Ms. Beautyphile

I’m going to formulate a hair gel with these pigments to gimme some magical pink/blue bangs that Jem and the Holograms would envy! In the pigments photographed above, the color of the mica-based pigment is intensified by combining layers of absorption color with interference color. It’s a double whammy of color! Absorption colors are the stuff you learned about in grade school. An apple appears red because it absorbs all wavelengths except red, which gets reflected to ...our eye. On the other hand, interference colors are produced when a material selectively reflects different wavelengths depending on the angle the pigment is viewed from. An interference pigment will take white light, bend it, then reflect or transmit certain wavelengths depending on your angle of view. That’s some crazy wizardry right there! For the heart, the outermost layer of the pigment is the absorption color carmine. Layered on top of titanium dioxide, it produces a brilliant pink. This same titanium dioxide also acts as an interference layer selectively reflecting bluethe contrast of the two colors give the pigment a pop! For the star, the outermost layer of the pigment is the absorption color ferric ferrocyanide. Despite the cyanide in its chemical name, it’s not toxic and was used to treat people with thallium and radioactive cesium poisoning -- it also turns poop an alarming blue! It’s commonly referred to as Prussian Blue. Beneath the ferric ferrocyanide is a layer of titanium dioxide that gives the pigment reflectance and shine. I’ll share a diagram of how it all works in an upcoming post, so you can get a clearer picture. In the meantime, how would you use these pigments? Pink: Colorona RB x @_emdgroup_ Blue: Colorona Dark Blue x @_emdgroup_ #colorcosmetics #chemistry #scienceiscool #beautyscience #materialdesign #physics #80s #80smakeup

She's feisty and we love her that way! Happy Mother's Day! #mothersday2021

A microbe found in clouds called P. syringae can make it rain. Literally. Surface proteins on this bacteria can act as seeds for forming ice. Some scientists have hypothesized that microbes like P. syringae might be responsible for clouds that produce rain or snow. Exactly how marine microbes impact the atmosphere, clouds, and ultimately, our climate has been a big area of uncertainty in science. But in my latest video with Seeker, scientists are digging into this m...ystery by using a 33-meter wave tank known as the ‘ocean-in-a-lab’. The video just came out this week, so go check it out https://youtu.be/mX625DQmm8g If you have any questions about the video, let me know and check my stories to see P. syringae in action! #microbes #ocean #climate #scrippsinstitutionofoceanography

My first job out of university was working for this guy. I have the funniest memories of the pyrotechnics crew blowing sh*t up at lunch, an ex falling into Lake Ewok, being in the same screening room as Jennifer Connelly and Sean Penn, and getting the rare opportunity to be a body double for Natalie Portman in a Star Wars episode. Best of all...it was the first job that ignited my desire to go into the sciences. I witnessed first-hand how art combined with computer graph...ics and code built environments, characters, and stories beloved by manyincluding epic battles with swords made of plasma. I’m still waiting for my badass plasma sword though. May the 4th be with you! #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #may4thbewithyou #starwars #lucasfilm