Visiongain, a London based business information consulting service company, has published a 231 page report on the development prospect of materials and uses in the cosmetics packaging market in 2016-2026, which said that the scale of the international cosmetics packaging market is expected to reach US $32.4 billion this year. As the two main forms of cosmetic bottle packaging, what is the future development of plastic and glass packaging?

 

Introduction of Nuo Sheng cosmetics processing, generally speaking, the texture of cosmetics can be divided into solid granules (powder), liquid and emulsion cosmetics, and paste make-up, which makes bottle packaging widely used in cosmetic packaging. At the same time, cosmetic itself does not have a distinctive appearance, it must be through the exquisite and unique packaging design, to be able to show its own characteristics.

 

As far as the current situation is concerned, the advantages of plastic bottle packaging are significant. It is light and cheap, and can be made into various sizes, transparent and opaque. At the same time, the printing performance of plastic bottle packaging is very good, and the instructions, marks and barcodes can be directly printed on the container surface by means of heat transfer printing, ink-jet printing, printing and other methods. In recent years, PET resin has developed rapidly in the application of cosmetic containers, which has led to a great change in plastic instead of glass bottles. Plastic products have occupied more than 80% of the packaging market of cosmetics and become the most important packaging container of cosmetics.

 

Compared with the proportion of plastic, the proportion of glass bottle packaging in cosmetics packaging is less, less than 8%. According to nuosheng cosmetics processing, glass still has irreplaceable advantages in this field, and it is still the first choice material for high-end cosmetics in the short term, which is caused by the following reasons.

 

First, the quality of glass bottle packaging is better than that of plastic bottle. Noble and elegant is the charm of glass bottle. It can be made into frosted or transparent. At the same time, the heaviness of glass bottle can double the trust of consumers and improve the quality of cosmetics, which is impossible for plastic packaging. At present, most perfume bottles are still made of glass bottles. For example, the perfume of women's perfume in BVLGARI, Italy, has a fine tradition of packaging design, streamlined frosted glass bottles to highlight its simple lines, the bottle as a soft emerald green, convey a fresh, elegant and friendly characteristics.

 

Second, the sealing of glass bottle packaging is better. For some cosmetics with whitening and nutritional effects, they contain a lot of nutrients just like food, but they are easily oxidized, which requires their packaging to have excellent sealing performance and block the impact of oxygen on these cosmetics. In addition, volatile perfume also has high requirements for high barrier packaging. Glass bottle has a strong barrier, and is undoubtedly more competent than plastic bottle in protecting contents. Therefore, some high-end cosmetics still take the glass bottle packaging as the first choice.

 

At present, plastic bottle packaging occupies a large share in cosmetic packaging, and it is widely used, but glass bottle packaging also has its irreplaceable advantages. Glass based cosmetic packaging should still take a high-end line in the future, but also to increase its technological content, said nuosheng cosmetics processing.