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  • Beware FAKE Bioglitter®!

    It’s come to our attention that some glitter suppliers in territories such as China are using our Bioglitter® branded data sheets, product information sheets to pass-off unknown and inferior glitter products as Bioglitter®. We have also seen test reports that are fake and misleading. How to Check Bioglitter® is Genuine…? 1. Genuine Bioglitter® is ONLY […]

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  • Introducing OBSIDIAN – The NEW Bioglitter™ SPARKLE Black Upgrade

      Bioglitter™ SPARKLE Obsidian Stronger, deeper black More sparkle & shine Superior compatibility Water resistance Solvent resistance Available in all sizes, in Cosmetic, Deco and Craft ranges from July 2022 Click here to view the Cosmetic Bioglitter SPARKLE Range Click here to view the Deco Bioglitter SPARKLE Range Craft retail/education range only available via Brian […]

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  • ‘Bioglitter™ HOLO’ – Holographic Bioglitter™, the latest innovation from Ronald Britton ltd

    March 2022 PRESS RELEASE   Ronald Britton Ltd Launches New TÜV Certified Fresh Water Biodegradable Holographic Bioglitter™ The world’s leading ecologically-friendly glitter manufacturer, Ronald Britton Ltd, launches Bioglitter™ HOLO, the first and only certified fresh water biodegradable holographic effect glitter product.  Another world first by the British company.  Click here to see the effect. Since the […]

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  • Accessorize London – Bioglitter™ Printed Gift Bags

    Accessorize London have permission from Ronald Britton Ltd to use the trade mark registered Bioglitter™ logos to demonstrates that Genuine Bioglitter™ has been used on their gift bag products.  It also communicates to the consumer the quality of the glitter used and a route for consumers to find out more about Bioglitter™, its certifications and […]

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  • CLARINS x SELFRIDGES add a little SPARKLE to Christmas

    Christmas would not be the same without a little sparkle. CLARINS x SELFRIDGES have glitzed up their Luxury Advent Calendar outer sleeve with Deco Bioglitter™ SPARKLE GC.   Printed in the UK by D2Printing, the Deco Bioglitter™ SPARKLE GC range, launch January 2021, is TÜV OK biodegradable WATER certified.           

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  • TooD Launch Innovative ‘One Swipe’ Cosmetic Range Made with Bioglitter™

    We are very pleased to be working with Indi Brand ‘TooD Beauty’ based in NYC. TooD are completely new, first hit the market earlier this year and are now launching their completely novel and innovative ‘One Swipe’ range of cosmetics that contain Cosmetic Bioglitter™. The ‘One Swipe’ concept of self-expression was born out of  TooD’s founder, […]

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  • Marie Brocart build on their award winning ‘Semari Shimmer Body Butter’ success.   

    Award Winning and Women’s Brand of The Year 2020:  Marie Brocart build on the success of their Shimmer: Body Butters, Body Oils, Lip Balm and Body Scrubs with the addition of new Shimmer Bath Salt and Shimmer Dry Roll-On Body Oil product ranges.                        Stephen Cotton from Ronald […]

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  • Andrew Thompson talks about Fresh Water Biodegradability Certification – What does it mean for glitter?

    Andrew Thompson BSc, CEng, MIChemE , Technical Director at Ronald Britton Ltd, gives an introduction to TÜV Austria OK biodegradable WATER – Fresh Water Biodegradable Certification and what it means for glitter.

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  • Bioglitter™ puts some sparkle back into Christmas 2020!

    PRESS RELEASE – 3rd Dec 2020: As we all become more aware of our impact on the world around us there are sacrifices that must be made along the way – but glitter no longer needs to be one of them. While some major retailers began removing glitter products from their shelves due to environmental […]

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  • Glitter Colour Effects – What they are and how they work.

    Glitter Colour Effects – Playing with the ‘Physics of Light’ Over the years ‘glitter myths’ have developed.  In this blog we aim to bust the myth of what’s behind the glitter colour effects.  I’m sad to say it’s not ‘magic’, but something far more magical, the physics of light. Glitter effects can be grouped into […]

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  • Questions relating to 100% Plastic Free, Microplastic Free and 100% Biodegradable

    Bioglitter™ is designed to biodegrade quickly and safely in natural freshwater environments. Ronald Britton Ltd uses TÜV OK biodegradable WATER certification as a simple and clear means of communicating this fact to our customers. We have taken this approach as simple terms such as ‘100% plastic free’ and ‘100% biodegradable’ can be misleading, used without […]

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  • Questions relating to Composting

    Composting and Microplastic Pollution It’s now well recognised that plastic glitter poses an environmental microplastic pollution issue. ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has specified* freshwater biodegradability as a permitted test to establish whether a polymeric material is considered a microplastic. Fresh water biodegradability requires a significantly higher level of performance than composting. At Ronald Britton, we believe […]

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  • Ding Dong! Ophelia!

    Ding Dong Ophelia!  Congratulations on winning BBC’s Glow Up Season 2. Another wonderful season of exceptional Make-Up Artist talent and a very welcomed escape from these COVID troubled times. Season 2 saw the use of Bioglitter™ even more than in Season 1.      Cosmetic Bioglitter™ SPARKLE Silver featured Episode 4 when Eve, Season 2 […]

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  • Clean beauty set to take the industry by storm

    Bioglitter has been cited alongside some of the global leaders in the beauty industry including BASF Colors & Effects and Beautycounter, in Preen.Me’s latest white paper on sustainability in the beauty industry and responsible ingredient sourcing. Peen.Me has put together a report which reveals a huge growth in “Clean” beauty. The Preen.Me report analysed 1.8M […]

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  • BIOGLITTER® HITS THE CNN HEADLINES

    Fantastic news for Bioglitter®, we didn’t just hit the national news this week, but the international news! American based, international broadcast media, CNN, interviewed our very own director, Stephen Cotton, to talk about the glitter issue and how Ronald Britton is tackling microplastic pollution with the development of Bioglitter®. CNN also interviewed our distributor in […]

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  • Greenwashing and misleading ‘Biodegradable’ glitter claims

    Newpaper spokesperson  –  “To protect mother earth, each copy contains a certain percentage of recycled paper.” Lisa Simpson  –  “And what percent is that?” Newpaper spokesperson  –  “Zero, Zero’s a percent” Glitter Greenwashing Greenwashing is the practice of making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company […]

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  • BEWARE – FALSE GREEN GLITTER CLAIMS

    The Glastonbury stance on reducing plastic pollution, including a ban on non-biodegradable glitter, hit the headlines this year, but there are some unscrupulous firms misleading or even worse, simply lying about their green credentials, in order to continue to sell glitter. Called greenwashing, some companies are simply rebranding plastic products as biodegradable and eco-friendly. Our […]

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  • BIOGLITTER® AND GRAMMY WINNERS

    Another great story to announce today!  Bioglitter® is working with none other than Annie Lennox for a new exhibition in Boston. One of the greatest singer, song writers of all time, Annie Lennox, former lead singer of Eurythmics, has chosen to use Bioglitter® as part her new art exhibition and performance at the renowned Massachusetts […]

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  • Bioglitter® on the box!

    We’ve had some incredible coverage in the last few weeks, from international and national news pieces to radio and TV. In fact, just a few days ago, none other than our very own directors, Stephen Cotton, and Andrew Thompson were filming with the BBC. We took the BBC team around our warehousing and development labs […]

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