots contract manufacturing business (BCM) to build one of the core pillars of Carrefour - the beauty category,“ the company told.
In practice, Boots will supply Carrefour with private labelled products through its contract-manufacturing subsidiary, BCM (Boots Contract Manufacturing), which owns three manufacturing facilities in the UK, France, and Germany. It is expected that products will hit the shelves of Carrefour’s stores by the end of 2011.
Carrefour and Boots will also explore healthcare partnership possibilities in emerging geographies with a vision to further strengthening their cooperation.
Lars Olofsson, Carrefour’s CEO, stated: “This new partnership with Boots is a major step forward for Carrefour. It will allow us to make a quantum leap in the beauty category. This partnership will significantly enhance Carrefour’s attractiveness in a key category and should be a major contributor to becoming the preferred retailer.”
Alex Gourlay, Chief Executive, Health & Beauty Division, Alliance Boots, said: “We are delighted to have established this partnership in beauty care between Carrefour and our company. As we investigate healthcare possibilities together in emerging markets, we look forward to creating more opportunities for both organisations.”

About Carrefour

With more than 15 500 stores under banner in 33 countries and more than 475 000 employees, Carrefour is, according to its own account, the first retailer in Europe and the second largest worldwide. For over forty years, Carrefour has been a partner in the day–to–day lives of more than twenty million customers in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The Group combines different store formats - hypermarkets, supermarkets, hard discount, convenience stores and cash & carry outlets - constantly adapting to its customers’ consumption patterns, and offering the lowest prices on a large range of products and services. With more than 3 billion cash transactions per year, the Group, through its activities, has an economic, social and environmental responsibility and commits to the quality of its products and the security of its customers.

About Alliance Boots

Alliance Boots is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group with two core business activities: pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution. Alliance Boots is privately-owned and employs over 115,000 people.
BCM is a member of Alliance Boots and has been producing high quality health and beauty products since 1935. It has shared its considerable manufacturing expertise with many consumer goods companies to develop and manufacture ranges.

Material choice of different part

Normally, the makeup brushes will consist of three parts, i.e. the bristle, ferrule (metal part) and the handle. Of course some brushes just consist two parts, for example Kabuki brushes.

 

Anyway, although we can manufacture all kinds of makeup brushes, our advantageous products are mini makeup brushes for cosmetic boxes, for example, mini lip brushes, sponge applicators and mini blush brushes.

 

We all know that the cosmetics company will only leave little space to their cost on mini brushes. So many customers who want to custom makeup brushes from us, would like to use our existing or similar handles with different bristles or ferrules, as the fee to opening new brush mold is very high, for makeup brushes, the molding fee can reach USD 2000, that is too expensive when the unit price of mini makeup brush is sometimes just USD0.1. So often there are some customers would like to use our existing handles but require different bristles and ferrules.

 

For example some customers would like to custom mini blush brushes from us, they would like to have a handle size like 25*35 but with Nylon, because Nylon is much cheaper than pony hair or goat hair. But the question is for mini blush brushes with 25*35 handle size, they only consist of two parts: bristles and handles, if use nylon, it will look very strange and also can not reach its function. So usually we will not suggest customer choose such combination.

 

Therefore, although we can custom makeup brushes and customers can use any possible material, but as a professional makeup brush factory, we will give you some suggestion according to our years’ experience. Please remember that sometimes the bristle material should depend on the handle size.

LVMH reports 19% increase in sales for 2010, exceeding the 20 billion Euro mark for the first time; cosmetics grew 12%

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, recorded a 19% increase in revenue in 2010, exceeding the 20 billion Euro mark for the first time. All business groups saw excellent momentum in Europe, Asia and the United States. Louis Vuitton, in particular, once again recorded double-digit revenue growth during the year.
Revenue increased by 20% in the fourth quarter with organic growth rising 13%. This performance is in line with the favorable trends observed since the beginning of the year, and compares to the fourth quarter of 2009 which also grew. Profit from recurring operations increased by 29% to 4 321 million Euros. The current operating margin improved by 1.6 percentage points to reach 21.3% in 2010 with all businesses contributing to this performance. Group share of net profit was 3 032 million Euros.
Mr. Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH, said: “2010 was a great vintage for LVMH. The quality of our products, the originality of our brands and the talent of our teams bolstered by the economic recovery allowed us once again to gain market share throughout the world. In 2011, LVMH intends to further strengthen its global leadership position in high quality products by relying on its sound long term strategy.”
Highlights of 2010 include:

