The related industries for makeup brushes

Under the globalization environment, no industry can live alone; one industry must more or less have some relationship with other industries. Here we would like to introduce the related industries for makeup brushes.

 

1)      The material supplier: we can not produce hairs, ferrules or handles by ourselves, so have to have a supply chain for makeup brush material.

2)      The painting factories: if customers want to custom makeup brushes with certain color, we will need to buy painting from our suppliers

3)      The plastic factory and molding factory: for makeup brushes with plastic handle, we will need the help of our partner who can produce the plastic handles for us. And it is known that the plastic parts need molding. Fortunately, many plastic factories also offer molding service

4)      The prototype companies: Some customers have their own design on the brushes, especially the brushes for special usage, such as body brush. And before placing order to us, some customers would like to see a prototype to check the function and appearance of their design. Therefore, we have to contact the prototype company to make prototypes according to customers’ design.

5)      Test institutes: Some countries require certain certificates on makeup brushes, so customers would like to get such certificates in China, then we will need to send some samples to the test institutes; if the samples can pass the test, we will get the required certificates or test report.

 

We just briefly list some related industries for makeup brushes; of course, we must have relationship with many other industries at different situation,

 

To manufacture good makeup brushes, the makeup brush factory has to ensure all related industries work well. For example, the supply chain of materials directly decides the brush quality; if the prototype companies can not offer qualified and functional prototypes, we will not able to win customers’ order. We must closely work together with all related partners to offer the best makeup brushes and service to customers all over the world.

 

The influence of hair material to hair color

The most common requirements on makeup brushes is the hair material and hair color, as hair material decides the touch feeling while hair color affect the appearance. During custom makeup brushes, some customers may think the hair color has nothing to do with hair material, they can choose any color no matter what the hair material is. It is somewhat a kind of misunderstanding.

 

For high grade hair material, it is ok to dye into any color or even two or more colors on one brush. But for some low grade goat hair, some colors are not suitable or beautiful. For example, #2 goat hair or SQ goat hair, it is better to be dyed into one color, dark color will be the best. If keep in white color or other light color, it will show some yellow, and looks ugly and unclean. Also, its price is not low, so sometimes we will suggest synthetic color instead of low grade goat hair.

 

Therefore, if customers have any ideas on the makeup brushes, they should firstly discuss with their makeup brush manufacturers and check if all ideas are feasible, which will save time and ensure no problem during production.

 

Although customizing makeup brushes means customers decide what kind of makeup brushes they want, no one can control the limit of the material itself. Sometimes, two ideas can not exist at the same time; one idea may have to be abandoned due to another idea. Therefore, clear and prompt communication between customers and manufacturers is very important to get a satisfied and feasible solution.

Matters need attention during inquiring from forwarder

Usually, we will send makeup brushes via Express, air or sea depending on the weight and size of the shipment. No matter which way, since we can not ship by ourselves, we have to check all details with the forwarders. Firstly, we need to get quotation from the forwarder on the shipment. Here we would like to list some matters that need attention during inquiring from forwarders.

While inquiring from forwarder, we need to offer detailed information to forwarders. The detailed information includes: 1) the detailed address and post code of shipper and consignee; 2) the total weight of the shipment; 3) the detailed size of the shipment. The detailed address of shipper and consignee decide the delivery distance; the weight and size decide the changeable weight. Some may concern why also needs size information? Should the shipping charge only depend on the weight? For this question, please refer to our explanation on Heavy cargo and bulky cargo.  

Some customers would like us to pay the shipping charge and arrange everything on the shipment, while some believe they can get better price from their forwarders. Usually, the shipping charge paid by shipper especially Chinese shipper must be cheaper than by consignee. For example, if the shipment is sent via FEDEX, the charge paid by Chinese shipper may be just USD1000, but if paid by consignee, the charge will be over USD4000.0. Freight prepaid causes no risks to forwarders but freight collect will cause high risks if the consignee is not available or refuse the shipment, therefore freight prepaid must be cheaper than freight collect.

Of course, if the customers have large business in China and have established long-term cooperation with the forwarder, they may get special offer from their forwarders, and can get lower price than shippers. In this case, they certainly should choose their own forwarders. Just ensure that the forwarder will certainly offer such price for the shipment. So it is better to sign a contract with the forwarder for the shipment.

Whatever, no matter ship via our forwarder or customer’s forwarder, we should offer exact information to forwarders, and try to find the best solution for customers in price and service.

The bamboo handle color

Some customers would like to custom makeup brushes with bamboo handle. Bamboo handle becomes very popular these years, due to the environmental protection, also very cost-effective and beautiful.

