24 articles about fun for cosmetic chemists.
I saw that Colin over at Colins Beauty Pages had tweeted that he was watching an old episode of Columbo in which Martin Sheen played an evil cosmetic chemist. That got me thinking about other fictiona...
Did you ever see a flaming pumpkin? Well here's a video by my coauthor on the book Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry demonstrating just how to do it. Do you know why you need to add Borax? Nice work Randy!...
I've always thought a tool like this would be useful for consumers. BASF thinks it is a tool that would be useful for formulators. They do link to formulas to get the look so it's a bit helpful if you...
This is a pretty cool image showing the effects of surface tension.
Here is a fun video to watch this weekend.
Here's a fun science video for your weekend enjoyment. A demonstration that water doesn't have to be 100C to boil.
Did you know that the year 2013 is the first time since 1987 in which which all the digits of the year are different? That's just the kind of thing we think about here at Chemists Corner when we are n...
I'm traveling today so I'll keep this short. This project 94 Elements seems rather interesting. I look forward to them finishing more videos. But it got me thinking, what elements are used most in cos...
I was at a family party a couple weeks ago and was asked by my 13 year old niece how long it would take for Kool Aid to come out of her hair. Apparently, she was watching a video on YouTube which demo...
When I was in high school I did a number of experiments in creating my own fireworks. Unfortunately, there wasn't the Internet and Youtube to better educate me and I made a bunch of duds. But this is...
I thought this was pretty cool. It is a series of pictures put together to show a nail repairing itself and growing. The human body is pretty cool.
Here's an interesting video. They show how their product can protect skin from corrosive acid. Do you know how they do it?
It's a holiday today but I wanted to at least post a video for our non-American audience who isn't celebrating a holiday. Here's a cool video which demonstrates the entire cosmetic manufacturing proce...
Two of my favorite things brought together in a fun song. Enjoy.
Everyone should have had a chemistry instructor like this.
I remember reading about this years ago and then stumbled on it while doing research for the next Cosmetic Science in 300 Seconds video. It was interesting enough that I thought I would share. Archeol...
Here's a nice Saturday video shot. A couple fun science experiments on the Kelly and Guest show. It's not Helium its heavier than air so makes your voice lower. Sulfur hexaflouride.
I loved Richard Wiseman's book Quirkology . His book 59 Seconds was also excellent. That's why I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled on this video he did containing 10 cool science tricks. Take a...
Are you familiar with Instructables.com ? It's a website where people share their methods for making different things. They have a number listings for different cosmetic products and most of the techn...
On this holiday weekend, here's a little Dr. Chemistry for your amusement. Merry Christmas.
Well, I still have some of these so here is the next installment.
Well, it looks like the show that I was on was just broadcast nationally. I personally have a difficult time watching and I haven't actually done it yet. In the past, I had no problems watching myself...
Remember all that chemical nomenclature that you learned in Organic Chemistry? Well, in the cosmetic industry it's easy enough to forget because you don't use the information too often. But it is valu...
I like science and seeing a cool experiment done well is always entertaining. That's why I found this article at Wired Science about the top 10 chemistry videos so amazing. Some of my favorites includ...
