A shower memory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead

Some used pumice (I think Lava Soap or something along those lines) but it's more harsh than the plastic microbeads OP is referring to.

Yes, most used micro plastics for a long time, charcoal and coffee grounds are a fairly new advent in the last few years.

LUSH uses almond hulls in their products, so they are fully compostable. If you want something with a scrub, check them out for sure.

Most conditioner is silicone-based. For anyone curious, if your conditioner lists dimethicone or any other -cone in the ingredients list, that's silicone.

Silicone is a far cry from plastics though. It’s a non carbon based oil. Plastics are polymers. There’s no commonality whatsoever.

It didn't have to be an evil fuck. Could have just been an ignorant fuck. "Do not attribute to malice what can easily be explained by ignorance".

Disregarding what we know now: it would be great to have an exfoliating bead that didn't break down or decay. I used it, sometimes, and it worked well for its intended purpose. We just didn't think anything about it, and they probably didn't, either.

It would have been a chemist right? At some point some chemist who knew they don't dissolve pitched the idea that their company could use microplastics.

A mini wikileaks that acted as a repository for internal emails would be so much fun. Something like https://www.climatefiles.com/collection-index/

Somebody somewhere figured out that you can sell grit to women if you refer to it as "exfoliant." Because that terrycloth towel you're going to dry yourself with isn't nearly rough enough to remove dead skin cells, right girls?

Meanwhile washing a man is mostly a matter of degreasing which is why a man's shower has one bottle of mostly sodium laurel sulfate in it labeled "everything wash."

They are. I went through pre-med for my postmortem science degree and am still close with my doctor/dentist friends from the program. They get kickbacks from companies if they successfully sell a brand. Sometimes the results are great, like Wakix (my Narcolepsy medication that actually helped), but other times, it's a garbage product. If the medical professional has a fancy pamphlet or offers you coupons for the product, that means the company is paying them.

Sand is too expensive

Titanium dioxide is often used as a white pigment

As I understand it, there's a range of sizes that are problematic, from small to micro to nano and beyond.

The problem is the more plastic we make, and the smaller it starts, the easier it is for it to get worn down into smaller and smaller bits that become more problematic for us.

One of the problems with all the macro plastics in the ocean is that that as they get churned up and baked in the UV from the sun, smaller and smaller bits break off and become part of the... Everything.

Micro plastics are so prevalent that they can't even do proper studies on how harmful it might be to us, because there are no control groups that have no plastics inside their bodies to compare against. Even babies in the womb have plastic in them. You have plastic in you right now, almost a 100% guarantee.

There's probably more to it than that even, but that's my understanding of it.

Language evolves over time. Prescriptivism always fails.

Figurative micro plastics.

Micro surgeries

Well, ain't that old fashioned - bar soap! I can remember my Mother and Grandmother making soap every fall at home. Stuff could take the hide right off you some years, but you got clean for sure. It also made a fine laundry soap too. I can remember watching my Mother shave slivers of it off into the washing machine when I was little.

But thanks for reminding me, I need to put bar soap on my shopping list. I need to also order another puck of shaving soap too.