The handcrafted Baked Collection features intense pigments whipped into a decadent cream, then baked on terracotta tiles into a powder to ripen color vibrancy -- a feast for eyes, cheeks, lips, and face in vibrant, weightless colors with all-day wear.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Breakthroughs in technology—such as jewelry, bone and stone tools, pigments, and organized hearths—happened much earlier than previously assumed, appearing in one region to disappear in another.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Several states have passed restrictions or bans on the use of synthetic dyes in foods, for instance.
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Maria Godoy,
NPR,
9 June 2026
India’s Microbeworks, led by CEO Suchitha Raghunathan, produces biodegradable textile dyes through microbial fermentation that can be used in existing dyeing infrastructure, to reduce the environmental impact of without requiring costly factory upgrades.
But the replacements are still made of complex materials that include additives like colorants; the chemicals can react in ways the companies may not intend or understand, Boucher says.
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Matt Fuchs,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Except for canthaxanthin and orange B dye, the other colorants are made from petroleum.
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