11 Points For Purchasing Cosmetic Bottles

Sep 06, 2022

1. The packaging bottles used in cosmetics are mainly divided into: skin care products (cream, lotion), perfume, essential oils, nail polish and other categories. The capacity is small, and the capacity larger than 200ml is rarely used in cosmetics.


2. Cosmetic bottles are divided into wide-mouthed bottles and narrow-mouthed bottles. Solid pastes generally use wide-mouthed bottles, and should be equipped with chemical aluminum caps or plastic caps. The caps can be used for color spraying and other effects; emulsion or water agent Narrow-mouth bottles are generally used for paste-like bodies, and a pump head should be used. Pay attention to prevent the spring and balls from rusting. Now most pump heads are equipped with glass beads, which are usually tested for the material body. If the cover is equipped with an inner plug, The water agent is equipped with a small hole with the same plug, and the thicker emulsion is equipped with a large hole plug.


3. The selection of plastic bottles is relatively consistent, with many shapes, rich processing techniques, and diverse combinations with bottle caps. Common bottle shapes include cylindrical, oval, flat, prismatic, conical, etc., and manufacturers often develop a series of bottle shapes. The bottle body process includes spraying, transparent, frosted, translucent toning, silk screen printing, bronzing, silver bronzing, etc.


4. Silk screen printing: There are usually two kinds of silk screen printing for plastic bottles. One is high temperature ink screen printing, which is characterized by not easy to decolorize, dull color, and it is difficult to produce purple color tone. The requirements for the ink are higher, otherwise it will fall off easily, and attention should be paid to the disinfection of the bottle.


5. The effect of spraying generally needs to add 0.5 yuan to 1.1 yuan per piece, depending on the area and the difficulty of color matching. The silk screen printing is 0.1 yuan per color. The cylindrical bottle can be calculated as a single color, and the special-shaped bottle is calculated according to two colors or multiple colors , bronzing hot silver 0.4 yuan / paragraph.


6. If the plastic bottle is made by hand, there will be a little deviation in the capacity. When selecting, it should be tested and marked with the correct capacity. For example, the automatic production line is relatively uniform, but the shipment requirements are large and the cycle is relatively long. The capacity is relatively stable.


7. The uneven thickness of the packaging bottle will easily lead to damage, or it is easy to be squeezed by the contents under severe cold conditions. A reasonable capacity should be tested during filling, and paper should be used for transportation and separated individually. Equipped with a color box, the inner support and the middle box can get more anti-vibration effect.


8. The commonly used bottle shapes are usually in stock, such as essential oil bottles, ordinary transparent or frosted bottles. The production cycle of glass bottles is long, and it takes 20 days as fast as possible, and some have a delivery period of 45 days. The general order quantity is 5,000 to 10,000. The smaller the bottle type, the larger the quantity to be made. Affected by high and low seasons.


9. The cost of opening the mold: the manual mold is about 2,500 yuan, the automatic mold is generally about 4,000 yuan, and 1 out of 4 or 1 out of 8 costs about 16,000 yuan to 32,000 yuan, depending on the manufacturer's conditions.


10. The bottle cap process can be used for anodized aluminum lettering, bronzing edges, and etching lines. There are matte and bright colors. Gaskets and inner caps are required. It is best to use pressure-sensitive sheets to enhance the sealing effect.


11. The essential oil bottle is usually brown or colored and colored frosted, which can be protected from light. The cover has a safety ring and can be equipped with an inner plug or dropper. The perfume bottle is generally equipped with a delicate spray pump head or plastic cap.