Cosmetics is a glass bottle or a plastic bottle?

In fact, there is no absolute good or bad for packaging materials. Different products choose the material of packaging materials according to various factors such as brand and cost. The first thing to consider is that only suitable is the starting point of all choices. So how to better judge whether there should be a plastic bottle or a glass bottle based on the current product, then share some of the differences and their advantages and disadvantages below.

1. Plastic bottle:

Advantages of plastic bottles:

Compared with glass products, plastic bottles have lower density, light weight, adjustable transparency, and are not easy to break; plastic bottles have better corrosion resistance, acid and alkali resistance, and impact resistance, and have higher mechanical strength and are easy to shape , lower production loss. Plastic products are easy to color, and colors can be adjusted according to needs, which is easier to meet packaging design requirements. The most important thing is that the cost of plastic bottles is relatively lower than that of glass bottles.

Disadvantages of plastic bottles:

The disadvantages of plastic bottles are also obvious. People’s first impression is that they are not environmentally friendly. The overall appearance is relatively cheap.

2. Glass bottle:

Advantages of glass bottles:

1. The composition of glass is relatively stable, and it is not easy to produce chemical reactions with skin care products. In layman’s terms, skin care products are packed in glass bottles, which are not easy to deteriorate

2. Glass bottles have a high-end feel. Merchants sell skin care products mainly marketing two concepts, appearance + effect. Transparent glass bottles often convey a high-end feeling to consumers, and some transparent or colored ones are filled. Skincare looks great

3. Glass bottles are more convenient and thorough than plastic bottles to sterilize. The easiest and most thorough way to sterilize plastic bottles and packaging materials is to wash them with water and then bake them at high temperature disinfect. There is no problem with washing and baking glass bottles, because 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 to store skin care products is relatively high. Glass bottles are easy to accidentally break, and all skin care products inside will be scrapped, which is too easy to waste. Glass bottles have a fixed shape, large volume and Heavy, not easy to carry when going out.