Palmae: packaging a skincare line from research moodboards to print-ready production

Palmae was a focused packaging project: turn a skincare line into a set of products that could feel coherent on shelf and survive print production. The work needed both aesthetic judgment and production discipline.

Context and scope

The material included product research, color references, skincare packaging benchmarks, product information documents, typography exploration, mockups, dielines, bottle and jar files, box files, final print folders, and exported product visuals. The product set included items such as vitamin C, azelaic acid, glycolic acid, salicylic acid, brightening products, jars, bottles, and boxes.

What I built

I translated the research into a packaging direction that balanced softness, clarity, and product differentiation. Each product needed to feel part of the Palmae family while still being easy to identify. The production work included dielines, label systems, box artwork, mockups, and final print exports.

Design choices

Skincare packaging lives in small details: hierarchy, ingredient legibility, color coding, finish expectations, and how products look together in a set. I kept the system clean enough for a beauty brand but structured enough for real packaging constraints. The dieline and print files were treated as core deliverables, because a beautiful mockup is not finished until production can use it.

What changed

Palmae gained a practical packaging system, not only a visual direction. The product family could be presented in mockups, reviewed as a line, and handed toward print with clearer artwork and structure.

Takeaway

Packaging design is where brand meets manufacturing. The Palmae project carried the idea from moodboard and product research into print-ready files that could actually become products.