Nail Polish

Nail polish is a nail lacquer that dries on your nails, and comes in all different colors.

One of the main ingredients in Nail polish is Cellulose Nitrate. It makes nail polish very effective because it stays on the nail but is not strong enough to PERMANENTLY stick to the nail (which is why nail polish chips!)

Manufacturers also put pigments into their nail polish to make them very colorful.

Resins are also used in nail polish. They help the polish remain pliable and flexible without being too thin to use and spread evenly.

Mascara

Mascara has been a beauty product to women (and men!) for centuries. Ancient Egyptians used Kohl made out of Galena, Lead, Sulfate, Malachite, Charcoal, or Soot.

Three main ingredients in mascara:

-pigments

-waxes

-oils

Generic Mascaras (Lancome and Maybelline)

Mascaras aren't too sticky but they aren't too watery.. it feels kind of like tar.

Foundation (cover-up)

Foundation is a commonly used beauty product. It hides your imperfections and gives you flawless looking skin.

The main ingredients in liquid foundations are Titanium Dioxide and Magnesium Sulfate (Espom Salt).  TIitanium Dioxide is a white pigment and is also used as a thickener. Magnesium Sulfate has transparent crystals and can be a white powder.

Burt's Bees lip balm

Many of you have heard of Burt's Bees lip balm. It is known for its tinglyness and beeswax ingredient. The beeswax is actually what makes it very effective for dry lips! It is also made with coconut and sunflower oils.

Beeswax is made by bees in the cell walls of honeycombs, natural emulsifiers.

Pigmented Eye Shadow

Pigmented Eye Shadow is a common beauty product used by many women around the world. Pigmented eye shadows looks like little crushed rocks, or very fine glitter. The main ingredients in these eye shadows are Mica and Titanium Oxide. When these two are mixed together they produce a reflectice color.

This is what it looks like on the eye, and in the sun.. it is VERY pigmented!

The pigmented eye shadows I have

Other pictures I found on the internet

first blog post!

I started this blog for a chemistry project I have to do. I was assigned to take something I really like to do and create a project that relates to chemistry. So here I am creating a blog! I plan to post blogs about different beauty products and how the ingreadients make them very good products. If you really like my posts it would be great to get some feedback!