Tech Library - cochineal

Jul 23, 2007 | Article

The Dye industry before English chemist William Henry Perkin prepared his synthetic mauve dye, that was an aniline purple from coal tar chemicals, was quite colorful (no pun intended). It involved...

May 16, 2007 | Article

A Different Take on the Beauty of History – Part 2

By Nick Morante

In Part 2 of this article we now get to more modern times. In the Middle Ages, women did continue to wear some form of make-up, although cheek rouge was worn only by prostitutes. Noblewomen...

Nov 27, 2006 | Article

Natural Colors

By Nick Morante

have been reading a lot of information and speaking to quite a few people regarding natural colorants as I plan to use them to create a color pallet for natural cosmetics. I am not surprised to hear...