Cosmetics Are Good Glass Bottles Or Plastic Bottles?
In fact, there is no absolute good and bad packaging materials only points, different products according to the brand, cost and other factors to choose the material of the package is the first thing to consider, only suitable is the starting point for all choices. So how to better judge according to the current product should have a plastic bottle or glass bottle it, then the following share some of the differences between the two and their advantages and disadvantages.
✔️Plastic bottles
Plastic is a polymer synthetic material with more types. It has the following advantages.
Advantages of plastic bottles
Plastic bottles are less dense than glass products, lightweight, adjustable transparency, not easy to break; plastic bottles have better corrosion resistance, acid and alkali resistance, impact resistance, and has a high mechanical strength, easy to shape, low production losses. Plastic products are easy to color, can be adjusted according to the need for color, easier to achieve the packaging design needs, the most important is that plastic bottles compared to glass bottles, the cost will be relatively low.
Disadvantages of plastic bottles
The disadvantages of plastic bottles are also relatively obvious, not environmentally friendly is the first impression, plastic material is easy to produce chemical reactions with cosmetics, easy to cause cosmetics deterioration, the overall appearance of relatively cheap, not suitable for high-end route.
✔️Glass bottles
Glass bottles are traditional packaging products, which are characterized by bright and transparent, good chemical stability, impermeable, easy to shape, but heavy and easy to break. 80%-90% of glass packaging containers are glass bottles and jars. Usually use soda lime glass bottle density of 2.5-2.6g/cm3, brittle, low thermal conductivity. The use of metal ion coloring agent can be manufactured into emerald green, dark green, light cyan, amber glass.
Advantages of glass bottles
1.The composition of glass is more stable, not easy to produce chemical reactions with skin care products. In layman's terms, it is not easy to spoil skin care products in glass bottles
2.Glass bottles have a sense of seniority, businessmen selling skin care products are mainly marketing two concepts, value + effect, transparent glass bottles tend to convey a sense of seniority to consumers, and filling some transparent or colored skin care products look very good
3.Glass bottles are heavier in weight, more weight in the hand, and feel more material.
4.Glass bottles are more convenient than plastic bottles disinfection, but also more thorough. Plastic bottles, package disinfection is the simplest, most thorough method is to wash, and then high temperature baking disinfection. Glass bottles wash and bake are no problem, because the glass is resistant to high temperatures.
Disadvantages of glass bottles
Glass material is more expensive than plastic material, so the cost of using glass bottles for skin care products is higher, . Glass bottles are easy to accidentally break, all the skin care products inside to scrap, too easy to waste, the glass bottle shape is fixed, large and heavy, not easy to carry when you go out.