Bamboo handle is usually painted transparent painting, so customers can clearly see its texture and color. Sometimes, customers may find the colors of individual handles are different. For example, some handle color is white but some is a little yellow, so they consider it to be a kind of quality problem. Here we want to describe something about the handle color.

It is known that bamboo is very thick, and makeup brush handle is comparatively extremely slim. Due to environment protection and cost consideration, no makeup brush manufacturers will use one bamboo section to produce one handle with the same length. We need to split the thick bamboo section to several pieces to match the diameter of the handle and make full use of all bamboos. The colors of these pieces are different, the outer pieces are a little yellow, but the inner pieces are somewhat whiter. Therefore, the makeup brushes with bamboo handles show little color difference. They are all the original colors of bamboo instead of oxidation or any quality problem.

However, the color difference of the outer bamboo and inner bamboo is slight, so if the makeup brushes with bamboo handles show serious color difference, it should be quality problem. That is because the bamboo will be oxidized in the rainy day. Therefore, the bamboo handle should be painted in time to avoid of such oxidation.

Whatever, we really hope to get customers’ prompt feedback on the makeup brushes after their receiving the shipment, so that we can immediately communicate with each other on all situation in case of any misunderstanding.

Our website has updated

To offer customers better service, we have updated our website, especially the product category page. In the new website, we classify the makeup brushes as follows: Face Brushes    Powder& Blush Brushes    Foundation Brushes    Other Brushes Eye Brushes Lip Brushes Kabuki Brushes Retractable Brushes Brush Sets    3-5pcs    6-9pcs    10-32pcs    Brush Bags Now customers can better view the makeup brushes we once made to evaluate our brush quality. Also each brush has a specific item number, if customers like any of them, they just need to tell us the item number, and then we can give related feedback. Each brush has a thumbnail on the product page, if customers are interested in any item during viewing the product page, they can click the item and then they will be able to see a larger picture for the brush. It can not only save customers’ time to view all brushes but also ensure customers can choose the brushes they like. In our new website, you will find many update brush styles, we have removed the old and obsolete type, so that customers can timely understand the market trends during viewing our website, also can custom makeup brushes with the latest and popular style. If you have any comment or suggestion on our website, please feel free to contact us. We really appreciate your any help.

The declared value of makeup brushes

Makeup brushes, as a kind of consumer goods, are not as expensive as some high-tech products. The price of the most expensive makeup brushes will not be higher than USD100.0. According to customs policy, the importers/exporters should indicate the actual value of the goods during declaration/clearing. If the declared value is obviously lower or higher than normal, customs will pay special attention on the shipment or even will not release the shipments until getting official prove.

Some of our customers are not so familiar with the customs policy, and believe it is better to declare higher value in case of the goods is missed during shipment. Recently, one customer sent us a prototype which is just a single makeup brush, but he declared USD2000.0 for the single brush. When the package reaches our customs in Shanghai, it can not pass our customs. As the customs really wonder why a single brush is so expensive, so they require us to submit some documents to prove that USD2000.0 is really the actual value of the brushes. The problem is the brush can not so expensive, so we can not get such documents to clear the package from customs. Therefore, we have to ask the customer to change the declared value at his side, till now, he is still working on changing the declared value, and the prototype is still held on customs. If the declared value is less than USD100.0, we must have already got the prototype.

Therefore, during custom makeup brushes, if customers would like us to send us any samples, please ensure that the declared value will be no more than USD100.0. According to Chinese customs policy, any shipment which value more than USD500.0 will need official declaration/clearing process; for samples, it is best to be lower than USD100.0, so that we can get them from customs quickly.

About color difference of makeup brush

Different customers have different preference on colors, so during custom makeup brushes, customers will send their color requirement to the makeup brush factory. To let the makeup brush factory exactly understand which color they want, customers will send the pantone color code to the manufacturers.

 

However, sometimes, after receiving the brushes, customers may find that the color of this batch is different from last batch. They consider it to be quality problem. In fact, if the color difference is slight, it is a normal situation. As the painting color is not fixed but blended by powder pigment. For example, if customers require pink color (213C pantone), the makeup brush manufacturers will then manually blend the color accordingly. Since it is manual work, no one can ensure 100% the same as the pantone code.

 

Therefore, for the same batch, the color will be the same, as they are from the same painting. But if the customers place another order after several months, it is hard to ensure that the color of this batch will be 100% the same as the previous ones. No matter how skillful the workers are, it is hard to blend 100% consistent color.

 

Anyway, it is really the quality problem if the color difference is visible. But if the color difference is within acceptable range, it should not be a quality problem.

