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

THE BIOGLITTER™ JOURNEY… so far… 

How It All Began

Initiated by conversations in 2010 with selected forward-thinking cosmetic manufacturers, we became increasingly aware of the potential issues with small plastic particles in the environment.  As a glitter company, we felt duty-bound to do what we could to help and to offer an eco-friendly alternative.

Forging a new way forward takes time and inevitably we have discovered lots of ways of how not to do it!  It was a huge challenge, however, Bioglitter™ is the culmination of many years of research and development.  A multi-range family of eco-friendly glitters the majority of which are TÜV Austria ‘OK biodegradable WATER’ certified.  A level of certification considered the highest of its kind in the world.

The Original Game Changer – Bioglitter™ SPARKLE

In 2016 we officially launched Bioglitter™ SPARKLE our metallic effect glitter, to the global market.  The world’s first glitter independently proven to have very high performance in natural, freshwater biodegradation testing.

The product received rave reviews and still does, it’s first award being, in-cosmetics global – Gold for Innovation 2017 and latest award PCHI Fountain Awards China 2019 winner in the Green and Sustainability category.

The core of Bioglitter™ SPARKLE is a special high-tech form of naturally biodegradable cellulose, unique to Bioglitter™.  This core in its own right possesses excellent eco-credentials; certified compostable in both industrial composting (EN13432, EN14995, ASTM D6400, ISO17088) and home composting environments (TÜV OK compost HOME) and Waste Water biodegradation approved to ISO15986.  However, talking about the biodegradability virtues of just the core of glitter does not confirm the biodegradability performance of the actual finished or whole glitter product.

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 have a reflective aluminium layer. This makes them different to Bioglitter™ SPARKLE or Bioglitter™ HOLO products.  Being aluminium free offers enhanced formulation compatibility and chemical resistance, particularly acidic or alkali water based formulations and were surfactant levels are high.

Bioglitter™ SPARKLE achieves TÜV ‘OK biodegradable WATER’ certification

2021 saw the upgrade of Bioglitter™ SPARKLE technology with launch of Deco Bioglitter™ SPARKLE GC and Craft Bioglitter™ GC ranges.  These products joined the list of TÜV ‘OK biodegradable WATER’ certified products offered by Ronald Britton.  Another significant step on the Bioglitter™ journey.

Bioglitter™ HOLO… the one everyone’s been waiting for!

2022 ushers in what is hopefully a post COVID world and also the launch of Bioglitter HOLO!  It’s been the most challenging product development yet, almost 4 years in the making.

Bioglitter™ HOLO completes the trio of glitter effects;

• Metallic effect – Bioglitter™ SPARKLE
• Opalescent effect – Bioglitter™ PURE
• and finally, Holographic effect – Bioglitter™ HOLO

Plans For The Future

The Bioglitter™ ‘Journey’ will continue with future developments, upgrades and optimisations covering multitude of areas; the raw materials we use as new discoveries and technologies come along, colour effects to respond to market needs and performance improvements in application.

So please keep watching this space!

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