12.26.23
Dr. Hirotoshi Umemoto, Mr. Hideki Konishi and Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. have developed plant-based vegan gel nails "with Re:soil" trademark.
The brand name "Re: soil" originates from the concept of developing cosmetic products that return to soil by biodegradation, the alliance says. This type of gel nails is purported to contribute to CO2 emission reduction, the makers say.
The vegan (plant) component is approximately 22-24%, per the makers. The color pigment is not derived from petroleum as normal nail cosmetics products, and instead uses an inorganic pigment. These plant-based vegan artificial nail tips are designed with vegan gel nails. The alliance is reportedly the first in the world to make such nail tips in which all components are made of plant-derived materials (plant-derived gel nails and plant-derived artificial nail tips).
A Longstanding Concern For Environmental Damage
Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. says it’s aiming to replace the petroleum, fossil fuel-based chemical products with natural plant biomass-based chemical products. Its parent company, Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd. have been developing petroleum-based color chemical products for over 85 years.
The creation of plant-based vegan gel nails holds dear to maker Dr. Ryohei Mori, who has had a longstanding concern about environmental damage. His internal startup company, Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd., focuses on developing natural biomass-based chemical products such as biomass biodegradable plastics, biomass biodegradable resin, biomass coating, biomass glue, biomass paint, biomass color, and more. Mori’s vision is to replace all the petroleum-based chemicals in the world into natural biomass-based chemicals.
His concept is summarized and published in the one of British scientific articles entitled, "Replacing All Petroleum-Based Chemical Products with Natural Biomass-Based Chemical Products: a Tutorial Review" in from Royal Society of Chemistry.
Mori has developed water-based biomass biodegradable nail polish, vegan nail polish, vegan nail polish remover and plant-derived vegan artificial nail tips. Some of them are composed of 100% biomass or plant.
Re:soil nail cosmetic products are sold on its company website here