• Profit from recurring operations exceeded 4 billion Euros for the first time,
• Further market share gains throughout the world,
• Continued rapid growth in Asia,
• Double-digit revenue growth and exceptional profitability at Louis Vuitton,
• Strong results from DFS and Sephora which continue to increase their lead over competitors across all regions in which they operate,
• Rapid revenue growth for Wines & Spirits,
• Momentum at Parfums Christian Dior due to the continued success of its iconic perfumes,
• Doubled profit from recurring operations at Watches & Jewelry,
• A 39% increase in free cash flow, which for the first time passed the 3 billion Euro mark,
• Gearing* of 15% as of the end of December 2010.
  * ratio of net debt to equity.

Perfumes & Cosmetics: continued success of star lines

Revenue 2009: € 2.741 billion; revenue 2010: € 3.076 billion (+ 12% reported)
Profit 2009: € 291 million; profit 2010: € 332 million (+ 14%)
Perfumes & Cosmetics recorded revenue growth of 12% in 2010 and an increase in profit from recurring operations of 14%. Parfums Christian Dior benefited from the continued popularity of its iconic perfumes such as J’adore, Poison and Eau Sauvage, while maintaining focus on innovation. Other product categories enjoyed strong growth thanks to the excellent performance of the new Rouge Dior lipstick range and the Capture skincare line. Guerlain benefited from the success of its new Idylle fragrance and the soundness of Shalimar, as well as its skincare line, Orchidée Impériale. The new Play for Her feminine fragrance from Parfums Givenchy was very well received. Benefit and Make Up For Ever enjoyed outstanding momentum throughout the world.

Selective Retailing: strengthened positioning

The Selective Retailing business group recorded revenue growth of 19% in 2010 and an increase of 38% in profit from recurring operations.
"DFS’s excellent performance was due to the rise in international travel, notably among Asian tourists," LVMH informed. The Gallerias of Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore enjoyed remarkable growth and benefited from the investments made in renovation and expansion. New operations in India, the Middle East and Vietnam are promising.
Driven by its innovative concept, Sephora continued to gain market share and recorded comparable store growth across all regions. The good momentum in online sales continued. The rhythm of its store openings continued as well. The opening of flagship stores in 2010 significantly increased its presence in Asia and Europe. Sephora also entered the Latin American market through the acquisition of Sack’s, the leading Brazilian online retailer of selective perfumes and cosmetics. 

Excellent outlook for 2011

"After an exceptional 2010, LVMH is well equipped to continue its growth momentum across all business groups in 2011. Its strategy will remain focused on developing its brands through strong innovation, quality and expansion in high potential markets."
"Driven by the agility of its organisation, the balance of its different businesses and geographic diversity, LVMH enters 2011 with confidence and has set itself the objective of increasing, once again, its global leadership position in luxury goods," LVMH concluded.

the question on the pony hair fade

Every one knows that the original hair color will never fade, only those dyed colors will fade, it is also the case for animal hairs.

 

The origin color of pony hair is light brown, if customers have no special requirements on colors; we will use the original pony hair on the makeup brushes, so it should not fade any more. However, sometimes, there will be customer tell us that our makeup brushes with light brown pony hair fade in color, even if we know it is impossible, to make the customer relax, we do some test on the pony hair in our stock. We dip the pony hair into 60 degree hot water for 2 hours, but no any fade. It proves that it should not be pony hair fade.

 

As a makeup brush manufacturer, we usually get orders to custom makeup brushes, some will require different hair colors, sometimes, the dyed bristles will fade, but these are unqualified makeup brushes and will never be delivered to customers. In every professional makeup brush factory, such brushes with color fade will not pass the inspection.

 

So if customers doubt that the color will fade, firstly test the bristles with the methods we describe before, please click here to check details to judge if bristles fade. And if the bristles really fade, please immediately contact us, we will certainly resolve this issue at once.

cosnova Beauty reports record results sales in 2010 up 46%

German cosnova Beauty, founded in 2001, has significantly exceeded their targets for the 2010 business year. With a net turnover of € 133.3 million (ca. USD 177.0 million), they surpassed their previous year’s annual results by 46 percent. Furthermore, they increased market share in Germany and internationally, as well as entered new markets in and outside of Europe.

