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Why these are jars What is here Pomade is filled warm And it sets to the shape of the jar Masks are used wet and with slippery hands PP for a product that may be filled hot Double wall is a cosmetic decision Headspace matters for an emulsion A jar is a contamination route And the archetype said none of this References

A pomade is dug out with a thumb. No pump moves it.

Why these are jars

A hair mask, a pomade, a styling cream and a curl cream are thick enough that the user takes them with their fingers. The container has to open wide and let a hand in.

What is here

260 jars: 131 PET single wall, 27 PP single wall, 22 double wall round base, 19 glass straight sided and 15 double wall straight base, with 27 dome lids, 12 lug and twist and 9 round tubs to close them.

Pomade is filled warm

Which the archetype gets right with its warm fill. A wax base poured hot and left to set needs a container that tolerates the fill temperature and does not deform as it cools.

And it sets to the shape of the jar

A straight sided jar releases a set product and a jar with an inward shoulder traps it. For a pomade the straight sided glass jar is the right object and there are 19 of them.

Masks are used wet and with slippery hands

A wide dome lid that comes off with a quarter turn beats a small cap somebody has to grip. The closure is the usability of the product.

PP for a product that may be filled hot

27 PP single wall jars and 73 PP containers in total. Polypropylene tolerates heat better than PET, which matters for a wax or a butter.

Double wall is a cosmetic decision

37 of them across two families. A jar inside a jar reads as premium and loses volume to the gap, and it gives you an outer wall to label.

Headspace matters for an emulsion

A mask that separates looks broken even when it is not. Filling close to the top and choosing a liner that seals reduces the air the emulsion has to fight.

A jar is a contamination route

Fingers go in every time, which is a preservation question rather than a packaging one and it is why these products need real preservative systems.

And the archetype said none of this

Narrow mouth, pump or disc top, for one handed use. Four of the eleven leaves are a jar craft and the archetype describes none of them, which is worth saying plainly.

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.