Amber Plastic Bottle, White Flip Top Cap, 18/410, 10 ml

A small amber PET bottle with a capacity of 10 ml and a white flip top cap make up a ready-made packaging set that can be filled straight after unpacking. The amber plastic reduces the amount of light reaching the contents, so the set is especially suitable for facial and body oils, oil serums and blends whose ingredients lose stability in light. The cap opens with a single movement and the contents are dispensed through the opening drop by drop or in a small amount, without unscrewing. The bottle can therefore serve as a sample for customers, a travel size or a small reservoir for an oil that is used regularly throughout the day.

PET is light and, unlike glass, does not shatter when dropped, so you can send the bottle by post or carry it in a bag. Both the bottle and the cap are declared suitable for contact with cosmetic products. Only the bottle has a separate certificate for direct food contact; the set as a whole is intended for cosmetics.

What the set is suitable for

• Oils and oil serums – liquid contents flow smoothly out of the opening in the cap, and the amber plastic protects oils prone to oxidation from light.
• Essential oil blends in a carrier oil – diluted blends for massage, the bath or the skin can be dispensed drop by drop straight from the bottle.
• Samples and travel sizes – a volume of 10 ml is enough to try out a product or for a few days of travel, and the flip top keeps the bottle closed even in a toiletry bag.
• Liquid serums and toners – low-viscosity water-based formulations are dispensed through the opening in the same way as oils; you only need to tilt the bottle.

Filling and dispensing

The volume of 10 ml is the nominal volume, that is, the amount the bottle is designed to hold during normal filling. The brimful volume is the physical volume up to the neck and is slightly larger. The difference leaves room for the cap and for the expansion of the contents when the temperature changes. Fill the bottle to the nominal volume, not to the brim, otherwise the contents will be pushed out when you close it.

Pour in the contents only after they have cooled. The bottle must be protected from heat; a hot oil phase or a freshly boiled infusion could deform it. With a 10 ml volume, filling with a small funnel or a syringe works well, so that the contents do not remain on the thread and the cap seats properly.

The flip top cap dispenses liquid to medium-thick contents best. Thick creams, body butters or high-viscosity gels are hard to push through a small opening and dry out in the neck. For such formulations, a jar or a bottle with a different type of closure is more suitable.

Good to know

Before the first filling, wash the bottle and the cap, disinfect them with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol and leave them to dry completely. Residual water in the neck dilutes the contents and shortens the shelf life of an unpreserved cosmetic product.

The set can be reused. After emptying, wash the bottle with warm water and washing-up liquid, wash the cap separately and clean the opening so that no oil residue remains in it. Repeat the disinfection before refilling.

Do not expose the bottle to aggressive chemicals. For formulations with a high proportion of alcohol or solvents, we recommend checking how the plastic behaves on a single bottle before you fill the whole batch.

The bottle has an 18 mm neck. If the flip top does not suit you, you will find closures with the same neck type as well as ready-made combinations in the Handymade range. If you make your own combination, we recommend checking the tightness, the dispensing and the behaviour of the packaging with your specific formulation.

The bottle is made of PET and the cap of PP. These are two different plastics, so separate them before recycling.

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