 

According to AC Nielsen, essence achieved a volume market share in Germany of 23.7% and a value market share of 9.7%, strengthening its position as the top-selling cosmetics brand in the market. “Furthermore, essence attained volume market leadership in 2010 in Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia, as well as a strong position in several other Western and Eastern European countries. Thereby further expanding its position as the top-selling brand in Europe in the low-price segment,” the company informed.

 

One of the objectives of cosnova Beauty for 2011 is to continue strengthening its market leadership position. Owner and managing director of cosnova Beauty, Christina Oster-Daum comments: “Since last year, the successful listing of our brands essence and CATRICE at Douglas has opened up a new sales channel, which we intend to further develop. At the same time, we aim to increase the space allocated to essence to two meters in as many of our trade partners’ stores as possible, while broadening distribution of our new and innovative CATRICE range.”

 

All the signs indicate growth in terms of brand strategy too: “essence will continue to develop the professional nail product range “studio nails”, which was introduced last year, with further innovations such as the “essence better than gel nails”. A new skin care range - “my skin” - with fruit and plant combinations specially developed for young skin will also be launched.

Furthermore, the relaunch of our second brand, CATRICE, will be fully completed in 2011. CATRICE will offer innovative impulses and trends to the cosmetics market”, says Christina Oster-Daum and continues: “We want to keep proving that trends, innovations and excellent quality do not have to be expensive.”

 

For the 10-year anniversary coming up this year, the owners and managing directors, Christina Oster-Daum and Javier González, plan to achieve yet another double-digit growth in sales. Javier González: “This is a realistic objective: our business in Central and Eastern Europe is continuing to develop robustly. In Southern Europe, we expect a continuation of the rapid growth of 2010, when we quintupled our turnover in Italy and doubled our turnover in Spain. Following a successful introduction at ULTA in the USA in 2010, the foundations have been laid for a successful business expansion in North America.

The imminent listing with Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada in the summer of 2011 is another decisive step in North America. At the same time, we will pursue further development in the European market, as well as expand in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Africa.”

 

Currently, cosnova Beauty distributes its products to over 35 countries in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The brands essence and Catrice are available in approximately 14,000 sales outlets. The company’s clients include pharmacies, drugstores, food retailers, department stores and perfumeries.

A market analysis about the Chinese cosmetics market

The cosmetic market in China has increased its position from being hardly noticed to the third biggest cosmetic market in the world during the last 20 years. The growth rates were between 14% and 16% during the last years and the forecasts show the same positive development. This enormous market growth rate is due to increase of wages in China. Furthermore the traditional points of views of women and men have changed with regard to cosmetics application. Until the early nineties, only a very few Chinese women have used to use cosmetics. However, this has changed promptly, when the state authorities have stopped the stigmatisation of lipstick and make-up usage at that time. Particularly, women who live in the big cities of China spend a lot of money on beauty products - for example in Shanghai it accounts for about 10% of the income.

 

There is a great demand of high-end cosmetic brands of western manufacturers. And until now many of them are already available in China. The brand awareness is constantly growing because in addition to the high quality, the presentation as well as the image plays a significant role in consumers’ purchasing decisions.

 

By now, about 150 millions of Chinese out of 1,3 billions, are considered to belong to the middle-class, while it is forecasted that in year 2020 the middle-class of Chinese population will grow up to about 400 millions. The Chinese cosmetics market is still a growing market. The dynamic development will continue in the future, offering excellent opportunities for the European cosmetic manufacturers to successfully enter the market.

The makeup brush jacket

To ensure the cleanliness and shape of individual makeup brushes, each makeup brush will need a jacket; the jacket can protect the brush from distortion or being affected by dirtiness.

 

For custom makeup brushes, we can print logo on the jacket, which may be better for your product promotion than printing logo on the makeup brush handle.

 

Sometimes, the cost of jacket is very little, so we will directly quote the unit price of makeup brush including jacket; while sometimes the jacket cost is rather high, we will separately quote the jacket to show you our price structure.

 

Normally, the jacket material is plastic, so some special jackets will need to open new mould. The cost of opening new mould is rather high, so maybe sometimes it is hard for us to afford all the cost, and then we will let customers know the cost of the jacket and discuss all details.

 

Toney is a professional makeup brush factory, we can offer all kinds of makeup brush jackets according to customer requirements; if you would like to custom makeup brushes, and have jacket with your own design and logo, please feel free to contact us, we will certainly meet your requirements with all other Chinese makeup brush suppliers.

