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The use case decides the closure What is here for it The packer bottle is the format The large end is the back bar And the refill market is growing on the same numbers Conditioner is thicker than shampoo Leave-in is often a spray Clear or white is the real choice Hot fill is a PET question This is the half the archetype describes exactly References

Used with wet hands and shut eyes. That is the entire closure brief.

The use case decides the closure

A shower, wet hands, eyes closed, one hand holding the bottle. A screw cap fails that test and a disc top passes it, which is why the archetype names one handed use.

What is here for it

349 bottles, led by 81 PET packers, 48 PET Boston rounds and 46 HDPE packers, with 26 disc tops, 16 flip tops and 39 lotion pumps.

The packer bottle is the format

Straight wall, wide label panel, stable base, and available across the sizes this craft uses. It is also the bottle most able to carry a Drug Facts panel if a claim arrives.

The large end is the back bar

187 containers over 16 oz and 54 over 32 oz. A salon buys a litre and decants into a dispenser, which is a genuine market the archetype's 500 mL ceiling did not anticipate.

And the refill market is growing on the same numbers

A large container with a plain closure sold against a small one with a pump. Two containers, one product, and this shelf serves both ends.

Conditioner is thicker than shampoo

Which matters at the closure rather than the bottle: the same orifice that works for a shampoo is slow for a conditioner, and the same pump may not lift it.

Leave-in is often a spray

And a fine mist sprayer is not well represented here. For a leave-in sold as a spray, the shelf is thinner than the bottle count suggests.

Clear or white is the real choice

169 clear and 141 white. Clear sells the color of the product and shows how little is left; white hides both and protects from light.

Hot fill is a PET question

The archetype says warm fill and PET has a limit. For a product filled above about 50 degrees C, confirm the bottle is specified for it rather than assuming.

This is the half the archetype describes exactly

Pourable to medium, pump or disc top, one handed, PET and HDPE, 50 to 500 mL. Four of eleven leaves fit that sentence perfectly and the shelf serves them well.

References

The archetype behind this shelf is pc-lotion: 50 to 500 mL, narrow mouth, lotion pump or disc top or flip top, PET and HDPE, warm fill, medium viscosity, an emulsion, with "pourable to medium lotion, pump or disc top for one handed use" as its stated reason. All eleven leaves sit on it, including the jar crafts and the two that are not emulsions at all.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The hair care shelf is 1,261 rows: 628 containers and 633 closures. 5 mL to 2,000 mL with a median of 237; 370 containers over 6 oz, 330 over 8 oz, 187 over 16 oz and 54 over 32 oz. 342 PET, 110 glass, 94 HDPE, 73 PP, 9 steel. 349 bottles, 260 jars, 9 tins, 5 tubs and pails, 3 jugs and 2 tubes. Closures: 384 continuous thread, 43 dropper assemblies, 39 lotion pumps, 27 dome lids, 26 disc top, 16 flip top, 14 phenolic, 12 lug and twist, 11 treatment pumps, 9 round tubs, 7 buttress. Necks: 86 at 89-400, 70 at 38-400, 59 at 24-410, 58 at 70-400, 51 at 28-410, 42 at 45-400.

Written from 21 CFR part 358 subpart H, 21 CFR 201.66 and the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. Whether a particular product is a cosmetic or a drug turns on its intended use, which is established by what you say about it; no page here can make that determination for you. Cosmetic labeling, facility registration and product listing are covered in the grooming property and not repeated.