For lip balm and skincare makers
Inventory and costing software for lip balm and skincare makers. Know what every tube really costs.
Your formula is in percents, your butters come by the pound, and one batch fills 50 tubes or 12 jars. You need the cost of one tube, and a lot number and expiry date on every batch. Every feature for $19. Tell us how you work and we set it up for you, free.
- Cost per tube: $0.76 in our example
- Lots and expiry
- Can make
Updated . Example prices checked on supplier sites the same month.
What lip balm and skincare makers see on day one
From materials on the shelf to a real cost per tube
01 · Cost per unit
The true cost of one tube or jar
List the butters, oils, waxes and scent for one batch, and the tube or jar for each unit. Stockria prices every line from what you paid and shows the cost of one tube.
02 · Lots and expiry
A lot number and expiry date on every batch
Make a batch and the ingredients come off the shelf in grams. Release it and it gets a lot number and an expiry date, so you know what to sell first and what to pull.
03 · Can make
How many more can I make?
Each product shows how many you can make from the ingredients and containers on hand, and which one runs out first. Reorder shea butter before it stops a batch.
A worked example
What one tube really costs: $0.76
Peppermint lip balm. A small lip balm maker often makes 200 to 250 g at a time and fills 50 tubes of 0.15 oz. This example makes 220 g and loses 3% in the pot.
| Material | Used | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Beeswax pastilles$12.71 for 1 lb | 72.6 g | $2.03 |
| Shea butter$8.30 for 1 lb | 72.6 g | $1.33 |
| Sweet almond oil$4.65 for 1 lb | 71.06 g | $0.73 |
| Vitamin E (T-50)$10.17 for 2 oz | 1.1 g | $0.20 |
| Peppermint flavor oil$10.95 for 2 fl oz | 2.64 g | $0.49 |
| Lip balm tube with cap (0.15 oz)$36.62 for 100 pieces | 50 | $18.31 |
| Labour: 45 min at $20.00/hr | $15.00 | |
| Total for 50 tubes | $38.09 | |
| Cost per tube | $0.76 | |
At a 60% margin the price is $1.90 per tube. See every step in how to price a tube of lip balm, or change the numbers below.
Where the example prices come from
- Beeswax pastilles: $12.71 for 1 lb, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- Shea butter: $8.30 for 1 lb, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- Sweet almond oil: $4.65 for 1 lb, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- Vitamin E (T-50): $10.17 for 2 oz, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- Peppermint flavor oil: $10.95 for 2 fl oz, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- Lip balm tube with cap (0.15 oz): $36.62 for 100 pieces, from Wholesale Supplies Plus, checked October 4, 2026.
- 4 oz amber glass jar with lid: $1.46 for 1 piece, from Specialty Bottle, checked October 4, 2026.
Prices change and shipping is extra. They are here to make the example real, not as a quote. Put your own prices in the calculator.
Try it with your own cosmetics numbers
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The share of the price you keep as profit. 50% means the price is twice your cost.
Example prices, October 2026. Change them to yours.
Cost per container
$0.76
Sell at $1.90 for a 60% margin, a profit of $1.14 each.
Keep this recipe. Stockria saves it with your materials, so the cost updates when a price changes and each batch you make takes stock off the shelf.
Straight answers
What lip balm and skincare makers ask before they switch
"My formula is in percents, not grams."
Write the formula as percents and the batch size once. The calculator turns each percent into grams and prices it from the pack you bought. In Stockria the recipe holds the grams for one batch, so a bigger batch is one change.
"I need a lot number and an expiry date on every batch."
Every batch you release gets a lot number, and an expiry date if the product has a shelf life. Anything that goes on skin can be traced back to the batch and the materials that made it.
"I make many products from the same butters and oils."
Each butter and oil is one material, used by every recipe that needs it. Stockria shows how many of each product you can still make from what is on the shelf, and which material runs out first.
"I don't want a bill that grows every time I get busy."
It doesn't. Stockria is a flat monthly price. It does not change with your orders, your sales or your number of items. Pro is $19 a month. You only move to a bigger plan when you add more people or more locations.
"I don't want to pay extra to unlock batches or work orders."
You won't. Every feature is on every plan, Free included: recipes, work orders, work in progress, lots and expiry dates, machines and labour, purchase orders and reports. Plans only differ by items, users and locations. Free covers 250 items, and raw materials count as items.
An honest comparison
What lip balm and skincare makers use today, and what it costs
Public prices, checked in October 2026. If something has changed, email hello@stockria.com and we fix the page. If you plan production across several factories with a full-time planner, a manufacturing platform is the better fit. Stockria is built for the small workshop.
Common questions
Questions from lip balm and skincare makers
Look for recipes that cost each unit from what you paid, ingredients in grams from packs bought by the pound, and a lot number and expiry date on every batch. Stockria has all of these on every plan, including the free one.
The free cosmetics calculator takes percents and a batch size and turns them into grams. In Stockria, save the grams for one standard batch as the recipe. When you make a bigger batch, Stockria scales the amounts for you.
Yes. Give a product a shelf life and every released batch gets an expiry date with its lot number. Stock lists show what expires first, so the oldest batch sells first.
Yes. Each batch has a lot number, and the lot shows the ingredients that went into it. That matters for anything that goes on skin, and if you ever need to pull a batch.
Yes. Make the infused oil as its own product with its own recipe, then use it as one line in the balm or the butter. The cost rolls up through both.
The free plan has every feature, with limits on items, users and locations. Ingredients, tubes, jars and labels each count as an item. Paid plans add more when you need them.
Pricing
One flat price.
Everything included.
No surprises.
Every feature on every plan. You move up only when your team or locations grow, never for a feature, never a surprise.
Free
All features included. No credit card required.
Free
Free forever. No credit card, no trial that expires.
- Up to 250 items
- 1 user
- 1 location
- All integrations
Pro
All features included. For growing businesses.
$19
/mo
Flat price. You move up only when your team or locations grow, never for a feature.
- Unlimited items
- 2 users
- 2 locations
- All integrations
- free setup assistance
Business
All features. For growing teams and a few locations.
$39
/mo
Flat price. You move up only when your team or locations grow, never for a feature.
- Unlimited items
- 8 users
- 5 locations
- All integrations
- priority support
- free setup assistance
Growth
For bigger teams and multi-location operations.
$89
/mo
Flat price. You move up only when your team or locations grow, never for a feature.
- Unlimited items
- 25 users
- Unlimited locations
- All integrations
- priority support
- dedicated onboarding
Why it costs less
No setup fees, no per-item pricing, and no expensive sales and onboarding to pay for. Stockria is built lean and earns more only when your business grows into more users or locations. That is the whole model, and it is why your price stays flat and will not jump on you as you add products.
Switch plans or cancel anytime. All plans include: barcode scanning, low-stock alerts, reorder points, stock counts, stock adjustments, stock transfers, purchase orders, sales orders, customer quotes, pick lists, returns, partial receiving and payments, product variants, bills of materials, manufacturing orders, lot and batch tracking, serial numbers, multi-location tracking, team access with custom roles, activity history, check-in/check-out, custom fields, price lists, cost tracking, barcode label printing, reports, dashboards, CSV import/export, offline mode, Shopify, Amazon, Square, QuickBooks, and Xero sync, and many more features.
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