Should a makeup brush factory offer custom makeup brush service？

Each factory must have its own products, if its own products have enough popularity; they will not need to offer custom or OEM service, for example those famous brands like Microsoft.

 

However, for makeup brush industry, there is no makeup brush factory can be as famous as Microsoft. Most makeup brush factories scale is not big enough to have such influence. They all have its own existing makeup brushes; however, these makeup brushes can not meet all different requirements over the world.

 

Thus, many makeup brush manufacturers begin to consider offering custom makeup brush service, so that they can win more orders from all over the world. But the situation is, comparing with only offer existing makeup brushes, the cost for factory to offer custom makeup brushes will much higher; also they will need to pay much more attention on other things instead of the business itself, they need to contact the molding factory, their suppliers to discuss all details for each order…….

 

So the question is : Should a makeup brush factory offer custom service？

 

The answer is Yes. Now, to win worldwide orders and to expand business, many Chinese makeup brush factories declare that they can custom makeup brushes. We know there must be more risks, but we are all ready for the challenge, we believe by offering custom makeup brushes, the Chinese makeup brushes will more and more popular.

Site Selection of makeup brush factory

To establish a makeup brush factory, you must completely understand the makeup brush industry and the product itself.

 

The site selection to establish your makeup brush factory is your first question. Which place is better? Dry or wet environment? In city center or suburbs? ……….

 

If you have enough funds, buy a land for the makeup brush factory will be better, as the land is certain to rise in value sooner or later. If no enough funds, renting a factory building will be good too.

 

However, no matter buying or renting the factory, you should carefully choose the site. As the makeup brush itself is somewhat afraid of wet environment, if too wet, the bristles and handles may be infested or go moldy, so if you can, firstly choose the dry environment and factory location.

 

Of course, weather environment is not the only concern; labor cost is another big factor you should consider. It is suggested to choose the suburbs due to its lower labor cost. Some may say: the suburb is too far from the customers, it is hard for delivery. But please remember the high efficiency of the transportation companies, they can delivery your products to anywhere you want, while for makeup brush industry, the proportion of labor cost is about 50% of the whole cost, so comparatively speaking, you should choose the location where the labor cost is cheap.

 

There are many other factors you should concern to establish a makeup brush factory, you need time to deeply evaluate and research the whole industry, and gradually build yourselves as a professional makeup brush manufacturer.

Sedona Lace Announces Best Kabuki Brush Selection Now Available

Sedona Lace has today announced the availability of the highest quality kabuki brushes and kabuki luggage to their customers. Sedona Lace is well known for their professional quality cosmetics and brushes, and the new kabuki brushes are certainly in keeping with their reputation for quality and affordability.

Sedona Lace offers four new kabuki brushes in a selection of different colors. This allows their customers to find the perfect brush and color to match their personal sense of style and beauty. Currently, customers can choose from a mocha kabuki brush, a black velvet brush, a cotton candy brush and "midnight lace," which is a combination of the colors found with the cotton candy and black velvet kabuki brushes.

Each of these new kabuki brushes features ultra-soft synthetic bristles designed not to absorb too much product. They are also designed to guarantee that the makeup remains on the bristle tips, ensuring better coverage for skin without any hassles. No matter what color brush a customer chooses, they can rest assured that they are getting the best kabuki brush on the market, for the best price possible.

For customers who want to carry their kabuki brush with them, but make certain that it is protected at all times, Sedona Lace also offers elegant kabuki luggage. This case is stylish and eye-catching, but it also offers the utmost in protection for kabuki brushes, allowing customers to carry their brush in their purse, makeup kit or anywhere else without fear that the brush will be damaged or that the bristles will be crushed or bent.

In addition to their selection of kabuki brushes and luggage, Sedona Lace offers a wide range of top-quality cosmetics and other makeup brushes, as well.

About Sedona Lace: Sedona Lace specializes in providing their customers with the highest quality cosmetics and makeup  brushes to achieve professional results. From metals to pastels and earth tones, customers will find everything they need to create the look they desire with the professional quality selections from Sedona Lace.

the makeup brush business

Now the made-in-china products have become more and more popular, it is also the case of makeup brush industry. Therefore, more and more Chinese makeup brush factory aims to explore the oversea market by themselves to have more profits.

 

These makeup brush factories build their websites in English; employ a girl or boy who knows English a little or more, then the boss dreams that the factory will immediately have huge customers and get much more profit than before. If no international business coming in within 3 months, they will think the staff is not hard enough and would like to fire them and employ another one..

