JP2001009456A - Treatment of water for cosmetic - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the size of molecular clusters of water used for cosmetics and to increase wave motion by imparting negative charges to the water while keeping the pH of the water neutral in the case of any of natural water, distilled water, water extracted from a natural vegetable or processed water. SOLUTION: Water used for cosmetics is poured into a stainless steel tank and AC voltage is applied to an electron generating special electrode disposed in the tank to impart negative charges to the water while keeping the pH of the water neutral. The electron generating special electrode has the structure of an electron charger of a carbon electrode to be loaded with static voltage and an electrode of an electronic water producer may be used. Sufficient negative charges are imparted by applying 100 V voltage to the electrode for about 2 hr. The imparted negative charges are confirmed by measuring the redox potential of the water and 100 mV is sufficient for the water. About 30 V potential is preferably kept in the treated water after the impartation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for treating natural plant water such as luffa water, mineral water, and distilled water used in cosmetics.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, water for cosmetics is used as a dispersion medium for cosmetic ingredients, as a humectant for the skin, to maintain the form of preparations, to improve the stability of cosmetics, and to adjust the hardness and viscosity of cosmetics. Used for

[0003] FRAGANCE JOURNAL 1
999-3, the, entitled "Application of mineral water in ^{cosmetic", Mg 2 +, Ca 2 +} , Na +, K +, Cl-, PO 4 3
Mineral water containing various inorganic ions such as-is described as being excellent as water for cosmetics, and various treatments have been proposed so far so that cosmetic water itself can exhibit its properties as cosmetics. Have been.

[0004] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-29919 describes a mixture of polyoxyethylene glyceryl monostearate, luffa water and glycerin purified water as an aqueous phase for cosmetics.

The applicant of the present application also disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
In Japanese Patent No. 1413, the skin improving function of the natural plant extract component is improved by subjecting the natural plant extract component obtained from luffa, hamamelis, quince, chamomile, and aloe to a treatment with an ion exchange resin when used as a lotion. It is disclosed that it will be.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a means for further modifying water used in cosmetics. The present invention increases the osmotic pressure and stabilizes the balance of electrons to minimize clusters. The purpose is to obtain cosmetic water with large waves.

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for imparting a negative charge to natural water, distilled water, natural plant extract water and processed water while maintaining the pH of water used for cosmetics at neutral. This is a method for treating cosmetic water.

In applying the present invention, it is desirable to treat an aqueous solution previously treated with an ion-exchange resin disclosed in JP-A-11-1413.

The application of the negative charge is performed by putting water to be treated into a stainless steel tank and applying an alternating voltage to the special electrode for generating electrons installed in the tank.

The electron generating electrode for applying the negative charge is loaded with an electrostatic voltage having the structure of an electron charger of a carbon electrode. For example, an electrode of a commercially available electronic water producing apparatus can be used. 10 on the electrode
It is sufficient to apply 0 V for about 2 hours, and it is considered that the mechanism of oxidation and reduction by electrons changes the properties of water. The applied negative charge can be confirmed by measuring the redox potential of water,
mV is also sufficient.

After the application of the negative charge, it is desirable to maintain a potential of about 30 V in the treated water in order to maintain quality.

[0012] When the water with the negative charge is used for cosmetics, the technical meaning as to why the moisturizing property of the skin is improved is not clear, but the negative charge is added to the water for cosmetics. When applied, the water molecule population (cluster) becomes smaller, resulting in a decrease in the volume of water and an increase in specific gravity, as well as an increase in the wave value. Has been confirmed to be improved.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
The present invention will be described based on an example in which the present invention is applied to so-called luffa water obtained by collecting leachables from fruits or stems of Cucurbitaceae.

[0014] 30 liters of the collected loofah water is put into a stainless steel tank, an electron generator and an electron generating special electrode installed in the tank are connected with a special cord, and the power is turned on. Next, an alternating current of 100 volts is applied by a voltage adjusting dial in the following manner, and the ORP (oxidation-reduction potential) in the process is shown. ORP is a redox potential difference measuring device (PZ
TMZZ71, manufactured by Toa Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.) corrected from the measured value of the standard hydrogen electrode.

