Category Archives: Fun

Fictional Cosmetic Chemists

I saw that Colin over at Colins Beauty Pages had tweeted that he was watching [...]

Halloween Chemistry Experiment

Did you ever see a flaming pumpkin? Well here’s a video by my coauthor on [...]

Fun with the BASF Make-over Tool

I’ve always thought a tool like this would be useful for consumers.  BASF thinks it [...]

Illustration of surface tension

This is a pretty cool image showing the effects of surface tension. [...]

How your brain works – fast and slow thinking

Here is a fun video to watch this weekend. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTz2i4VHFw#!’] [...]

How to boil water at room temperature

Here’s a fun science video for your weekend enjoyment.  A demonstration that water doesn’t have [...]

Happy 2013 from Chemists Corner

Did you know that the year 2013 is the first time since 1987 in which [...]

What elements are used most in cosmetics?

I’m traveling today so I’ll keep this short.  This project 94 Elements seems rather interesting. [...]

A Budding Young Cosmetic Chemist

I was at a family party a couple weeks ago and was asked by my [...]

The Chemistry of July Fourth Fireworks

When I was in high school I did a number of experiments in creating my [...]

Just a nail growing

I thought this was pretty cool.  It is a series of pictures put together to [...]

Can you figure out how this technology works?

Here’s an interesting video. They show how their product can protect skin from corrosive acid. [...]

How cosmetics are made video

It’s a holiday today but I wanted to at least post a video for our [...]

Ukulele and the Periodic Table

Two of my favorite things brought together in a fun song. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd0rVIE3wo8′] Enjoy. [...]

Cool chemistry tricks

Everyone should have had a chemistry instructor like this. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nnz31TZ4XA’]   [...]

How stable is your formulation?

I remember reading about this years ago and then stumbled on it while doing research [...]

Science demonstrations for a Saturday

Here’s a nice Saturday video shot.  A couple fun science experiments on the Kelly and [...]

Science party tricks

I loved Richard Wiseman’s book Quirkology.  His book 59 Seconds was also excellent.  That’s why [...]

Simple ways to make cosmetics

Are you familiar with Instructables.com? It’s a website where people share their methods for making [...]

Continuing adventures of Dr Chemistry

On this holiday weekend, here’s a little Dr. Chemistry for your amusement.  Merry Christmas. [...]