 

The truth is: for makeup brush industry, the business explore period is rather longer than other industry, it is normal for a new makeup brush company to get no international order within 3 months, the period is normally six months or longer. Of course, it has exception; some companies may get orders sooner.

 

Why the period is so long, that is because many customers prefer to custom makeup brushes from a professional makeup brush manufacturer, as it is custom makeup brushes, customers need time to design, evaluate and finalize their requirements; also they need to find a professional makeup brush supplier, so they usually need to evaluation the supplier or even would like to have factory inspection. All of these process and steps need a lot of time.

 

So if you plan to start makeup brush business or establish a makeup brush factory, firstly take it into consideration, and evaluate if you can accept such situation. If you can, then be patient, there will be big orders as if you are good enough

The makeup brush color

Different people have different preferences on color, some may like red, some may like red, and some may like white or purple or orange, so for makeup brushes, to meet different color demand, the makeup brush factory will offer custom makeup brush service for different customers.

 

The makeup brush bristles can be in original color, for example black goat hair, brown pony hair; or be died into different single color or be colorful.

 

The ferrule color can also be different, red, green, white, black, golden etc. It is the case for the makeup brush handles.

 

To custom makeup brushes for cosmetic boxes, customers should firstly consider the uniform of the whole color, the makeup brush color should be uniform to the box color and the cosmetics color. Of course, if customers would like the makeup brush color to be different with box or cosmetics, it is also ok, as it is a colorful world and life. Smile…………

 

In a word, as a makeup brush manufacturer, as long as customers have color requirement, we will certainly make you satisfied. Looking forward to our prompt cooperation.

Single makeup brush quality can not represent the large quantity

Makeup brush is a manual work, it is not like the products made by machines which are easier to control the batch quality.

 

Human is not like machine which can be set in one status to make the same products. It is known that for machines, the same batch will certainly have the same quality, but it is not the case of makeup brush quality due to the human factor during makeup brush production.

 

For makeup brush factory, it is very easy to manufacture a perfect makeup brush; it may be also easy to manufacture 100 or 1000pcs with good quality, but what about 100Kpcs or even more? The 100Kpcs may be manufactured by tens or hundreds workers, and each one may produce different quality makeup brushes at different status. So in makeup brush production there is no so called the same batch, each makeup brush may vary in quality.

 

So, if you want to custom makeup brushes from a makeup brush factory, do not ask them to offer you the makeup brushes with totally the same quality, it will show your unprofessional and may make you loose in negotiation, and no makeup brush factory will give you such promise, even if they agree, they are giving impossible promise.

Attentions for customers during custom makeup brush

During custom makeup brushes, as you have definite and clear ideas on the makeup brushes, it is the responsibility of makeup brush factory to completely make the exact makeup brushes.

 

As customers, you should firstly clearly express their ideas on the makeup brushes to the makeup brush factory and ensure the factory has really understand all requirements. You should let the factory know your requirements on the outline, dimension, material, color, package etc, or send the detailed drawings to makeup brush manufacturer, it will be better to confirm all requirements by emails in case of any conflict.

 

While the makeup brush factory declares that they can make the custom makeup brushes, it is still not the time to relax, you should ask for samples from the factory, only after getting the samples and ensure it is ok, you can further discuss large orders with the makeup brush manufacturer. Then you keep the confirmed samples and officially tell the factory to manufacture makeup brushes according to the samples. You should also ask the factory to keep the confirmed samples in case of any future conflict.

 

After receiving the packages from the factory, immediately unpack the makeup brush packages and check if there is any defect. Do not keep the package in warehouse and unpack till you need them, as many makeup brush factories will not accept returns after a certain period. If finding any defect, immediately contact the makeup brush manufacturer and require returns and replacements or any other resolution.

 

Comparing with wholesale makeup brushes, you should pay more attentions during custom makeup brushes.

About mini blush brushes

Just like sponge applicators, mini blush brushes are usually put into the cosmetic boxes as a free gift to customers.

 

The dimension and shape of mini blush brushes depend on the cosmetic boxes, so while designing the cosmetic boxes, the designer should have a clear mind on the mini blush brushes that will put into.

