Why Choose Amber Glass for Health and Beauty Products?

Using amber glass to package health and beauty products can help protect consumers from ingesting or applying potentially harmful chemicals that other packaging methods may not prevent. Reasons for using specific amber glass jars, bottles, and vials vary depending on the products they contain. In general, amber glass packaging offers a durable structure, light-filtering properties, easy sterilization, and innovative decorating and labeling options. Read on to find industry specific benefits and product packaging ideas for using amber glass as a go-to container for health and beauty products.

Benefits of Amber Glass in Health and Beauty Product Packaging

The ability to sterilize health and beauty product packaging results in decreased contact with bacteria that may alter contents. Amber glass containers can withstand the high temperatures required to properly sterilize materials. Their various sizes, shapes, and protective caps make it possible to find an amber glass container for any packaging need or design idea. Amber glass is a valuable packaging tool for medical, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical lab industries, and more. In addition to their protective qualities, amber glass containers are aesthetically pleasing packages that can enhance product marketing and sales. 

Pharmaceutical Labs

The natural light-filtering properties of amber glass combined with the benefits of borosilicate glass create a logical packaging option for laboratory materials. Amber borosilicate glass is hydrolytic-resistant, and helps filter both UV and blue light. Using amber borosilicate glass with airtight closures protects acids, alkalis, and other caustic or light-sensitive lab materials from losing strength, or changing composition. Borosilicate glass also has naturally high resistance to thermal shock, which helps keep containers from cracking if chemicals expand. This is especially useful during rapid heating or cooling of chemicals or other lab materials.

Herbal and Holistic

Controlled measuring of essential oils for aromatherapy and other holistic healing treatments is easier with products packed in Euro Dropper amber bottles. Glass doesn’t absorb oil or scent, which helps preserve the natural aroma of plants, flowers, and fruits used to create essential oils. Amber glass provides the added benefit of helping the oil to retain its color and texture. Packaging herbal supplements and vitamins in amber glass bottles with screw caps can aid in preserving the beneficial nutrients they contain, and prevent light absorption.

Skincare

Skincare products packaged in amber glass containers resist discoloration caused by blue light, and retain mineral and vitamin strength. Using small frosted amber glass Boston Round bottles with treatment pumps offers consumer convenience, and is a beautiful packaging option for wrinkle and eye-serums. Packaging facial scrubs and masks in round amber glass jars with lined black plastic screw caps keeps out moisture that could affect product consistency.

Medication

Aside from using Boston Round glass bottles with tamper-evident closures for pills, amber glass containers are beneficial for a variety of medicinal packaging purposes. Use amber glass Blake bottles for packaging liquid medications, as they are chemically inert and are leak-resistant when capped properly.. Medicated ointments, creams, and balms stored in small straight-sided amber glass jars retain their potency longer thanks to the UV filtering properties of amber colored containers. Amber glass does not absorb or chemically alter the medications it holds, so it can help support product purity as well.

Cosmetics

Cosmetics packaging applications for round amber glass vials are abundant. Topped with a stainless-steel or plastic roller ball and a PP cap, uses include lip gloss, perfume, and, in recent years, cream-to-powder-eye shadow. Using small amber glass bottles with treatment pumps for concealer can prolong its shelf-life, and potentially keep the product ingredients from separating. Get creative and use black phenolic brush caps with glass vials to package lipsticks or nail polish. The classic look and smooth texture of amber glass cosmetics jars provides limitless options to create a cohesive, eye-catching package design.

Amber glass provides clear benefits for packaging health and beauty products, but it is important to remember that a major part of any container is having the right closure. Berlin Packaging's Studio 111 team works with you every step of the way to design structural packaging solutions, right down to choosing bottles and closures.