Creators Of The World’s First
Plastic Free Glitter

Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE is the world’s first glitter which is 100% plastic free, certified biodegradable in our countryside and verified Microplastic Free. Based on natural materials, Bioglitter® PURE decomposes like a leaf in the natural environment to leave no trace.

OK Biodegradable WATER Certification guarantees biodegradation in a natural, freshwater environment. Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE not only sets a new environmental standard for the glitter industry; with being soft to the touch it’s more comfortable on the skin and being aluminium free it offers a completely new look, that we like to call a “Soft Focus Iridescent” effect.

Recently winning the ‘Green and Sustainability’ category in PCHI Fountain Awards China 2019 and Gold for innovation at in-cosmetics global 2018, the world’s most prestigious cosmetic raw material exhibition Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE is a true revolution for the glitter industry, the first ‘Guilt Free Glitter’.

Although designed for use in cosmetics, it’s robust enough to use in household, coating, printing and decorative applications. We are proud to say we have created the most eco-friendly glitter in the world.

• Certified OK Biodegradable WATER by TÜV
• Guaranteed biodegradation in a natural, freshwater environment
• Verified Microplastic Free (ECHA Microplastic Proposal, Jan 2019)
• 100% plastic free
• Certificated – 100% Biobased Carbon Content (Beta Analytic)
• Compliant with all current and future microplastic legislation
• Compliant with all cosmetic and rinse off legislation, including the use on lips in the US

The original game changer, Bioglitter® SPARKLE, is the first product we developed and is the brightest glitter in the Bioglitter® family.

Indistinguishable from traditional plastic glitter, Bioglitter® SPARKLE, like Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE, is based on plant material rather than plastic and it will naturally degrade in the environment.

Containing only a small amount of plastic and with its PROVEN high biodegradation performance in freshwater, only 3% off meeting the performance criteria for OK Biodegradable WATER certification, apart from Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE, it is still the most eco-friendly glitter on the market.

Bioglitter® SPARKLE is also multi award-winning; winner of the ‘Green and Sustainability’ category in PCHI Fountain Awards China 2019 and Gold for innovation at in-cosmetics global 2017, the year prior to Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE. No other company has won gold in successive years at in-cosmetics global.

Bioglitter® SPARKLE is available in three different grades; Cosmetic - for cosmetics and personal care, Deco - for the coatings and fashion industry and Craft - for children and education.

We are now investing in further development to remove the final trace of plastic from Bioglitter® SPARKLE, utilising the new and proven natural coating used in Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE.

Bioglitter is an eco-friendly alternative to plastic based glitter and has been developed to tackle microplastic pollution created by glitter.  The Bioglitter brand is often misunderstood as being just a biodegradable glitter,  however, it represents much more than that.

Completely unique, Bioglitter^®, uses natural and plant-derived, non-plastic material as it’s basis, rather than synthetic plastics or bioplastics.  All Bioglitter^® have been tested and PROVEN to biodegrade into harmless substances in the natural environment.

Our ultimate goal being Certified OK Biodegradable WATER by TÜV, which means guaranteed biodegradation in a natural, freshwater environment.  Our latest product range Cosmetic Bioglitter^® PURE boasts this accolade, which also verifies it as Microplastic Free (ECHA Microplastic Proposal, Jan 2019).  Beta Analytic Certificated 100% Biobased Carbon Content.

Bioglitter® replaces the core polyester film used in traditional glitter with a unique and special form of cellulose from hardwoods, primarily eucalyptus sourced from responsibly managed and certified plantations operating to PEFC™ www.pefc.org standards.  This core in its own right possesses excellent eco-credentials, in it being biodegradable in all environments; certified industrial and home compostable, approved soil, wastewater, freshwater and marine biodegradable.

As we progress along the Bioglitter® journey with our latest product, Cosmetic Bioglitter® PURE, we now use a new environmentally friendly coating based on natural resins to produce a glitter which is plastic-free and independently certified freshwater biodegradable.  These are eco-credentials never achieved before in the glitter industry.

There are two key ultimate goals we are driving to achieve with all Bioglitter® products;
1 – Removing the Plastic; So not a microplastic.
2 – Certified biodegradable in the natural environment; So it leaves no mess.

Our latest award-winning product, Cosmetic Bioglitter PURE, is our first product range to reach this goal.  OK Biodegradable WATER certified, which guarantees biodegradation in a natural, freshwater environment and verifies it as microplastic free.

Bioglitter SPARKLE, our first award-winning product, already has 92% of its plastic content removed and is only 3% off reaching biodegradable in freshwater certified status.  Nevertheless, we are continuing with its development journey to meeting our goals.

Don’t be fooled or ‘greenwashed’ into paying the premium for an ‘environmentally friendly’ glitter, when it could be no better than plastic.

Words can be cheap when it comes to making ‘green’ claims.  Without qualification of the time, quantity and environment, through testing, the term ‘Biodegradable’ is meaningless. Equally claiming % biodegradability or theoretical biodegradable content without any test data is no better. After all, everything is degradable given enough time!

Even plastic-free claims are open to exaggeration or totally false claims, as they rely on honesty and full disclosure.

Clarity, openness and trust are the very reasons why we qualify and substantiate our claims through testing. Where possible we go one step further; by gaining certification to confirm the validity of the test results via a third-party expert in the field, such as TÜV.

The good news on qualifying plastic claims; ECHA’s new Microplastic Proposal, Jan 2019 provides an objective and measured way, through qualified biodegradability testing, to verify if a product is a microplastic or not!