 

As a makeup brush factory with tens years experience,we have made many mini blush brushes for worldwide customers, like half-moon shape, blend shape etc. The material can be changed upon customer requirements:

 

 

 

 If customers have any interest in our existing blush brushes, it is easy to buy these blush brushes from us, you will no need to pay the molding fees; if customers would like to custom makeup brushes, it is also ok, but you also need to pay the molding fees.

Benefits of the Sponge Applicator

A fellow newbie and I were discussing something very instrumental to makeup application. The sponge applicator! We got into this bronzed spat about the brush and the sponge applicators.

 

A true newbie doesn’t make much of a distinction between the two. A great deal of us are a step up from using our fingers to apply eye shadow. And don’t act like you didn’t do it.

 

But really….which gives better color pay off? Applying eye shadow with a makeup brush or sponge applicator?

 

Now the newbie who thinks she knows something would say, “The brush of course,” And while I can’t deny the majestic wonders of blending brushes and angled brushes, we can’t neglect some of the pretty nifty tricks that the sponge applicator provides.

 

Oh yes girl…I’m not even playing. I know you thought that it was the epitome of newbism but I have found that the sponge tip applicator can deliver exceptional color payoff for pigments and eye shadows.

 

Say you want a very vibrant look. I mean, so vibrant that people can see the detail on your lids in a dark club. Your pal, the sponge tip applicator is a pro at allowing you to pack on color. And when I say pack, try wetting it just a bit and dabbing color continuously in the same area. A makeup brush, of course, can do the same thing but not to the magnitude that a sponge can.

 

Please note that my implications are not that sponge applicators are better than brushes, just that they too have beneficial uses.

 

But is this just me? How do you feel about using sponge applicators? Please tell me your views!

the unqualified sponge applicators

As a makeup brush manufacturer, it is to common get imperfect products. Some imperfect items may be considered ok, while some will failed the inspection. Therefore, there must have a standard to judge what kind of imperfect products is ok, and what kind is not ok.

 

For sponge applicators, generally, there are the following 4 failure phenomena.

 

1.       There are obvious glue mark on the ferrule or handle

2.       The sponge shape is not good, or not fitted well according to the instruction

3.       The ferrule is not clipped well, the catcher are not parallel

4.       The space between ferrule and handle is too big.

 

And according to different failure phenomenon, we have different correction measures.

 

1.       Return to the workshop and require the workers to wipe the glue mark with special solution

2.       As the workshop to rework or scrap

3.       As the workshop to rework or scrap

4.       As the workshop to rework or scrap

 

 

Being a makeup brush factory for about 10 years and manufacturing so many makeup brushes for various customers who custom makeup brushes or wholesale makeup brushes, we deeply realize that quality is our life; we will surely offer good quality makeup brushes.

The sponge of eyeshadow applicator

Many cosmetics manufacturers will offer free sponge applicators within the eyeshadow box. To save cost, the size of these sponge applicators is usually very small, and sometimes with no ferrule, so the price is very low.

 

Many mini sponge applicators only have two parts: sponge tip and plastic handle; some may have double sponge tips. The sponge can be ordinary sponge or latex sponge. Generally, the ordinary sponge is cheaper than latex sponge.

 

To custom makeup brushes for eyeshadow box, if you pay more attention on cost, ordinary sponge applicator will be better; if you pay more attention on quality, latex sponge applicator may win.

 

As a makeup brush manufacturer, we will meet all customer requirements.

 

We have strict quality control on sponge applicators. Our sponge tips are purchased from reliable suppliers, once getting the sponge; our QA department will inspect the sponge quality, return the unqualified products and require suppliers to correct.

 

Before shipment, our QA will also inspect the sponge applicator, if find any unqualified items, the QA will require the workers to rework.

 

We believe we will win more and more customers of sponge applicators with our good products and in the name of professional makeup brush factory and reliable makeup brush supplier.

The mold of makeup brush handles

For many customers who want to custom makeup brushes from makeup brush factory, the plastic handle is really a great problem. As the plastic handle may need to open new mold, and the molding fee is very high, some may reach thousands of dollars. The margin of makeup brushes is very low; so many customers really prefer not opening new mold if they can.

 

Due to this, to attract more customers and establish long time cooperation, we pay a lot of money to open many molds from our mold suppliers, so that if customers have similar handle dimension, they will no need to pay for the molds.

 

However, to custom makeup brushes, the dimension will differ from one to one, so many times our existing size may not meet customer requirements. At this time, customers have to pay the molding fees.

