Photo via Dave Peterson at Top: The relationship between a piece of glass’s propensity to glow and its uranium content is often not predictable.
We receive a daily dose of radioactive contamination from the gamma rays that make it through our atmosphere after hurtling through outer space, from the naturally occurring radionuclides present in the ground we walk upon, from the background radiation lingering in the materials used to build the places we call our homes.Ībove: Flower vases made at the Thomas Webb & Sons factory in England. Our bodies are subjected to many times more radiation every day. Yes, canary glass, uranium glass, or Vaseline glass, as it became known in the early 20th century for its similar color to petroleum jelly, emits radiation, but the amounts are tiny, infinitesimal, ridiculously small. After slaking your children’s thirst, carefully rinse those tumblers by hand to absorb sponge after sponge of even greater concentrations of radioactivity.įor the record, none of this matters, not even a little bit. Now you’ve exposed your innocent lambs to even more radiation, since minute traces of the uranium in the glass can leach into whatever your kids are drinking, coating their throats and stomach linings with a cool, radioactive wash. Go ahead and fill those tumblers with orange juice or milk, then serve these wholesome beverages to your adorable children.
VASELINE ILLUMINATE ME FULL
Well, you just bought yourself four tumblers full of radioactive beta-waves.
Let’s say you’re that tchotchkes dealer’s customer, and you decide to purchase those tumblers because you think their hue will go nicely with your lemony Formica kitchen table. “If radioactivity is the thing that makes Vaseline glass cool, it’s not what makes Vaseline glass glow.”
VASELINE ILLUMINATE ME DRIVER
It doesn’t matter whether you’re the gaffer making footed cake plates in a glass factory, the driver loading boxes of lace-edged compotes onto a truck, or the tchotchkes dealer setting out vintage Vaseline glass toothpick holders and tumblers for prospective customers-all of you are being zapped. Everyone who collects Vaseline glass knows it’s got uranium in it, which means everyone who comes in contact with Vaseline glass understands they’re being irradiated. Vaseline glass gets its oddly urinous color from radioactive uranium, which causes it to glow under a black light. That’s the catch-all word describing pressed, pattern, and blown glass in shades ranging from canary yellow to avocado green. "I hope that every Black woman who uses these products understands that and feels like the spotlight is on her always." Each body product is available at or your local store for $10.For many glass collectors, the only color that matters is Vaseline. For me, it's just really important to use every opportunity to reinforce the opposite," Martinez says. "There are so many aspects of the world that tell us that we don't deserve it and that we are not worthy of these kinds of things. Use each product on its own or combine them for a dewy, moisturized finish on the skin.īlac, Martinez, and Stephens wanted to ensure that they were not only producing two body-care products for Black women and their skin, but that they were also providing a space for these women to be seen.
VASELINE ILLUMINATE ME SKIN
The blend of four shimmers (bronze, gold, copper, and brown) gives melanin-rich skin a gorgeous, sheen subtle enough that you don't feel like you bathed in highlighter. Its lightweight formula sinks in so you're not left feeling greasy afterward.
The body oil delivers moisture to the skin using sweet almond oil.
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