 

So, if customers have strict requirement on the color consistence, it is better not to frequently change the makeup brush manufacturers, as different manufactures will most probably blend different color; even the same manufactures are not able to always blend the same color.

 

Heavy cargo and bulky cargo

Sometimes, customers would like us to pay the shipping charge for them, as they have no fixed forwarder in China and our forwarder can offer them much better price. In this case, we need to firstly estimate the weight of the shipment, get quote from our forwarder in advance, then send the quotation of shipping charge to customers, so that customers can pay the shipping charge to us.

However, if the makeup brushes will be shipped via air or express, during estimating the weight, we should consider if the shipment will be bulky or heavy. If it is heavy cargo, the shipping cost will be the same as estimated, but if it is bulky cargo, the shipping charge will be higher than estimated.

How to distinguish heavy cargo and bulky cargo?

For air shipment, we should firstly understand the bulk weight. According to airlines, if the shipment has small bulk but heavy weight, the shipping charge is calculated by weight; if the shipment has big bulk but light weight, the charge is calculated by bulk, i.e. the so called bulk weight.

The bulk weight =length (cm)*width (cm)*height (cm)/6000

That means if the weight of 1m³ is heavier than 168kg, it is a heavy cargo, the shipping charge depends on actual weight; if the weight of 1m³ is less than 168kg, the charge depends on bulk weight.

For example, if the actual weight of a package is 1kg, but the bulk weigh is 3kg (according to the above formula), the forwarder will consider the package is 3KG.

If the actual weight of a package is 1kg, but the bulk weigh is 0.5kg (according to the above formula), the forwarder will consider the package is 1KG.

Therefore, while estimating the shipment weight, we should also know the shipment size; otherwise, it may cause some loss to us on shipping charge.

Seaweed powder in makeup brush production

The seaweed powder we mention here is not for skin care, but a kind of synthetic glue powder which is used to stick hairs during makeup brush production. The seaweed powder can be dissolved quickly to transparent glue within cool water, it is a kind of environment-friendly products without poison or pollution, and can thicken, tackify and hold moisture.

Most makeup brush manufacturers will use seaweed powder to stick hairs together during makeup brush production, especially for the makeup brushes which need pointy tips, for example, eye shadow brushes, eyeliner brushes, lip brushes etc.

After the glue made from seaweed powder drying up, it will become powders, so some customers will consider them as dust and really wonder what is the dust and where the dust come from. In fact, it is not dust but powder. Customers should not consider such powder as quality problem. If some customers really care of such powder, you can clean the brushes before your first usage to wash off the powders.

Some customers wonder if the seaweed powder will be harmful to human skin or health, it is no need to worry, the seaweed powder can even be eaten, so completely no harm to human skin or health. If customers can not 100% relax on this, please also wash the brushes with brush cleaner. But the seaweed powder is really no harm.

Seaweed powder is much more expensive than other glue, we use so expensive material just aim to offer the best makeup brushes to our customers.

Why your makeup brushes are held on customs？

After sending shipments of makeup brushes or the samples, we sometimes get emails from customers which said that the shipments are held on their local customers, which made them very panic as some believe they will not get the shipments any more.

 

In fact, it is normal that the shipments are held in customs, it does not mean that the goods will be leave in customs for ever. If the importer or exporter submit enough and exact documents, the shipments will finally be released from customs.

 

Then why the shipments are held in customs?

 

It is known that there are so huge shipments pass the customs every day. The customs are not able to check all shipments one by one, so they randomly check some shipments by checking the clearance documents offered by importers. If the documents are not enough, misdeclare or not up to local regulations, the customs will pay more attention to the goods and then hold the shipments until they get correct documents.

 

For makeup brushes, the customers/importers should at least submit the invoice and packing list which indicate the quantity and value of the shipment, as well as the detailed description of the makeup brushes, such as the material of the hair, ferrule and handle. If the hair material is animal or wild animal hair, the importers should submit related certificates and approval documents from the makeup brush manufacturers to ensure that the hair will not carry any pathogenic bacteria; if the handle material is wooden, the importers should also submit the fumigation certificate to ensure that no harmful pest etc. If the importers have submitted all essential documents, the customs will not hold the shipment any more.

 

If the makeup brushes are actually natural hair and wooden handle, but the importers declare to be synthetic and plastic on their documents, will also greatly reduce the chance of their shipments to be held on customs, but if they are unfortunately met the unpacking checking, the shipments will also be held on customs, and the makeup brushes will be quarantined at customs until they are tested to be safe

 

So, before custom makeup brushes, customers/importers should completely understand their local regulations on makeup brushes, and require all necessary documents from the makeup brush factory before shipment, then their shipment will not be held on customs.