Functional textiles for skin care active substance encapsulation

Abstract

Cosmetotextiles are novel textiles which contain carriers with active andcosmetic substances, these carriers, generally by polymeric nature, release theiractive compounds when in contact with the human body. The aim of this minireview work is to report the new developments in cosmetic textiles, focusingin the obtaining of microcapsules containing skin care substances, physicallyor chemically bound to the fiber surface. The selection of the encapsulationtechnique and shell material depends on the final application of the product,considering physical and chemical stability, concentration, required particle size,release mechanism and manufacturing costs. This review discusses the mostcommonly used microencapsulation processes as: interfacial polymerization, InSitu polymerization, coacervation and phase separation, spray drying and electrospraying. Microcapsules can be applied to the textiles by different methods:padding, coating, spraying or immersion methods. All these methods are alsobriefly explained here. To the end of this article, some commercial products arelisted.