 

We are just a makeup brush manufacturer who specialized in makeup brush manufacturing, we have no molding factory. Therefore, if really need to open new mold, we will inquiry from molding supplier and then directly quote to customers, we will not add any margin on the molds. If customers think our molding fee is too high, they can also open mold by themselves, or even offer handles to us.

free makeup brush samples

Every day, we receive a lot of emails to ask for free samples from us. As a makeup brush manufacturer, it is a matter of course for us to offer customers free samples, so that our customers can evaluate our manufacturing capacity and product quality.

 

The value of makeup brush samples is rather low, so it is under our cost control to offer free samples, however, many customers also require us to pay the freight charge, which is really a great burden to us.

 

There are many customers asking for free samples every day, each freight charge to customers will be at least USD50.0, while the margin of makeup brushes is very low, it is hard for us to make it balance if we also afford freight charge.

 

We know that every customer really would like to start business and custom makeup brushes from a professional makeup brush factory like us, and it is also hard for them to afford such freight charge. However, we really hope that we can establish relationship by the way that makeup brush manufacturer offers frees samples and customers afford freight charge.

 

If customers have no express account, maybe you can firstly pay the freight charge to us by wire transfer, and then we can pay the freight charge at our side.

logos on makeup brushes

To promote brands, many companies will have logo on their products or order some gifts with their logos, so that when they deliver or sell these products or gifts to customers, their brands will become more and more popular.

 

As for makeup industry, the most popular way to promote brand is to have logo on the cosmetic boxes, or on the makeup brushes. Thanks for this, as a makeup brush manufacturer who offer OEM service; we get a lot of orders to custom makeup brushes. Most orders will indicate that they need to have their own logo on the makeup brushes.

 

Some customers may require logo to be on the ferrule; however, for makeup brushes, the logos are usually on the handles.

 

There are two ways to have logos on makeup brush handles, printing or engraving. Due to the different process, the cost of printing is lower than engraving, so for customers who have strict control on cost, they mostly choose printing.

 

Most Chinese makeup brush factory offers OEM service, it means that they can custom makeup brushes and have customer logos on the makeup brushes.

 

To promote your makeup products and have your own logo on makeup brush handles, please feel free to contact us.

Double sponge applicator

Double sponge applicator means that the eyeshadow applicator has two heads, maybe one is sponge and the other is brush, or both heads are sponge.

 

Then, why use double sponge applicator?

 

In fact, sponge applicator is not so perfect for makeup; it is usually within the cosmetic box. So to save or control cost, the makeup manufacturer has to control its cost.

 

The main cost of sponge applicator is on the handle, so if one handle can connect two heads, it will greatly reduce the cost.

 

To custom makeup brush for cosmetic box, customers should always have ideas in mind, that means when they design the cosmetic box, they should leave space for makeup brush, and after confirming the design, they should let the makeup brush manufacturer know the detailed size of the makeup brush they left in the cosmetic box.,

Production order of makeup brushes

As long as you not a makeup brush wholesaler but a makeup brush manufacturer, besides the sales of makeup brushes, you should pay much attention on other things, such as manufacturing etc.

 

For a makeup brush factory, production and quality is sometimes more important than sales, so it must have its own system to arrange makeup brush production and control makeup brush quality.

 

Toney has received a lot of orders to custom makeup brushes, or some customers may be interested in certain existing makeup brushes and prefer to wholesale our makeup brushes.

 

Once getting the orders, no matter custom makeup brushes or wholesale makeup brushes, our sales will release a production order to the production department who will then arrange the production accordingly.

 

The production order will include all necessary information, such as the customer name, the PO#, makeup brush P/N, order quantity, required delivery date, detailed size and material of the confirmed samples, as well as the detailed package requirement.

 

After getting the production order, the production department will firstly check the inventory quantity, get known the required production quantity; and then contact with purchasing department for raw material.

 

Most departments in our factory are involved in the production order, as a professional makeup brush manufacturer, we have effective and mature system to arrange our makeup brush production.

Tensile Test of makeup brushes

Due to the different requirements on makeup brush quality and grade, during custom makeup brushes, some of our customers may require tensile test on the makeup brushes.

 

As a makeup brush manufacturer, we can do the tensile test for customers; however, we can not do it by ourselves but should send our makeup brushes into special institute for test, so it will generate certain cost.

