Bioglitter™: The World's Only Certified Fresh Water
Biodegradable Glitter Brand

THE BIOGLITTER® JOURNEY… so far…   

How it all started

Through conversations with selected forward-thinking cosmetics manufacturers in 2010, we became increasingly aware of the potential problems of small plastic particles in the environment. As a glittering company, we feel a responsibility to help in any way we can and provide environmentally friendly alternatives.

It takes time to forge a new path forward, and we inevitably find a lot of ways not to! This is a huge challenge, however, Bioglitter is the culmination of years of research and development. A wide range of eco-friendly flash products, most of which are certified by TÜV Austria “OK Biodegradable Water”. It is considered to be the highest certification level of its kind in the world.

Original game changer – Bioglitter^® SPARKLE

In 2016, we officially launched Bioglitter®, a metallic effect glitter, to the global market Bioglitter^® SPARKLE. The world’s first flash agent with independent evidence of very high performance in natural freshwater biodegradation tests.

The product was well received and remains so today, winning the first award in the global cosmetics sector, the Gold Award for Innovation 2017, as well as the latest award PCHI Fountain Award China 2019 Green & Sustainable Category Winner.

Bioglitter^® At the heart of SPARKLE is a special, high-tech form of naturally occurring biodegradable cellulose that is unique to Bioglitter. The core itself has excellent ecological credentials; Certified for composting in industrial compost (EN13432, EN14995, ASTM D6400, ISO17088) and home composting environments (TÜV OK compost HOME) and biodegradable wastewater with ISO15986 approval. However, simply talking about the biodegradability benefits of the glitter core does not confirm the biodegradability performance of the actual finished product or the glitter product as a whole.

Through independent testing to ISO14851 and ISO14852 fresh water biodegradability, a level of testing significantly harder than composting, and waste water biodegradation, we proved that the complete Bioglitter^® SPARKLE product, core, coatings and all, biodegrades very well in the very challenging natural environment of rivers and lakes. The test showed the majority of the product degraded away in just a month.  This very high level performance, official expressed as ‘biodegradability well progressed’, was only 3 percentage points away from meeting the incredibly high performance criteria required to achieve TÜV’s fresh water biodegradable certification.

This result proved the technical principles of our base technology, manufacturing methods and Bioglitter^® would biodegrade unhindered after conversion to a finished Bioglitter^® product. With this we had a solid foundation on which to build our R&D efforts.

Bioglitter^® PURE, the World’s first independently certified fresh water biodegradable glitter

With Bioglitter^® SPARKLE providing us with a solid foundation on which to build and develop, we innovated a new product, TÜV ‘OK biodegradable WATER’ certified Bioglitter^® PURE. A level of certification considered the highest of its kind in the world.

In 2018 we launched the prototype version of Bioglitter^® PURE at the largest cosmetic raw materials industry exhibition, in-cosmetics global and again received international acclaim, picking up a second in-cosmetics global – Gold for Innovation 2018.

Bioglitter^® PURE uses the same cellulose core as Bioglitter^® SPARKLE, but we’ve combined that with a novel coating technology.

Opalescent Effect Glitter Reinvented – Bioglitter^® PURE

Due to the physical and chemical properties of naturally derived raw materials it is not possible to re-create the structure of a plastic iridescent effect glitter. Therefore, we have had to take a completely different approach and reinvent the effect in an eco-friendly way.  Our ‘Natural Colour’ range was our first offering in this unique type of glitter. ‘Opal’, a mother of pearl effect and ‘Vivid’, a strong metallic effect, both joined the range in 2020 and are our most recent colour ranges in the PURE product portfolio.

All Bioglitter® PURE products do not contain reflective aluminum layers. This makes them different from Bioglitter® SPARKLE or Bioglitter® HOLO products. The absence of aluminum enhances formulation compatibility and chemical resistance, especially acidic or alkaline water-based formulations with higher surfactant content.

Bioglitter® SPARKLE obtains TÜV “OK biodegradable water” certification

In 2021, Bioglitter® SPARKLE technology was upgraded with the launch of the Deco Bioglitter® SPARKLE GC and Craft Bioglitter® GC series. These products have been added to the list of TÜV “OK Biodegradable Water” certified products provided by Ronald Britton . Another important step in the Bioglitter®  journey .

Bioglitter® HOLO …the one everyone has been waiting for!

2022 ushers in a hopeful post-COVID world, and with it the launch of Bioglitter ® HOLO ! This was the most challenging product development to date and lasted nearly 4 years.

Bioglitter® HOLO completes the trio of glitter effects;

• Metallic effect – Bioglitter® SPARKLE
• Opalescent effect – Bioglitter® PURE
• Finally, the holographic effect – Bioglitter® HOLO

plans for the future

Bioglitter® ‘s” journey”  will continue to evolve, upgrade and optimize in the future, covering multiple areas; as new discoveries and technologies emerge, the raw materials we use, color effects in response to market needs and performance improvements in applications.

So stay tuned to this space!

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