抄録
The foundations play the most important role for the make-up, which are applied to the human skin in order to make up the beautiful state by correcting the color and adjusting the visual texture of the skin. The powder foundations are frequently used for the Japanese customers. When they are used to the human skin, the cosmetic puffs are usually used. In the daily use of the foundation, the factors which the user feels comfortable could be the quality of the foundations and also the interrelation of the puffs and the foundations. Moreover, the texture of the puffs is also expected to be the important factor, because it affects to the usability. Therefore it is necessary to clarify the relation between the characteristic of the puffs and the conditions of finish make-up. These results may contribute to develop the new products such as the puff that finish the make-up beautifully with good texture and high usability.
Then, we tried to clarify the relation between the physical properties and the sensory characters of the puff. As a result, a clear correlation between beauty finish and the cell configuration was found by principal component analysis and correlation analysis. On the other hand, hardness of the puffs may be influential to the usability. With this viewpoint, the qualities of the puffs that finish up comfortably and beautifully will be improved.
