Let Alliance Packaging be your R&D lab

We had a customer visit today from sunny California.  He had high praise for our R&D lab and our Quality personnel as we helped them develop a new product and advise on appropriate labeling to comply with  FDA label guidelines.  KUDOS to our staff for helping our customer expand their product line and ultimately increase their sales with us.

The lesson of the Whitetail Fawn

This was taken this past week out the kitchen window at the Pied Piper's house.  Mother and son hanging out looking for ??  The little guy was curious what was going on at the table,  (envelope stuffing for a non profit fund raiser).  But what struck me watching for a while was the use of shade and woods that protected the deer from over exposure to the sun and the use of the background available to keep them as invisible as possible..  You could argue that it is their natural instincts to remain camouflaged to the human eye.  A dappled fawn in dappled sunlight is near invisible. And sunburn is not among the probems white tailed deer have around here!
Sun Screen and Camo paints...we make em!  But not for deer!

Alliance Packaging Group Posts Record...

The American Small Business can not be held down.  The American Economy can not be held down.  The American Worker can be held down. Together we are stronger and better than ever.

Kudos to Shawn and her hard working crews for delivering a record setting month in production.  More product went in and out our doors in April 2013 than ever before.  Good Clients.  Good front office, good production.  All GOOD!  We had a little cake to celebrate

Lipstick versus Lip Balm-Ask Dr. Ginger!

One of our fine providers of flavors and fragrances has a great blog.  Below is a recent entry.  Sometimes this blog writes itself!
The Pied Piper

Dear Dr. Ginger-
As an avid lipstick-wearer, I’m really getting sick of the awful taste of it. Lately I’ve been switching to lip balm or lip gloss because of the nasty taste of lipstick and I’ve found the others to be a more desirable taste. Why does lipstick taste so bad and why can’t they taste like lip balm?
-Cosmetics Consume-r


Dear Cosmetics Consume-r,
You mean that your tube of “fruit punch” lipstick doesn’t taste wonderful? I feel your pain- I can’t say I enjoy the taste of lipstick either. That’s partly because you’re not supposed to eat lip stick.
There are many rumors of women consuming three to 10 pounds of lipstick in their lifetime, which has been dis-proven many times. That number may be outlandish, but it is still possible for women to consume more lipstick than they should.
The main reason for why lipstick doesn’t taste good is that is made of chemicals. There are some (not all) lipsticks out there that are not actually approved for human consumption. If you are afraid of this, you should research the product online first.
Of course, some of the non-natural lip balms that are flavored are actually full of chemicals, too, which isn’t always best for you, either. It is best to avoid these and look for natural ingredients in lip balms as these are actually beneficial to your health!
My advice to you is to look for more natural lip color products to replace your typical lipstick tube or switch to lip balm or lip gloss. Lip balm and lipstick both have their own benefits so it is really up to the wearer what product they want to use. For example, lipstick is used for coloring, and lip balm is to protect your lips from drying up.
To answer your overall question: a typical lipstick has chemicals that don’t taste so great. Look for lip balms or lipsticks that are full of natural ingredients. These are great for you and taste much better.
If you’ve got a flavor of lip balm you want, you should let your favorite flavor company know and recommend Northwestern Extract to get a specific flavor!
Hopefully this answers your question.
Write back soon!
-Dr. Ginger