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Clariant Creates Exotic Effects for Fiji Blend Inc.

August 24, 2005

By: Jamie Matusow

Editor-in-Chief

Clariant Creates Exotic Effects for Fiji Blend Inc.

When Fiji Blend Inc., Santa Monica, CA, wanted a striking look for its proprietary line of products for indoor skin tanning salons, it turned to Clariant Masterbatches for just the right effect. The design work was handled at the Clariant ColorWorks Technical and Design Center located in McHenry, Ill.

“I had seen a sample bottle that shimmered like jewels,” said Scott Freeman, chief operating officer of Fiji Blend. “That was what we needed. A package you remembered – two days or two years later.”

The Fiji Blend products are packaged in tottles with a wide mouth flip/snap cap. The “Spectrachrome” three-dimensional color flip masterbatches are a red/gold/orange, a blue/green/purple and a bronze/gold/green sparkle. The tottles are a bi-layer structure made of HDPE and blowmolded by Precision Blow Molding in Fullerton, CA. Distribution and project management for Fiji Blend was handled by Tricor Braun in Cerritos, CA.

More information on Clariant Masterbatches, contact Laurie Warner, (401) 438-4080; Fax: (401) 438-4680; Email: [email protected];
Website: www.clariant.masterbatches.com.

Britto Fragrances Topped with Rexam Pumps
Genesis International Marketing, Miami, FL, chose Rexam Dispensing Systems to supply the low profile pump needed to complete the modern look of its Britto fragrances. Romero Britto is a contemporary artist based in South Beach, FL, and Britto Man eau de toilette and Britto Woman eau de parfum are the first
fragrances to carry his name.

The pumps, featuring Rexam’s patented Crimpless System, come with anodized silver collars and actuators to enhance the look of the Britto bottles. The pumps’ spray aperature inserts are also colorful accents—magenta for Woman and blue for Man.

More information: (914) 251-8420; Website: www.rexam.com/beautyandclosures.

Risdon-AMS Creates Aveda Package
Risdon-AMS, Watertown, CT, supplies the entire primary packaging for the environmentally-friendly Aveda lipstick package. The package is made with plastic and metal components that are produced from post-consumer (recycled) materials. The lipstick is designed with a refillable cartridge.

The lipstick cap, featuring the Aveda logo, has a unique reverse taper and is molded of flax-filled, recycled polypropylene material. The lipstick’s A-shell is made of recycled aluminum with an inner body and cam molded in post-consumer high impact polystyrene material.

The refill lipstick cartridge is protected by a dust cover made of recycled polypropylene material. Only the Aveda case product cup, made of acetal, is constructed of non-recycled material.

More information: (860) 417-1100; Website: www.risdon-ams.com.

CCL Container Brings Form and Function to Pierre Cardin Product
When Long Island-based Aladdin Fragrances, a division of The Northern Group, decided to add a post-foaming shave gel to its Pierre Cardin Grooming Essentials line, the packaging demanded more than a traditional container.

CCL Container, Hermitage, PA, supplies an upscale aluminum packaging and its ABS delivery system for both the fashion look and demanding functions necessary. ABS is CCL’s proprietary barrier systems that consists of a hermetically sealed, multilayered laminate pouch, which guarantees separation of product from pressurizing agent.

CCL’s brushed aluminum container has the high fashion look necessary for the upscale line, while the ABS bag-in-can system assures product purity until the moment of use and a consistent delivery of the product. More information: call Ed Martin, (203) 852-1962; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.cclcontainer.com.

Instant Foamers and Sun Care Products: Perfect Together
Sara Lee chose easy-to-use one-touch foamers from Airspray International to top off its Delial suncare products line, which rolled out recently in Europe. The instant foam dispensers provide light and smooth amounts of products, especially helpful with sun care products for even, comfortable application. For more information, call David Stob, Airspray International (954) 972-7750, or Website: www.airspray.net.

Beauticontrol Chooses Sprayguard
When the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) mandated that products containing 10% or more hydrocarbon emissions must have non-removable or CRC packaging systems by October 2002, certain packaging had to change.

BeautiControl needed a way to get the packaging for its Herbal Body Oil into compliance. TricorBraun was already working on a way to make fine mist sprayers non-removable.

Models were made within two weeks after receiving the order, closures were manufactured and the SprayGuard was submitted to the CPSC for testing and passed with flying colors.

More information: (314) 569-3633; Website: www.tricorbraun.com.