White Glass Bottle, Lotion Pump, 10 ml

White glass medicine bottle, 10 ml with an 18 mm plastic lotion pump is a ready-made set for small packs of creams, serums and gels. The opaque white glass limits the light reaching the contents, which you will appreciate with formulations containing oils, vitamins or light-sensitive plant extracts. The black pump dispenses the contents in small doses, so you do not need to reach into the bottle with your fingers and the product is used up gradually without unnecessary contact with air. The 10 ml volume suits samples, eye creams, topical preparations and travel sizes.

The whole set is declared suitable for contact with cosmetics; you will find the declaration of conformity with the product. The set is not intended for contact with food.

What it is suitable for

• Creams and emulsions – day and night creams, hand creams or eye creams in a travel or trial size. The pump always dispenses approximately the same amount, which makes application to small areas easier.
• Gel serums – hydrating serums with a gel consistency, which would be difficult to dispense from a dropper.
• Customer samples – a small pack for trying out a formulation before buying the full size. White glass looks uniform in a gift or trial pack and does not show the contents.
• Test batches – when fine-tuning a new emulsion, it is enough to make a small amount and see how it behaves in the finished packaging with a pump.

How to work with the set

The bottle is filled through the neck, not through the pump. With a narrow neck, a needleless syringe or a small filling funnel has proven useful, and thicker creams can be pressed in with a spatula. Let the emulsion cool to room temperature before filling.

The pump is supplied with a dip tube that is longer than this bottle needs. Before the first assembly, shorten it so that it reaches just above the bottom and does not bend against the wall. After screwing the pump on, press it several times until the tube and mechanism fill and the contents start to come out. One press dispenses approximately 0.12 ml, an amount suitable for the eye area, lips or a smaller area of skin.

The nominal volume is the amount the packaging is intended for under normal filling. The total brimful volume, given in the parameters, is the physical volume up to the neck. The difference between them is taken up by the tube and the pump mechanism. Fill up to the nominal volume, not to the brim, otherwise part of the contents will be pushed out when the pump is screwed on.

Good to know

• Preparation before the first filling – wash the bottle, disinfect it with isopropyl alcohol or ethanol and let it dry completely. It is enough to rinse the pump by pumping clean water through it and letting it drain.
• Reuse – the glass withstands repeated washing, and the pump is cleaned by pumping warm water through it. If the mechanism becomes stuck with dried cream, it is easier to replace it.
• Formulations with alcohol or essential oils – the pump is made of polypropylene, which withstands common cosmetic raw materials. With a higher proportion of alcohol or essential oils, we recommend checking the behaviour of the seal and the tube directly with your formulation.
• Closures – you will find other closures with the same neck type, given in the parameters, and ready-made combinations in the Handymade range. For your own combination, we recommend checking the tightness and dispensing with the specific formulation.
• Recycling – once used up, unscrew the pump; the glass goes in glass recycling and the PP pump in plastics recycling.

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