PH ORP Before energization 6.65 428mV 100V 30 minutes energization 250mV 100V 1 hour energization 110mV 100V 2 hours energization 7.20 100mV

As a result of the processing, the cluster value (half width H
As Z), a value of 57 and a wave numerical value of 35,500 were obtained.

This cluster value is obtained by using a ¹⁷ O nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (
¹⁷ O-NMR, JNM-EX400 manufactured by JEOL Ltd.)
The ¹⁷ O-NMR spectrum was measured for each water, and the half-width (width at half the height of the spectrum) was compared. The wave numerical value is a result of analysis and measurement using a quantum resonance analyzer (QRS, manufactured by Quantum Medical Research Institute).

The moisturizing effect of the loofah water by this treatment method was evaluated by the water content of the stratum corneum of the skin. After fixing a special cup (contact area: 1.77 cm ² ) on the flexion side of the forearm of five subjects, it was treated with an acetone / ether (1/1) solution for 30 minutes to artificially cause rough skin. A fixed amount of electronically treated loofah water was applied to the skin twice a day for one week.

The test subjects were an unapplied site and skin (healthy site) not subjected to solvent treatment. Evaluation of changes in the water content of the stratum corneum of the skin is performed using a high-frequency electric conductivity measuring device (SKICO
N-200, manufactured by IBS Co., Ltd.), by measuring the conductance value (unit: micro S) of the skin at each measurement site before, immediately after rough skin induction, one day after the end of one week application, and five days after the end of application. went. The measurement was performed in a room at room temperature (20 ° C.) and a humidity of 65%. as a result,
25 conductances (μs) were obtained. From this, it can be seen that the properties required as cosmetic water were all improved by performing the negative charge imparting treatment according to the present invention. That is, 1. The oxidation-reduction potential decreases, and the water quality has a strong reducing power. 2. The conductance value recovered to near the conductance of the healthy site, and persisted after the application was completed. 3. Clusters (populations of water molecules) became smaller, the permeability to cells was improved, and the permeability to the stratum corneum on the skin surface was improved. 4. The vibration has increased. In particular, this wave is an important factor in determining the quality of cosmetic water. The term “wave” refers to a vibration in which extremely weak electromagnetic waves emitted from atoms that are constituent elements of a substance are synthesized and all substances inherently transmit. Water has the property of storing the wave of a substance that comes into contact as information, and the wave analysis of water can determine the degree of water contamination that cannot be detected by quantitative analysis, and determine whether the water is good for your health. Can be.

From these facts, it can be said that by applying the treatment method of the present invention, the properties of loofah water, which originally had excellent properties as cosmetic water, were further improved.

In this embodiment, an example in which the invention is applied to loofah water has been described. However, distilled water and mineral spring water, which are generally used as cosmetic water, and also creeper plants represented by watermelon, melon, cucumber, etc. The present invention can be similarly applied to natural plant extract components obtained from aloe, hamamelis and quince, steam distilled water represented by rose water, sap of young bamboo, and the like. However, upon application, it is necessary to change the conditions of the voltage and time for applying (charging) electrons according to the fluidity and viscosity.

The obtained luffa water purified by an ion exchange resin was also treated under the same conditions. The condition of the ion-exchange resin treatment is not particularly limited as long as it is a mixture of a cation 1 and an anion 2 in a mixed resin ratio and the water quality display can be maintained at a normal value.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

1. The cosmetic aqueous solution treated according to the present invention has a high wave value, facilitates attachment and penetration of skin cells into the membrane, and provides moisturizing properties of the cells.

2. The present invention is not limited to an aqueous solution which itself becomes a lotion, but has the same effect when used for creamy cosmetics and further for the formation of an aqueous phase of powder.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for treating cosmetic water in which a negative charge is imparted while maintaining the pH of the cosmetic water at neutral. 2. The cosmetic water for imparting a negative charge,
The method for treating luffa water according to claim 1, wherein the water is water treated with an ion exchange resin.