Amber Glass Bottle, Golden White Dropper, 5 ml

This 5 ml glass bottle with a dropper is designed for small amounts of cosmetics that are dispensed drop by drop: facial serums, concentrated oil blends, essential oils, tinctures, or samples from a larger batch. The amber glass reduces the amount of light reaching the contents and helps protect anything that is sensitive to it. At this small volume, the medicine bottle takes up minimal space on a shelf or in a cosmetic bag.

The set is supplied as a ready-made pair of bottle and closure that fit together with no need to match them separately. The dropper in a white and gold finish complements the dark glass, so the set also works as a small gift or retail pack.

How to use the set

The dropper has a glass pipette that reaches almost to the bottom of the bottle, so even the last few drops can be taken out. Squeezing the bulb pushes air out of the pipette, releasing it draws the contents in, and squeezing it again dispenses them drop by drop. This kind of dispensing suits products where the exact amount matters: concentrated serums, blends of active ingredients in oil, or diluted essential oils for spot application.

The gold cap screws onto the neck of the bottle and holds the dropper in the correct position. The length of the pipette matches the height of this medicine bottle, so there is no need to shorten anything or look for a different size.

Both the bottle and the dropper are declared suitable for contact with cosmetic products. The set as a whole is intended for cosmetics.

What the set is suitable for

• Facial serums and oil serums – drop-by-drop dispensing matches the usual consumption of a few drops per use.
• Essential oils and their blends – the contents come into contact mainly with the glass of the bottle and the glass pipette of the dropper.
• Tinctures and alcohol extracts – the dropper allows you to count out the drops precisely.
• Samples and test quantities – 5 ml is enough for a customer to try out a new recipe without filling a larger container.
• Travel pack – a small, light pack of serum or oil for a few days away from home.

Nominal and total volume

The nominal volume of 5 ml is the amount the bottle is designed for in normal filling. The total brimful volume is the physical volume up to the neck, and you will find it in the parameters. The difference between the two values leaves room for the pipette of the dropper, which displaces part of the contents upwards when screwed in, and for the expansion of the contents when the temperature changes. Fill to the nominal volume, not to the brim. If the bottle is overfilled, the contents will overflow through the thread after the dropper is fitted and the closure may not seal.

Good to know

Before first filling, we recommend washing the bottle and the dropper, disinfecting them with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol, and letting them dry completely. Residual water in the pipette or on the glass wall would get into an anhydrous product, where it is not wanted. With water-based products, you need to rely on the preservative system of the formulation itself, as the packaging does not replace it.

After thorough washing, the bottle can be reused. For the dropper, check that the bulb keeps its shape after washing and draws in the contents as well as before.

The contents come into contact mainly with the glass of the bottle and the glass pipette of the dropper. For concentrated essential oils or solvents, we recommend checking how the bulb and the seal of the dropper behave with your specific formulation over a longer period.

You will find closures with the same neck type as stated in the parameters, and ready-made bottle and closure combinations, in the Handymade range. If you make your own combination, we recommend checking the seal and dispensing with your specific formulation. After use, the glass bottle belongs in glass recycling. The dropper combines glass, aluminium, silicone and plastic, so it is taken apart into individual components before sorting.

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