BioBlack Wins Beauty Innovation Award
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LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY—March 13, 2025— Today, Nature Coatings↗, an award-winning biochemical company turning wood waste into black pigments, announced its recently launched BioBlack Beauty 13 won a prestigious Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Alle Awards. Nature Coatings won in the Base Cosmetic Ingredient Color Cosmetics category with a bio-based black pigment sourced from wood waste that eliminates carcinogens and other toxins found in petroleum-derived products commonly used in cosmetics.
“Given a choice, nobody wants a toxic oil slick on their face,” said Jane Palmer, CEO of Nature Coatings. “We created a sustainably sourced black pigment that actually outperforms petroleum-based alternatives. Consumers today want to know that the products they apply to their skin are as nontoxic as possible, for themselves and the planet.”
Earlier this week, the startup backed by Leonardo DiCaprio↗, also launched its BioBlack Beauty line of pigments for cosmetics and personal care products. BioBlack is a black pigment based on Nature Coatings’ proprietary technology that turns otherwise discarded wood waste into bio-based pigments that replaces more toxic alternatives like the commonly used “carbon black.”
Carbon black is one of the most used sources of black pigments for cosmetics and personal care products, but the petroleum-based products have Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs include benzo[a]pyrene, which are classified as Group 1 carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). PAHs can also cause eye-irritation and inhalation risks that have been shown to cause lung and respiratory harm in cosmetic products like eyeliners, mascaras, and skincare.
“Many clean beauty brands are moving away from petroleum-derived carbon black due to consumer demand for non-toxic ingredients,” said Ryan Cheng, Chief Revenue Officer at Nature Coatings. “We want to help the beauty industry transition from carbon black to our more durable, versatile, and nontoxic BioBlack Beauty 13.”
Nature Coatings’ BioBlack Beauty pigments are already being used in Pretty Smart’s Make Yourself at Home Matte Liquid Eyeliner sold at Walmart↗.
Allē Awards↗ recognize “behind-the-scenes beauty innovation in the spotlight.” The awards are presented by C&T, the leading B2B cosmetics R&D media brand, and parent company Allured Business Media. They honor the scientific acumen, formulating skill, intuition and vision of innovators involved throughout the cosmetics and personal care product development process.
“The Alle Awards, along with our recent commercial introduction in the beauty industry, are the culmination of years of innovation and development to create a high quality product that scales for millions of consumers,” added Nature Coating’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Bratcher, who accepted the award on behalf of the company.
About Nature Coatings Inc
Global brands and manufacturers trust Nature Coatings↗ BioBlack to deliver a durable and scalable replacement for carbon black that’s nontoxic and sustainably-sourced at a competitive price. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jane Palmer, the award-winning biochemicals company transforms wood waste into 100% bio-based, non-toxic and carbon-negative black pigments and dispersions. Its sustainably sourced products are used by a range of industries, including textiles, cosmetics, ink (packaging, textile and footwear), as well by plastics, paints, and coatings companies.
Backed by prominent investors, including Regeneration.VC, Fashion for Good, The 22 Fund, and Leonardo DiCaprio, Nature Coatings bio-based black pigments and dispersions have been used by innovative global brands like Levi’s, the Kering Group, Bestseller’s Jack&Jones, and Selected HOMME, among others.
About the Allē Awards
The Allēs — presented by C&T, the leading B2B cosmetics R&D media brand, and parent company Allured Business Media — honor the scientific acumen, formulating skill, intuition and vision of innovators involved throughout the cosmetics and personal care product development process.