Sunday, February 11, 2018

Paint vs Cosmetics

Have you ever thought that paint and cosmetics would have anything in common? As a matter of fact, they have quite a bit in common.  Let's take a look at the major components of liquid foundation and house paint:


The major difference between the two is that house paint contains a polymer, which forms a nice film on the wall of your house after it is applied and dries. Obviously you don't want a film on your face when using liquid foundation, so no polymer is present there.

Since house paint and liquid foundation have both been around for some time, there is a lot of research that has been conducted in both fields.  Therefore, there should be a lot of opportunities for innovation by leveraging the technologies developed for paints into cosmetics, and vice-versa.

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