Abstract
With the growing trend in enhancing beauty through healthy means, customers request for apparels and home textiles containing not only their original basic characteristics, such as warmth and comfort, but also ones that carry extra functions, including environmental protection, anti-pollution and most importantly, health and beauty care, in an attempt for a more natural and healthier life.Textile materials with special applications in the cosmetic field have been developed. Currently, microencapsulation technology is rapidly developing in the field of cosmetic textiles because of its benefits and flexibility.
Micro- encapsulation technology is an effective technique to controlthe release properties of active ingredients that prolong thefunctionality of cosmetic textiles.This studydiscusses the using of micro-encapsulation technique as delivering system in field of cosmetic textiles.
Gelatin microcapsules containing vitamin D were preparedusing emulsion hardening technique. Scanning electron microscopy demonstratedthat the newly developed microcapsules were in the form ofcore-shell spheres with relatively smooth surface. The particlesize of microcapsules ranged from 5.0 to 43.3 µm. The gelatin micro- capsules were proved to be non-cytotoxic based on theresearch findings of the toxicity studies conducted on humanliver and breast cells.