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Packaging for a new skincare range from Portland.

Five products had to read as one family on the shelf.

Sector

Skincare

Year

2025

Timeline

14 weeks

Project lead

A pink concrete staircase that rises out of a turquoise sea into the sky

The color of the range, at full scale

Mood board

January 2025

A pink concrete staircase that rises out of a turquoise sea into the sky

The color of the range, at full scale

Mood board

January 2025

Five new products on a shelf where every other box shouts.

01

Brief

Tint was new, with five products and a budget for two inks.

The boxes had to stand out next to big brands that print in six colors and foil.

01

Brief

Tint was new, with five products and a budget for two inks.

The boxes had to stand out next to big brands that print in six colors and foil.

01

Brief

Tint was new, with five products and a budget for two inks.

The boxes had to stand out next to big brands that print in six colors and foil.

02

Idea

One color, five strengths.

Each product prints the same rose at its own strength. The number on the box tells you which step.

02

Idea

One color, five strengths.

Each product prints the same rose at its own strength. The number on the box tells you which step.

02

Idea

One color, five strengths.

Each product prints the same rose at its own strength. The number on the box tells you which step.

03

System

One wordmark, one grid, two plates.

A new product needs only a number and a step on the scale.

03

System

One wordmark, one grid, two plates.

A new product needs only a number and a step on the scale.

03

System

One wordmark, one grid, two plates.

A new product needs only a number and a step on the scale.

The full set

Every piece of the launch on one board, the way we presented it.

Launch poster: five columns of the rose from 20 percent to solid, the tint. wordmark below

01

Launch poster

24 × 36 in

Front of the No. 02 Barrier cream carton: black type on unprinted paper, the five-step scale at top right

02

Carton, No. 02

2.2 × 3.4 in

Jar label for No. 04 Night balm, printed in the 80 percent rose

03

Jar label, No. 04

3.5 × 2 in

Insert that shows the five products as a morning and night routine

04

Routine insert

8.5 × 11 in

Lookbook spread: a bathroom photo in black and rose, and the page for No. 03 Hand cream

05

Lookbook spread

11 × 8.5 in

A strip of five 3 ml sample sachets, one for each strength of the rose

06

Sample strip

8 × 3 in

Launch poster: five columns of the rose from 20 percent to solid, the tint. wordmark below

01

Launch poster

24 × 36 in

Front of the No. 02 Barrier cream carton: black type on unprinted paper, the five-step scale at top right

02

Carton, No. 02

2.2 × 3.4 in

Jar label for No. 04 Night balm, printed in the 80 percent rose

03

Jar label, No. 04

3.5 × 2 in

Insert that shows the five products as a morning and night routine

04

Routine insert

8.5 × 11 in

Lookbook spread: a bathroom photo in black and rose, and the page for No. 03 Hand cream

05

Lookbook spread

11 × 8.5 in

A strip of five 3 ml sample sachets, one for each strength of the rose

06

Sample strip

8 × 3 in

A Tint No. 04 box on a red step above soft clouds

Night balm, No. 04

First cartons

Pack

A Tint No. 04 box on a red step above soft clouds

Night balm, No. 04

First cartons

Pack

A hand holds a Tint shopping bag against an orange wall

Shop bag

Stockists, Portland

Pack

A hand holds a Tint shopping bag against an orange wall

Shop bag

Stockists, Portland

Pack

A stack of orange acrylic discs that casts orange light on a white floor

Acrylic

From the brief

Mood

A stack of orange acrylic discs that casts orange light on a white floor

Acrylic

From the brief

Mood

The tint.care home page: a photo of the No. 05 carton and the five products in five strengths of rose

tint.care

Range, routine and stockists on one page

Web

The tint.care home page: a photo of the No. 05 carton and the five products in five strengths of rose

tint.care

Range, routine and stockists on one page

Web

What it did

Numbers from Tint's own sales, spring 2025.

Units sold per product in the first eight weeks, in hundreds

Gel cleanser

42

Gel cleanser

42

Gel cleanser

42

Barrier cream

58

Barrier cream

58

Barrier cream

58

Hand cream

36

Hand cream

36

Hand cream

36

Night balm

29

Night balm

29

Night balm

29

Mineral SPF

47

Mineral SPF

47

Mineral SPF

47

46

shops stocked the range by May

21k

units sold in eight weeks

31%

lower print cost than four colors

“The boxes look calm, and they still stand out on a busy shelf.

“The boxes look calm, and they still stand out on a busy shelf.

Most shops asked for the full range after one look.”

Portrait of Lauren Hayes

Lauren Hayes

Founder, Tint

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