| Why | Category | Cosmetics & home |
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| Level | Super easy |
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| Use | Keep vitamin C from oxidizing in water-based serums while it still reaches the skin |
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| What | Atoms | Host 100–200 + vitamin C 20 + water. C H O |
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| Build | Testing | Easy Color and potency over weeks at 40 °C |
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| Funding | Compute ~$8 · Make ~$2–5k · Test ~$5–15k · Other ~$5k patent |
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| Time | Make 1–2 wks · Test 4–8 wks · Total ~2–3 months |
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| How | Contact us for the design specs and build plan → |
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| Demo | Vitamin C tucked in the host, oxygen can’t reach it |
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| Competition | Stable derivatives (ascorbyl glucoside, THD ascorbate), airless packs |
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| Business | Buyers | L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, dsm-firmenich, BASF |
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| Revenue | Medium Ingredient license to cosmetics suppliers. ~$0.3–2M/yr |
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