Simple and facile fabrication of carboxymethylated cellulose nanofibrils one-side-coated cotton non-woven fabrics for beauty facial mask sheets

Abstract

In this study, we developed eco-friendly beauty facial mask sheets with improved absorbency and performance using a simple textile finishing process. Carboxymethyl cellulose nanofibrils (c-CNFs) were bar-coated onto cotton non-woven fabrics (COFs), transforming them into sheet-shaped structures. The resulting sheets exhibited enhanced tensile strength, water absorption, and durability. The weight of the sheets increased proportionally with the amount of coated c-CNFs, while their thickness decreased due to compression during the process. The addition of c-CNFs improved absorption capabilities, despite the formation of a non-porous structure. Furthermore, the sheets demonstrated longer drying times, reduced friction coefficients, and improved mechanical properties. Cytotoxicity evaluation confirmed the biocompatibility of the sheets. This study highlights the feasibility of producing eco-friendly beauty facial mask sheets with enhanced performance through a simplified textile finishing process using c-CNFs, offering potential applications in the cosmetics industry.

Keywords:

• Carboxymethyl cellulose nanofibrils
• cotton nonwoven fabrics
• beauty facial sheet
• nonwoven finishing

Authors’ contributions

Sehee Lee: Investigation, resources, methodology, data curation, formal analysis, writing‐original draft. Byoung-Min Lee: Conceptualization, Data curation, writing‐original draft, writing‐review & editing, supervision. You-Ree Nam: Methodology, conceptualization. methodology, formal analysis. Hyeong Yeol Choi: Funding acquisition, supervision, writing‐review & editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Consent to participate

All authors of this article have participated in the work and writing and permit to submit the article.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the research fund of Dong-A University.