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Have you formulated with dry water?

Perry Romanowski5 min read
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Here's a technology I had never heard about, dry water.  It sounds fascinating and could result in the creation of truly surfactant free cosmetic products.

What is dry water?

Dry water is essentially a water/air emulsion in which a dry, hydrophobic powder is used to coat droplets of water.  It was first patented in 1968 then re-discovered in 2001 in the form of liquid marbles.  The technology seems pretty cool.  Take a look at this video for a demonstration.  There is a powder covering the top of the water so when the experimenter pokes their finger through the surface, it doesn't get wet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1TfPuTzq0

While it seems pretty cool, I'm still trying to figure out how this could be used in a cosmetic product. Perhaps you could coat aqueous solutions of humectants or maybe even a liquid marble of emulsion particles. I wonder if that would work.

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Anyway, it seems like pretty interesting technology. It's definitely a technology I haven't seen extensively applied to cosmetics. This could be an innovative avenue for a crafty formulator to follow.

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