MINNESOTA
The glue-stick-like
plastic tubes that
house Olio e Osso’s
tinted balms travel
by rail from a factory
in Minnesota to the
brand’s Oregon studio.
PORTLAND
The formula is
mixed in small batches
at the studio, then
poured into the tubes.
The outer stickers—
sourced just outside
of Portland—
are then added.
OKLAHOMA CITY
USPS picks up the
orders directly from
the studio and gets
them to their final
destination by truck.
OLIO E OSSO
OHIO
The finished, filled
tubes then make
their way by truck to
a warehouse a few
hundred miles west.
OKLAHOMA CITY
An order to be
delivered to OKC
would likely travel from
Ohio to Oklahoma
by truck, says Glossier.
URBAN
DECAY
CHINA
EAST COAST
While the packaging
components
that make up an
Urban Decay Naked2
Eyeshadow Palette
are being produced
in a factory in Asia,
the makeup itself is
being made on the
East Coast. “We like
to make the actual
[product] that goes
on your face in facto-
ries where we can
be on the ground floor
and have a lot of con-
trol,” says cofounder
Wende Zomnir.
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
The empty palettes
and the shadows
make their way, by
boat, to the Dominican
Republic, where
assembly takes place.
FLORIDA
Shadows plus package
get on another boat,
headed back to the
U.S. “We might do an
emergency shipment
here or there by plane,”
says Zomnir. “But you
can get the same result
by planning ahead and
shipping it on a boat.”
NEW JERSEY
The palettes are
then trucked to the
brand’s warehouse.
OKLAHOMA CITY
One more trip—likely
by truck—and the
shimmering shadows
are in a customer’s
hands.
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