Pharmaceutical and cosmetics: Foundation, setting powders

Powders has been used in cosmetics for centuries. Figure1, 2, 3 give an example of various particle that can be found in foundation and setting powders.

Figure1. topography of foundation particles and it's volume distribution of foundation particles
Figure2. 3D-topography of single particle in setting powder
Figure3. surface roughness measurements on top of the single particle.

Figure1:click on the image to zoom

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