Cosmetic glass bottle packaging still has irreplaceable advantages

As the two main forms of cosmetic packaging, what is the future development of plastic and glass packaging?

Broadly speaking, the texture of cosmetics is divided into solid granular (powder), liquid and emulsion, and paste. Such forms make bottle packaging widely used in cosmetic packaging. At the same time, because cosmetics themselves do not have a distinct appearance, they must be designed with exquisite and unique packaging to reflect their own characteristics.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the advantages of plastic bottles are obvious. It is lightweight and inexpensive, and can be produced in a variety of sizes, transparent or not. At the same time, the printing performance of plastic bottles is excellent, and the instructions, logos and barcodes can be directly printed on the surface of the container by thermal transfer, inkjet, printing and different processes. And in recent years, PET resin has developed rapidly in the application of cosmetic containers, which has contributed to a major shift in replacing glass bottles with plastics.

However, glass packaging still has irreplaceable advantages in this field, and is still the preferred packaging material for high-end cosmetics in the long run, for the following two reasons.

First, the texture of glass bottles is better than that of plastic bottles. Noble and elegant is the charm of glass bottles, which can be frosted or transparent; at the same time, the heavy feeling of glass bottles can also double the trust of consumers and improve the grade of cosmetics, which cannot be achieved by plastic packaging. For example, well-known top-end perfumes such as CHANEL and Dior have always been packaged in glass bottles, simply to show the style of their products. To a certain extent, the use of glass bottle packaging is equated with top-end grades.

Second, the sealing of the glass bottle is better. For some cosmetics with whitening and skin care functions, they contain a lot of nutrients like food, but they are easily oxidized, thus their packaging needs to have excellent sealing to block the influence of oxygen on these cosmetics. Glass bottles have strong barrier properties and undoubtedly have additional advantages than plastic bottles in protecting the contents. Therefore, glass bottles are still the first choice of packaging for cosmetic manufacturers who take the high-end route.

Therefore, in the field of cosmetic packaging, glass bottle packaging still has distinct and irreplaceable advantages.