TEXTILES WITH COSMETIC

EFFECTS
 COSMETOTEXTILES

• DESIGNATE TEXTILES WITH COSMETIC PROPERTIES

• CAN ALSO HARBOUR OTHER ACTIONS OR FUNCTIONS
• MEDICAL PROPERTIES,
• MOSQUITO REPELLENTS,
• ODOUR REDUCERS,
• ANTIMICROBIALS
• UV-PROTECTION AGENTS
 COSMETOTEXTILES

• TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
• COSMETIC INGREDIENTS NEED TO BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
• INVISIBLE
• EFFECTIVE SKIN CARE TAKES PLACE
• CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS
• LARGE AMOUNTS OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS MUST BE TRANSFERRED
• LITTLE LOST DURING LAUNDERING

• THE MAIN TECHNOLOGY USED FOR THIS TARGETED CONTROLLED RELEASE IS

ENCAPSULATION.
 APPLICATION AND RELEASE
TECHNOLOGIES
• HIGH DELIVERY DURING USE WITH LITTLE/NO DELIVERY DURING WASH
• THE CO-EXTRUSION OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS INTO FIBRES
• THE CONCURRENT APPLICATION OF EMULSIFIED COSMETIC INGREDIENTS AND
POLYMERIC BINDERS ONTO FABRICS
• THE BINDING OF ENTRAPPED COSMETIC INGREDIENTS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE
FIBRES/FABRICS.
• COMPLEXATION,
• ABSORPTION INTO MICROPARTICLES
• MOST IMPORTANTLY, NANO- OR MICROENCAPSULATION.
ENTRAPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
• COSMETIC INGREDIENTS ARE HEAT SENSITIVE, PRONE TO OXIDATION OR ARE
VOLATILE
• ENTRAPMENT ENSURES SAFEGUARDING THEM
 MICROENCAPSULATION

• USED TO ‘MICROPACKAGE’ COSMETIC INGREDIENTS

• MEAN DIAMETERS TYPICALLY RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 1–10 ΜM
• CAN BE MODIFIED IN SIZE, MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS AND PERMEABILITY TO
CUSTOMISE THE RELEASE PROFILE
• RELEASE BY DIFFUSION IS GENERALLY NOT DESIRED IN COSMETOTEXTILES
BECAUSE OF THE STABILITY REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE BEFORE WEAR
• UREA OR MELAMIN-FORMALDEHYDE BASED MICROENCAPSULATION IS COMMON
• VERSATILITY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS
 MICROENCAPSULATION

• PROCESS
• EMULSIFICATION (COSMETIC INGREDIENTS WITH ANIONIC POLYMER)
• THE POLYMER IS THEN CROSS-LINKED WITH A REACTIVE UREA OR MELAMIN-
FORMALDEHYDE PRE-POLYMER.

• OTHER TECHNIQUES
• POLYCONDENSATION
 COMPLEXATION WITH CYCLODEXTRINS

• BUCKET-SHAPED MOLECULES
• COMPOSED OF SIX TO EIGHT GLUCOSE UNITS
• DERIVED FROM STARCH
• CAN BE ATTACHED ONTO FABRICS WITHTHE HELP OF A BINDER
 BINDING TECHNOLOGIES
• USES BINDERS
• CROSS-LINKABLE SILICONES
• POLYACRYLATES
• POLYETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE
• POLYURETHANES
 FINISHING / APPLICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
• THE PADDING PROCESS,
• THE EXHAUST PROCESS
• CURING
 IMPORTANT PARAMETERS

• LOADING %
• GCMS/ HPLC

• WASH RESISTANCE
 FUNCTIONALITIES OF COSMETOTEXTILES
AND
PERFORMANCE TESTING
• FUNCTIONALITIES OF COSMETICS • FUNCTIONALITIES OF COSMETICS
• ENHANCING SKIN MOISTURIZATION • ANTIPERSPIRANT PROPERTIES
• ELASTICITY • PERFUMES
• UV PROTECTION • ORAL HYGIENE
• SKIN WHITENING OR TANNING
• REDUCTION OF THE OUTER APPEARANCE OF
CELLULITE
• SEBUM REGULATION
• ANTI-WRINKLE
• DEODORANT
 FUNCTIONALITIES OF COSMETOTEXTILES
AND
PERFORMANCE TESTING
• COSMETOTEXTILE-SPECIFIC ASPECTS
• SKIN CARE EFFECTS, SUCH AS MOISTURISING AND SLIMMING, REQUIRE LARGE
AMOUNTS OF THE COSMETIC PRODUCT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SKIN
• FRAGRANCES ONLY REQUIRE THE RELEASE OF VERY SMALL AMOUNTS TO ACHIEVE
EFFECTS.
• TO ACHIEVE DOSAGE OF 20 MG/CM2, AN AVERAGE LEGS COVERING AN AVERAGE OF 1
M 2 OF SKIN SHOULD CONTAIN 1000 MG OF THE COSMETIC INGREDIENTS WHICH
MAKES LMOST 4% OF INGREDIENTS
• MOISTURISING, CAN BE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR FI VE TO TEN DAYS OF WEAR
 FUNCTIONALITIES OF COSMETOTEXTILES
AND
PERFORMANCE TESTING
• COSMETOTEXTILE-SPECIFIC ASPECTS
• FRAGRANCES MAY HAVE A MORE LASTING EFFECT
• THE FABRIC COMPOSITION AND CONSTRUCTION, AND GARMENT DESIGN
 PERFORMANCE TESTING

• SKIN TRANSFER
• EXTRACTION FROM SKIN
• EXTRACTION FROM TEXTILES

• EFFICACY TESTING VIA OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS (FOR MOISTURIZER)

• HYDRATED SKIN WILL APPEAR SMOOTHER, SOFTER AND WILL BE MORE FL EXIBLE
THAN ROUGH DRY SKIN
• MEASUREMENT OF THE EPIDERMAL CAPACITANCE WHICH VARIES DEPENDING ON THE
HYDRATION STATE
 PERFORMANCE TESTING

• EFFICACY TESTING VIA SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS

• USING VOLUNTEERS AND A DETAILED BUT SIMPLE QUESTAINAIRE