Nurture Soap: Eco-Friendly Glitters

Hopefully, you came back to check out Nurture Soap’s Eco-Friendly Glitters, and I am happy to oblige with more pictures!

Shall we start with what exactly are Eco-Friendly, Enviroglitters?

Copied from Eco-Friendly Glitters page:

Nurture Soap offers only eco-friendly and biodegradable glitter. Plastic-based glitter has a known impact on marine life. This was not acceptable to us, and we made the decision to sell only earth-friendly glitters. All glitters you find here are made from regenerated plant cellulose or mica minerals. Plant-based bio glitter breaks down naturally and has no adverse effect on marine life or the environment. Mineral-based ecoglitter (EnviroGlitters) are made from minerals naturally present in sand.

And from the description of Super Sparkles:

This isn't actually a mica... It is fluorphlogopite or synthetic mica. Most glitters are PET plastic based and do not break down in the environment having an adverse effect on marine wildlife. Our line of EnviroGlitter breaks down naturally since they are based on minerals. They are also vegan and cruelty-free!

So they are glittery/shiny/sparkly without being being actual glitter, similar in appearance to the Reflecks pigments from TKB Trading (similar to only, the Reflecks are actually Calcium Sodium Borosilicate), and those in the Fairytale Collection from TKB (which are a combination of Calcium Sodium Borosilicate and Fluorphlogopite). The Effect Flakes, the "micro flakies" from Glitter Unique (INCI unknown), also appear to be similar in appearance and particle size to the Eco-Friendly Glitters and a couple are identical in color as well.

Eco-Friendly Glitters:

Fuchsia, Wild Strawberry, Persian Rose, Hearts Desire, Shamrock Gold, Cornflower Blue, Moonshine, Starry Nights, Wild Violet, Eclipse, Mardi Gra and Imperial Purple all have a Particle Size of 30-150.

Gold Dust and Super Sparkles have a Particle Size of 200-700.

All have an INCI of Fluorphlogopite, titanium dioxide, tin oxide with the addition of Manganese Violet (purples and pinks), Hydrated Chromium Oxide Green (Shamrock only) or Ultramarine Blue (blues).

To compare:

TKB’s Reflecks Collection: Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Titanium Dioxide, Tin Oxide, Particle size 50-190 µm.

TKB’s Fairytale Collection: Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Tin Oxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide, Silica, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Particle size unknown.

TKB’s Mister Fantastic: Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide, Silica, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Particle 25-95 µm.

There are 19 Eco-Friendly Glitters to choose from and they are all priced the same, $1.99 for 5g bagged sample or 5g jar sample. My first order with Nurture Soap contained just one these glitters, Wild Violet but I liked it so much, I ordered the rest of the ones that were eye-safe. After seeing them in person, I’m not sorry I did and you wouldn’t be either. 

All of these were photographed under Ottlite, on a gloomy day, no sun and no flash used. The last photo in each set are the same pigments but swatched on paper (on double sided tape and then sealed on top with tape), included because I wasn't satisfied with the other photos. All photos can be enlarged.

Fuchsia, Wild Strawberry, Persian Rose
Fuchsia is a very intense purple-pink. Wild Strawberry is a bright, almost pastel pink. Persian Rose is a red toned pink with blue-ish interference.

 

 

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Hearts Desire, Gold Dust, Shamrock Gold
Hearts Desire is a pretty red with gold interference. Gold Dust is a bright metallic gold. Shamrock Gold is bright green, almost lime colored, with gold interference. 

 

 

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Cornflower Blue, Moonshine, Starry Nights
Cornflower Blue is a grayish blue with a gold interference (similar to TKB's Pisces Blue) and although it looks like the particle size is finer here, according to the info, it's not. Moonshine is a metallic light blue. Starrynights is a sparkly, not-quite-royal blue.  

 

 

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Wild Violet, Eclipse, Mardi Gra
Wild Violet is a purple with blue interference (and one of my favs). Eclipse is a paler but metallic purple. Mardi Gras is a nice sharp "royal" purple. 

 

 

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Imperial Purple, Super Sparkles
Imperial Purple is a lavender with gold interference. Super Sparkles is pretty much what it's name says: bright white, super sparkly.

 

 

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If I ever figure out what to use these for, I'll let you know. -MK