Hydrosome Labs uses ultrafine bubble technology to deliver active ingredients straight to skin cells
24 May 2024 | Hydrosome Labs
Bob Jacobs, president of Hydrosome Labs, talks to Personal Care Insights about the company’s ultrafine bubble technology and how it delivers skin care actives more effectively. We also discuss how this technology, previously used in industries such as agriculture, is deployed in personal care “for the first time.”
This is Sabina Waldeck for Personal Care Insights.
Joining me today is Bob Jacobs, president of Hydra Sun Labs.
Welcome, Bob.
Thank you.
Glad to be here.
So let's kick it off with our first question.
How do your ultra-fine bubbles advance the personal care industry?
Yeah, so our bubbles are essentially carriers of nutrients to cells, and the technology has been around for a number of years in other industries like agriculture and, and, water treatment.
We are bringing it to the personal care industry for the first time.
And so, how do they improve skincare solutions and the user's skin itself?
Yeah, so the bubbles, like I said, are carriers.
We, we like to talk about, this concept of attract and deliver.
So they, they bring active ingredients that are in existing formulas, to their surface and then deliver those to cells more effectively.
So we've seen increases in active ingredient delivery on the order of 2 to 3 times versus just normal water in formulas.
So they really are improving whatever active is in someone's formula, delivering it into the skin more effectively, and, and obviously bringing the benefits that that active ingredient brings to, to, to, user skin.
And so with this bubble technology and it you working with actives and delivering them better, how does that compare to other options that are on the market that might not use this technology?
Yeah, we think this is a, you know, really unique and breakthrough technology because it does not involve any kind of chemicals.
We're essentially adding bubbles to Pure water, and there's no additives involved.
So things like glycerin or, you know, other chemicals that people are using in their formulations are not necessary with our technology.
So it's a very clean, very clean formula, technology, and, and, from a carbon footprint standpoint, the Manufacture of these bubbles in a formula is is a very sustainable, very low carbon footprint, option.
And speaking about sustainability, so what are kind of the main ways that you incorporate sustainability into your business practices as as your personal care solutions?
Yeah, great question.
We think of ourselves as a very sustainable, solution for a lot of EOBD care formulators and, and brands.
One, because we have that very low carbon footprint.
There's no , you know, very little added energy required to produce these bubbles, we're not adding any chemicals into the process in order to create them, so it allows for clean formulations, in fact, You can reduce or possibly even eliminate the use of permeation enhancers that are more chemical in nature and formulas, and use our technology to better deliver these active ingredients.
So, very clean, sustainable footprint.
And do you have anything else to add about the company or the technology that you feel like we haven't covered today?
Yeah, I think, you know, one other area that we've explored that is very interesting for formulators and and beauty care companies is the use of our technology and the production of ingredients as.
So our technology can be used to enhance the formulations, but it can also be used to produce active ingredients through fermentation.
So the same way that our technology works to deliver nutrients and ingredients to cells, works in the fermentation process to deliver nutrients and ingredients to, to the, you know, yeast cells or bacteria cells that are making raw materials and active ingredients.
So there's an added benefit that the technology can play a role in both the production and processing aspect of personal care products as as in the formulations themselves.
Nice, super interesting.
OK, yeah, Bob, thank you for joining Personal Care Insights.
Great.
Thank you very much.
