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Magnetic Face Mask
Has anyone ever heard of these new Magnetic Face Masks? After the mask dries you wrap an enclosed magnet in a tissue and just pass it over your face and the mask comes off by sticking to the magnet. I am wondering how this works. I’d like to make a sample but don’t know where to start. I do make regular clay masks now. Thanks.
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What a gimmick…
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I know right. You think they put finely shaven iron powder in there to make it work?
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Must have. Face rust will be a problem
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they probably do, that’s how magnetic nail polishes work
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Magnetic nail polish? I never heard of such a thing.
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These are magnetic facial masks. Yes, they put iron in them.
Ingredients: Iron Powder, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isopropyl Palmitate, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Cyclomethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Sea Silt Extract, Fragrance, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Pogostemon Cablin Oil. -
Thanks Perry
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Wow, just read the list of ingredients. Nothing at all like the masks I make (typical list below). Nothing I see to make it a mask except tons of iron powder which I assume is enough to make it dry on the face.
Any idea where to get or what to search for when looking for this iron powder?
My typical Ingredient List.
Deionized
Water, Kaolin, Propylene
Glycol, Bentonite, Glycerin
USP, Magnesium
Aluminum Silicate, Sodium
Hyaluronate, Sea
Salt, Camelia
Sinensis Extract (Green Tea Extract), Matricaria
Recutita Flower Extract (Chamomile Extract), Symphytum
Officinale (Comfrey) Extract, Cucumis
Sativus , Extract (Cucumber Extract), Aloe Barbadensis leaf juice, Phenoxyethanol
(and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Potassium Sorbate (and) Hexylene Glycol, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil -
This kind of product sometimes functions in esthetic medicine/cosmetic treatment parlours where it’s used as a face scrub.
It gets great reviews from the cosmetologists and estheticians that use those iron scrubs because it’s easy to clean the client’s face with the magnetic feature. You don’t want to be trying to wipe off tiny bits of salt and sugar from the corner’s of someone’s eyes. It ruins the mood of the treatment.
Iron provides an elegant solution.
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Just curious,
Can we use iron oxide to replace iron powder? -
If you get the right kind of Iron Oxide, maybe. It’s very possible to magnetize Iron Oxide (so much so that it used to be a processing issue), so It could work that way, BUT…Most Iron Oxide particles are so small that they easily get entangled in clothing fibers, which makes for a somewhat permanent stain that’s difficult or impossible to remove completely. As you might imagine, that’s not a property that salons or consumers would appreciate.
It’d be interesting to see if this worked with spherical iron particles. These are used primarily as ingredients in pharmaceutical/OTC preparations for making Iron dietary supplements. They were promoted at one time as being replacements for spherical silica, etc., but the density and cost made them not really suitable for cosmetic formulations at the time.
Unusual bit of (probably unclassified by now) trivia. Spherical Iron Oxide is the “active ingredient” used in the radar-deflecting/absorbing paint the US Air Force uses on it’s B-2 Stealth Bomber and later F-35 Stealth Fighter. I’ve always wondered why it didn’t make it’s way into car paint…
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Still haven’t located any iron powder. Anyone know of sources?
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Google “reduced iron” or “reduced iron powder”
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Could this work for speed cameras?
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I wonder if there is a patent somewhere for this mask. I searched on the USPTO and found nothing.
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Considering the huge costs involved in taking out a patent I think that patenting a pointless gimmick such as this doubtful.
You never know though!
CN105288856
The invention discloses a novel magnetic therapy beauty mask, and relates to the field of beauty and skin care products. A temperature regulating device is injected into an insulating and waterproofing interlayer; a plurality of magnetic therapy stones are uniformly arranged on the face cline face of a mask main body; a switch button is arranged on the mask main body; a power plug and a storage battery device are connected to the lower part of the back face of the mask main body; and two ends of the mask main body are respectively fixedly connected to a head jacket device. The mask is convenient to use; by injecting the temperature regulating device into the mask and by adding the magnetic therapy stones on the mask, the mask not only offers a feeling of icing in summer but also provides an effect of heating in summer; by virtue of magnetism and the power supply device, effects of magnetic therapy health care and pulse massaging are also achieved; under the effect of ice therapy, skin is more delicate and feels more comfortable in summer, and through hot therapy, the mask promotes blood circulation and expels toxins; by heating, pores are slightly opened so as to promote the absorption of nutrient substances; and meanwhile, the mask can achieve pulse massaging on acupuncture points in the face, so as to meet use demands of various people.
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Big companies take out patents all the time on technologies that have little practical application. There is a marketing benefit for being able to claim your formula is patented.
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