/oss/taxonomy/term/1661/all en /oss/article/controversial-science-cosmetics-news-quackery-technology/making-it <p>Several people have sent me this video of a Harvard student "inventing" a 3-D printer that cranks out cosmetics at home. She starts out by telling us that the cosmetics industry, a $55 billion annual business, is bulls--t. Well there is a lot of BS in that industry, selling hype and hope for lots of bucks. That's true. But there is a lot of interesting and important chemistry there as well when it comes to the formulation of the various products.</p> Fri, 09 May 2014 03:34:22 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2141 at /oss