 

For sponge applicator, the tensile test is to test the pull force between sponges and handles, and between ferrule and handle. For pull force between sponge and handle should no less than 0.5 lbs, and the ferrule and handle should no less than 2.5 lbs.

 

For lip brush, the tensile test is to test the pull force between bristle and handle, and between ferrule and handle. For pull force between bristle and handle should no less than 2.5 lbs, and the ferrule and handle should no less than 3.0 lbs.

 

Generally our quotation is just EXW price, not including any special requirement or test, so our quotation does not include the fee of tensile test.

 

If customers want to do the tensile test, please firstly contact us for quotation.

Gold-plating, silver-plating or black plating

Most makeup brush ferrules are made of aluminum, and due to different requirements, the ferrule may be plated silver, gold or black.

 

For custom makeup brushes, plating gold, silver or black depends on the color tone of the whole makeup brushes, as well as the product positioning and market. For example, if the handle and bristle color is black, it is best to have black ferrule; if the handle color is silver, it is better to have silver ferrule, so that the whole makeup brush will look more uniform and beautiful; if your target market is those users who have relatively high consuming capacity, maybe golden ferrule will be better, it may make the whole makeup brushes look more luxury and can improve the whole makeup brush grade.

 

As for the price, it is easy to understand, with the same bristle and handle, the most expensive is gold-plating, then is silver plating, the black plating is usually the cheapest one.

 

 

As a makeup brush manufacturer, we can custom makeup brushes for all customers who have different requirements. We can offer ferrules with gold-plating, silver-plating, black plating or any other colors, please feel free to contact us to order the makeup brushes with your own style, we and all other Chinese makeup brush manufacturers will try best to make you satisfied.

 

            

factory inspection of makeup brush manufacturer

To know a makeup brush factory better, it is not nearly enough just through its website or itself description, so many international makeup brush customers hope to have a factory inspection on the makeup brush manufacturers.

 

Due to the specialty of makeup brush industry, factory inspection is very necessary during the whole business. As makeup brush is a kind of manual work, customers should check the workers’ crafts and ensure the makeup brushes made by these workers are good and beautiful enough.

 

By factory inspection, customers can further understand the production and quality control of makeup brushes, as well as the whole factory environment etc. So that they can get clear conclusion and decide if this makeup brush manufacturer is good enough to be their partner.

 

Toney, being an experienced makeup brush manufacturer, has passed lots of factory inspection from worldwide customers, including AVON, Mary Kay etc.

 

If you would like to custom makeup brushes from a chinese makeup brush manufacturer, it is better to have a factory inspection before you place a huge order from them.

wear finger gloves during makeup brush manufacturing

Once if you work in a makeup brush factory, or know something about makeup brush manufacturing, you will know that dipping glue is the necessary step during makeup brush manufacturing. And the workers should wear finger gloves during the process.

Then why should the workers wear finger gloves?

1.       During dipping glues, the glue is harmful to human skin, so wear finger gloves can protect our fingers from the glue;

2.       While assembling the handle to ferrule, there will be some glue overflow, wear finger gloves can also protect our fingers;

3.       There may be some bacterial and stain in our hand, wearing finger gloves can prevent polluting makeup brushes, and ensure the makeup brushes be clean and smooth.

Every makeup brush manufacturer should not only ensure the product quality but also ensure the staff safety, so please let all workers in your production line wear finger gloves during manufacturing.

How to test if bristles fade

Due to different customer requirements and for better appearance, the bristles of makeup brush, no matter natural hairs or synthetical hairs, are sometimes dyed during manufacturing makeup brushes.

 

It is important for users to ensure the makeup brushes will not fade, so the makeup brush manufacturers must have related tests to check if their makeup brushes will fade or not.

 

Toney, as a professional makeup brush factory and manufacturer, has strict quality control system. Our test methods to check if bristles fade are as following:

 

1.       Dip the bristles into 60 degree hot water for 2 minutes, the qualified makeup brushes should not fade.

2.       Dip the bristles into 25-30 degree hot water for 10 minutes, the qualified makeup brushes should not fade.

3.       Dip the bristles into isopropyl alcohol solution for 1 minute, the qualified makeup brushes should not fade.

 

 

We can dye the bristles into different colors per customer requirements for custom makeup brushes, and we can ensure our makeup brushes will not fade or cause any hurt on your skin. Please feel free to contact us if you have any requirement or inquiry on custom makeup brushes or wholesale makeup brushes, we will serve you best with all other Chinese makeup brush manufacturer.