How is glitter made video

But for those that don't fancy losing their sparkle, we've been finding out more about environmentally-friendly glitter. This Newsbeat video explains why glitter affects marine life. Whether it is at festivals, during Halloween or for arts and crafts - a lot of people would struggle to cut glitter out completely. Newsbeat spoke to Stephen Cotton, a British scientist who's helped to create a pioneering eco-glitter made from eucalyptus tree extract and aluminium.

He told us how the product was driven by the controversy surrounding the use of microbeads in cosmetics. To make the glitter, the eucalyptus tree extract is metallised with a thin layer of aluminium and coloured to give it its sparkle. And just as those microplastic beads were banned, glitter microplastics should be banned too, says cosmetic chemist Ginger King.

They are not biodegradable and can harm our waterways. When you wash off glitter, it may go down the drain and travel to wastewater treatment plants. Some of it will be collected with other solids and become sludge that could be used to fertilize agricultural soil; the rest will slip through filters and go into oceans, rivers, and lakes.

Those pieces of glitter will "remain intact for centuries. The potential adverse side effects of microplastics vary depending on their shape. When fish or animals eat them, those rounded beads banned in may pass through digestive tracts more easily than glitter, with its pointy edges. That means the beads are more readily eliminated by an animal's body, while sharper microplastics can stick around longer and cause intestinal tears.

Says Yurtsever, "[Microplastic glitters] would certainly pose major hazards for living things. In a statement to Allure , the FDA said its microplastics ban covers only "rinse-off" cosmetics intended to exfoliate or cleanse. The "FDA has not approved the use of glitter as a color additive in cosmetics" and would not comment on whether a ban was being considered.

But Erdle believes there could be change even without government action: "It's possible that the [beauty] industry will decide to shift to glitter alternatives because of consumer demand. So just how prevalent are microplastics in makeup? Allure did a random audit of more than glittery and shimmery makeup products at a major beauty retailer, and found 32 percent contained microplastic glitters, which show up on ingredient lists as polyethylene terephthalate PET.

And how problematic are they? There have been some efforts by a small but growing number of brands to move to the second type of cosmetic glitters: those made with cellulose a plant-based or synthetic fiber.

This seems like an exciting step forward, as Allure proclaimed in spring , "When glitter is percent biodegradable, we're more than hopeful — we're inspired. That was about a year before one of the first published studies looking at the environmental impact of different types of glitter , including "biodegradable" options.

One cellulose iteration, which is technically modified regenerated cellulose MRC , acted a lot like microplastic glitters in fresh water. We think it's super interesting, too, Abigail!

Thanks for being our Wonder Friend! I love glitter, I never knew than glitter is tiny plastic things!!!! May 3, Feb 16, Oct 2, We hope you enjoyed this Wonder of the Day all about glitter! Sep 6, We're glad you commented, jazzy! Hi, maanya! What's not to love about glitter! It's so fun! Makayla Hollenbaugh May 20, May 24, I think this is very cool. How people do this?

We're glad you liked this Wonder, maanya! Apr 21, Jessica Hardin Apr 20, Hi, Jessica! Thanks for visiting Wonderopolis! Apr 20, Apr 12, Ayrya Parisa Apr 10, The part I found most interesting, was that the color of glitter is paint reflected by the sun, because it does not look or fell like paint! Apr 11, That is interesting, Ayrya!

Thanks for sharing that cool fact! Ajay Apr 10, I was wondering why they named it glitter instead of sparkles I love this website and i am also making a wonderopolis book about all my favourite wonders. Thanks for joining the conversation, Wonder Friend! Kaytlyn Apr 8, My art teacher hates glitter and when we do anything with glitter he says to be very careful and don't get any on the floor or on the table!

Haidelee Apr 8, Welcome, Haidelee! Glad you liked this Wonder! Apr 7, Victorie Lillie Apr 7, How is glitter glue made? Is it a combination of glitter and glue or is it something else? Gemma Apr 11, I think it is a combination of glitter and glue but im not really sure. Thanks for joining the conversation, Gemma! We hope this Wonder was helpful in finding out! Let us know what you find! Julie Apr 7, Seems like a pretty cool website.

Nice to know about glitter now! We're glad you're having fun exploring Wonderopolis, Julie! We hope you visit again soon! Aleesha Apr 7, Glitter is fascinating, this is an especially great article for my first time using Wonderopolis. Glitter is so pleasing to the eyes and it's great to finally know what it's made of.

Welcome, Aleesha! Glad you learned a cool new fact! Victoria Lillie Apr 7, This was a really cool article! I really enjoyed it! Great to hear, Victoria! We're glad you stopped by! Bonquisha Apr 5, Katelyn L. Apr 4, Why is glitter so hard to clean up?

How did they create glitter glue or glitter nail polish? Diva Apr 6, Sarah Apr 4, I really liked it because I've never asked myself that question before. But I love glitter! We're glad you liked this Wonder, Sarah! Glitter is super cool! Jameson Cassidy Apr 4, I did not know that it was only around for 75 years but there may have some 2, years ago.

I allways thought that it was just sand that it was sparkly sand. I thought it was interesting that a rancher that got into a glitter buisness. I did not know that glitter was around for 75 years. I thought glitter was just makeup or sand or decoration. Mar 14, Paige Feb 25, Apr 18, Feb 28, Great question, Paige!

We encourage you to keep learning at your library and online! Once I did a project using glitter to tape it or glue it on to snow. Then inside cardboard box painted white, I put in an evergreen tree and a snowman. The glitter really made everything look sparkly. And once when I was younger I made a special machine that shot out glitter.

Please make a wonder on Harry Potter or Hogwarts. Asoka Apr 4, Feb 13, Hi, kara! Thanks for being a supportive Wonder Friend! Maybe you can try the activity, too! That was so cool how they can do that? I have never seen that before. Wonderopolis Mar 18, Morgan Feb 21, I have gotten glitter in my eyes before does that mean I have foil in my eyes?

Wonderopolis Feb 21, Angie Jan 11, That's cool I am going to try it because I am a girl and I totally love sparkles. Wonderopolis Jan 12, Natalie Jan 7, It's so cool that the main glitter supply comes from the company Meadow Brook and it's been in business since ! Awesome post! Wonderopolis Jan 7, Alissa P. Nov 28, I never really took the time to think about this. It's amazing how its been around for such a long time!

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