With the fashion and beauty industries turning a special eye towards the planet, the introduction of refillable products is steadily rising up to be the trend that everyone is accepting. Refillable products aren’t new. In all honestly, we have grown up by watching how mothers and grandmothers have always repurposed soft drink bottles as school water bottles, or small jars as safe spaces to keep condiments. The same now enters the beauty market. You can either purchase refillable pouches or product refills or visit the vendor and get it refilled. However, if you are opting for a self-refill, are you doing it right? Let’s take a look at what might make the process hygienic in nature.
Here are three parameters that you must not ignore while using refillable products.
Inspect the bottle: The first step of repurposing anything is to make a thorough inspection. Check the material and the make of the bottle, jar, tube, spray bottle etc which you will use to refill. Ideally, glass or thick plastic cases are sturdier than any other material. However, even then, check for any cracks, scratches, or leaks. Make sure that there are no molds growing in any little corner of the case. If you notice any of these, discard the case immediately. You may use a different product case to refill or purchase a new product and use that case to refill, from thereon.
Clean the product case: Once you have examined the product case and found that it is safe to use, the next step is to wash and clean it very well, so that no traces of its previous product remains in it. This also includes that the case is devoid of any smell. Any residues might contaminate the next product that you will store in it and it might lead to infection or bacterial / fungal attacks. To clean it well, make a mixture of soap and warm water. Pour it inside the product case and let it rest for a while. Wash it well, after a while and then dry it thoroughly, before filling it with any product.
Prevent cross-contamination: Ideally, store the same product in the product case. Say if you are taking the product case of a petroleum jelly, then after washing, refill it with a petroleum jelly only. In case you absolutely must store a different product, then check that the case is thoroughly cleaned with no residues or smell of the previous product. This often happens in soft drink bottles which are transformed into water bottles, and the water stars smelling and tasting like the soft drink. If the same happens with beauty products which are used directly on the skin, it might lead to dermal outbursts.
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