borosilicate technology

[Freerange Glass]

http://www.chempoint.com/industrynewsdetails.asp?DocumentName=20060216_Engl e

This link is for an article regarding the use of 'advanced borosilicate technology' used for color shifting make-up. It doesn;t describe how or what really. Just thought it was interesting. Maybe you know about this?

[Julian]

It would be interesting to know what the heck they are talking about. Micro Dichro?

[Mr. Smiley]

That company is huge and they make the pigments that go into eye shadow and stuff. They also make the shimery pearl powder that the liquid pipes were filled with. The powder pigments are normally mica I think. Now I guess they are using glass powder and dichro of some sort. I'm really wondering about the health risks... I thought we were trying to avoid or contain glass dust... not smear it on our face to look pretty. It would be interesting to know more.

[gotglass?]

do you know what gives Sunny Delight it's texture and vibrant color...... ?
sodium hexametaphosphate which is an optical brightener for dye..... is none other than ground glass

[smutboy420]

Luster dust thats used for painting candy is made out ground glass powder to. You can't even tell the dirfence between candy luster dust and real luster dust thats used in glass blowing.
But The tec is starting to be more main stream for coloring. Glass is the new rage. and nano pigments.

[Mr. Smiley]

I'm never eating anything sparkly again and I'm telling all my hookers to lay off the color changing make up. ;) That's pretty scary. I guess the particle size does matter. If it's small enough and smooth enough, it won't do damage... is that the thinking?

[Julian]

Well, they already get people to smear aluminum all over themselves, and eat it besides, so this is probably about as safe.

[smutboy420]

If it's small enough and smooth enough, it won't do damage... is that the thinking?
From what I understand yes thats the thinking behind the products being safe for what they are used in. But I have seen concerns being raised about what the long term health effects will be from glass particals so small they can enter the blood stream threw the skin and throw breathing them in. And what effect it will have on some one working with the stuff making the "safe" products that have this stuff in it.
There are a lot of micro and nano metals and plastics being used in things also.

[smutboy420]

YES! something kind of like that. You can eat it. or rub it on your skin if its in an greasy base so its not going air born. But just don't go snorting up a rail of it as a party trick or any thing.

The first tin man got all frged up from the first attemp at using dry alum. powder on his skin. He ended up breathing it in and it messed him up in hours. the next guy they mixed the powder in to grease and it worked good. And thats how the guy who played the tin man got to play the tin man. because the first got got messed up and had to be replaced.

But even if he din't get his lungs messed up he would of been burnt to a crisp the first day as soon as he light his first cigerett and would of went up like the hindenburg. From the alum powder being like flash powder when ground that fine.

[LTD]

UM the guy who got sick was Buddy Ebson, From the beverly hillbillys. And he was allergic to the alum paint they used on him.