Hexagon Soap Boxes

Why choose a hexagon over a square box?

A round bar in a rectangular carton leaves four empty corners and a bar that rolls about. A hexagon box wraps closer to the curve. The bar sits in the middle with a little air around it, and the lid closes over it cleanly.

Most makers reach for this style when the soap itself has a shape worth showing: a puck from a round silicone mould, a stamped disc, a wide shampoo bar. Six faces also give you more to print than a tube, and a hexagon stands out on a shelf crowded with oblong boxes.

Our hexagon soap boxes are printed to order in kraft card or white card, with a lid and a base, and made to the size of your bar.

Which round bars fit a hexagon box?

The typical bar here is 70 x 70 x 30 mm, which means a round bar 70 mm across and 30 mm tall. Inside the box we allow about 2 mm each way, so about 1 mm a side. That is enough for the bar to slide in without a fight and not enough for it to slide about. A bar that shrinks as it cures should be measured after it has finished shrinking.

Hexagons are sized across the flats, the distance between two opposite sides. Send us the diameter of your bar and we work the rest out. The corners are left-over room, and some makers drop a folded sheet of tissue in there. Oblong bars are a poor match for this shape, and our guide to soap box sizes by bar weight covers those.

Where do these boxes work best?

Hexagon boxes suit a handful of jobs very well.

• A round bar from a puck mould, boxed so it sits square to the lid.
• Guest soaps for a hotel or bed and breakfast, where every room gets the same neat, shapely box.
• Wedding favours that look finished on a table without any extra wrapping.
• Shampoo bars with a rounded profile, which often run about 65 mm across.
• Bath bombs about 65 mm round, when you want something other than a plain carton.
• A gift shop shelf, where six sides catch the eye among rows of rectangles.

Kraft card or white card?

Kraft card has a natural brown face and suits a handmade, workshop look. Add a white ink panel and a logo or scent name stands out cleanly without covering the whole box. White card takes full colour at its brightest, so a gradient, a botanical drawing or a flat block of colour comes up as you drew it.

Either board can be printed in full colour, or in one or two ink colours when you want a restrained look. You can also print inside the lid, a good spot for a short note or a pattern that only shows once the box is open. Finishes we can add to the quote include matt, gloss, soft-touch, foil, spot varnish and embossing. If kraft is tempting, read about printing your logo on kraft before you decide.

Windows, lids and compartments

The first photo shows a white hexagon box with a die cut window in a botanical shape. Window patches use clear film and can be cut to any shape, so a leaf, a circle or a plain hexagon all work. The film keeps fingers off the bar at a market stall while still showing the colour and swirl underneath.

The second photo shows a two-colour box with its lid lifted off, and the fourth shows a tray with compartments under a white lid. Card inserts can hold a bar, a small sample or a bath bomb in its own space so nothing knocks together. Film is not a seal, so read window patches and moisture if your soaps are still damp.

How does ordering work?

It takes six steps from bar to finished box.

1. Measure the bar across its widest point, note its height in mm and its weight in grams.
2. Choose kraft card or white card, and say whether you want a window patch or an insert.
3. Email or message us your sizes and quantity, and we quote by email within one working day.
4. Approve the free design proof, or ask for changes until it looks right.
5. We print in 4 to 6 working days after you approve the proof.
6. Once printed, the hexagon boxes travel to you tracked and free across the UK mainland, reaching you in 2 to 3 working days.

Ready to begin? Ask for a quote with your bar size and we will take it from there.

Does a cured bar need to breathe?

Cold process bars lose water and shrink slightly as they cure, so wait until yours is properly hard before it goes in a box. Brush off any soda ash from the top first, because ash looks worse pressed against a lid. Hot process and melt and pour bars behave differently, but the rule holds: a dry bar in a dry box.

Card can mark if a bar is still sweating, and strong fragrance oils can bleed into the board over time. A snug lid keeps more scent in than an open tray, though no box makes a bar scent-proof. If you are unsure, box one bar, leave it for a fortnight and then look at the card.

Sets, samples and gift boxes

A tray with compartments turns single bars into a set. Think one full puck and two small ones, or a bar beside a bath bomb of about the same width. Because the lid stays a hexagon, the set still reads as one neat object on the shelf.

For a shop display or a hotel welcome basket, a set like this saves guests from handling loose soap. Tell us what goes in and we plan the spaces. More on that in our range of soap boxes with inserts.

Hexagon sizes at a glance

This is a rough guide only. We size every box to the measurements you send.

Posting hexagon boxes without scuffed corners

Six sides mean six edges to catch. Pack each boxed bar snugly in an outer carton so nothing slides, and fill any gap with paper rather than leaving room to rattle. Our notes on packing soap for posting go through it step by step.

If a box of ours arrives damaged or misprinted, tell us within 10 days and we reprint or refund. Check the proof closely before approving it, because that is the cheapest moment to spot a colour or spelling slip.