Posted on Jun 28, 2023
Northwest scientists help find a green alternative to produce beauty products: algae
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Lipstick made of what?
Paraffin is the most common wax produced worldwide, and it’s relatively common in cosmetics. But paraffin is made from petroleum, and a market has popped up for renewable alternatives to beauty products.
Researchers at Western Washington University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute hope they’ve found the next big thing: wax derived from algae.
The scientists were originally trying to create new biofuels from a substance called alkenone, which is produced by certain ocean phytoplankton. They couldn’t get the biofuel idea to pan out economically, so they shifted their attention to a more promising market.
Now they’ve licensed their formulation to a new company called Upwell Cosmetics with the goal of commercializing the algae-based wax. The researchers say their invention has the potential to replace petroleum-based waxes in products such as lipstick, sunscreen and deodorant.
Read more about how alkenone performs in product trials in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science here.
Paraffin is the most common wax produced worldwide, and it’s relatively common in cosmetics. But paraffin is made from petroleum, and a market has popped up for renewable alternatives to beauty products.
Researchers at Western Washington University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute hope they’ve found the next big thing: wax derived from algae.
The scientists were originally trying to create new biofuels from a substance called alkenone, which is produced by certain ocean phytoplankton. They couldn’t get the biofuel idea to pan out economically, so they shifted their attention to a more promising market.
Now they’ve licensed their formulation to a new company called Upwell Cosmetics with the goal of commercializing the algae-based wax. The researchers say their invention has the potential to replace petroleum-based waxes in products such as lipstick, sunscreen and deodorant.
Read more about how alkenone performs in product trials in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science here.
Northwest scientists help find a green alternative to produce beauty products: algae
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I have no problem with that but I do have problem with idiots in New York City trying to get rid of coal and wood fired ovens which will affect jews, Italians and other ethnic groups and I won't make a difference in New York City because the place is full of crap anyway because they have homeless everywhere and people are defecating on the street and pot smoke per Meats everywhere in New York city so I don't see the point? The Church of the green New Deal enforcing everything while China and other countries pollute like crazy
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