White Plastic Bottle, Transparent Flip Top, 200 ml

The white plastic 200 ml bottle with a clear flip top cap is a ready-made set for cosmetics that you can dispense with one hand, without unscrewing anything. It suits shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, liquid soaps, body lotions and facial toners. The bottle is made of PET, so it is light and will not break if you drop it in the shower. The opaque white plastic limits the amount of light reaching the contents, which you will appreciate with formulations containing vegetable oils or active ingredients that lose their effect or change colour in light. The cap is made of PP and is clear, so you can see through the lid whether any dried product has been left in the opening.

Both the bottle and the cap are declared suitable for contact with cosmetic products, and the declarations of conformity are provided with the product. Only the bottle has a separate certificate for direct food contact. The set with the flip top cap as a whole is intended for cosmetics.

How the set is used

You open the lid with your thumb, squeeze the bottle to dispense the contents or pour them by tilting the bottle, and close the opening again by snapping the lid shut. This type of dispensing suits liquid and medium-thick products that should flow smoothly but not run out on their own. Thick creams and butters are difficult to squeeze through the opening in the lid, so they belong in a jar or container instead. Thin oils and toners, on the other hand, flow quickly, so expect less precise dispensing with them.

The set consists of a bottle with a 24/410 neck finish and a cap with the same thread. You can find other closures with this neck finish, as well as ready-made combinations, in the Handymade range. If you are making your own combination, we recommend checking the seal, the dispensing and the behaviour of the packaging with your specific formulation.

Suitable for products such as

• Shower gels and shampoos – rinse-off products that you dispense with a wet hand, when unscrewing a cap would be inconvenient.
• Conditioners and liquid soaps – medium-viscosity products that flow smoothly through the flip top opening.
• Body lotions and light emulsions – they are easy to squeeze out of the soft PET bottle, and the white plastic also protects emulsions containing vegetable oils from light.
• Toners and facial waters – they are dispensed onto the palm or a cotton pad. For very thin liquids, consider a pump instead.

Filling and volume

The bottle is filled up to its nominal volume, that is 200 ml, not to the brim. The total volume up to the neck is always larger, and the difference provides room for the cap, the air gap above the contents and the expansion of the product when the temperature changes. If you filled the bottle to the neck, the product would be pushed out through the thread when closing and the flip top would not seal.

Good to know

• Preparation before the first filling – wash the bottle and the cap, disinfect them with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol and let them dry completely. Residual water in the packaging reduces the stability of the product.
• Reuse – the packaging can be washed and filled again. Before reusing it, check that the lid hinge holds and that the opening seals after the lid is snapped shut.
• Essential oils and solvents – concentrated essential oils, a higher proportion of alcohol and aggressive chemicals can attack the plastic. With such contents, we recommend testing the behaviour of the packaging on a single piece first.
• Recycling – the bottle is made of PET and the cap of PP. Separate them before disposal so that they can be sorted by material.

Frequently asked questions