Cosmetic & Personal Care

Improving Efficacy With Ultrafine Bubbles

Our ultrafine bubble technology revolutionizes the cosmetic and personal care sectors, providing a superior approach to skin hydration and enhanced delivery of active ingredients like essential nutrients and minerals to effectively nourish the skin. By incorporating Hydrosome H2O into formulations, products achieve exceptional performance—delivering faster, deeper hydration and increasing the uptake of vitamins, antioxidants, and other vital skin nutrients. This results in visibly healthier and younger-looking skin and products that are not only effective but transformative. Our technology’s capability to maintain ingredient stability and enhance absorption rates sets a new benchmark for skincare solutions, offering consumers improved outcomes.
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Laura Lum

Co-President Meaningful Beauty

“We’re excited to introduce Hydrosome H2O® as the latest technology innovation in our hero product”

Our Ultrafine Bubble Technology Turns Water From A Filler To A Functional Ingredient

Increase Permeation of Skin Care Actives
by 2-3x

Difficult to permeate compounds can now be permeable, creating possibilities for new, more effective product formulations.

Improve Performance Without Reformulation

Directly replaces the DI water in your existing formulations, improving their efficacy.

Reduce the Need for Permeation Enhancers

By increasing cellular permeation, we enable “clean” and “pure” product formulations and enable the creation of new chassis and form factors

Enhances Performance of OTC Monograph Formulations

We maximize the benefits of OTC monograph formulations by improving the delivery of active ingredients

Increase Permeation of Skin Care Actives
by 2-3x

Difficult to permeate compounds can now be permeable, creating possibilities for new, more effective product formulations.

Improve Performance Without Reformulation

Directly replaces the DI water in your existing formulations, improving their efficacy.

Reduce the Need for Permeation Enhancers

By increasing cellular permeation, we enable “clean” and “pure” product formulations and enable the creation of new chassis and form factors

Enhances Performance of OTC Monograph Formulations

We maximize the benefits of OTC monograph formulations by improving the delivery of active ingredients
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How Our Ultrafine Bubbles Are Made

It Begins With Tap

Our patented process begins with the base level of potable water

Step 2 Dionization

We apply a treatment technology that applies electricity, ion exchange, or
resins to produce ultra-purified water

Step 3 Our Patented Process Creates Hydrosome H2O

Through the application of specific pressure and energy we impart a highly stable form of ultrafine bubbles in water

Step 1: Reverse Osmosis

We remove biological and chemical particles by passing the water through a membrane

Ultra Pure Water

The process creates a purified water at it’s highest level, only elemental H2O

The Result

Our process drastically increases the bioavailability of water and the nutrients it carries. This leads to faster hydration, deeper absorption, increased cell nutrient levels, and greater efficacy. Our system works without the use of chemicals or other enhancers

It Begins With Tap

Our patented process begins with the base level of potable water

Step 1: Reverse Osmosis

We remove biological and chemical particles by passing the water through a membrane

Step 2: Deionization

We apply a treatment technology that applies electricity, ion exchange, or
resins to produce ultra-purified water

Step 3: Our Patented Process Creates Hydrosome H2O

Through the application of specific pressure and energy we impart a highly stable form of ultrafine bubbles in water

Ultra Pure Water

The process creates a purified water at it’s highest level, only elemental H2O

The Result

Our process drastically increases the bioavailability of water and the nutrients it carries. This leads to faster hydration, deeper absorption, increased cell nutrient levels, and greater efficacy. Our system works without the use of chemicals or other enhancers

How Hydrosomes are Made Explained

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Special Features

  • Hydrosome H2O meets all the standards for GRAS certification
  • Fully self-contained patented water processing system.
  • Scalable systems can match any volume requirement.
  • Maintenance-free service contract.

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Hydrosome Labs is Named One of the Top 100 Finalists for the 24th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards  

September 23, 2025

Out of 315 nominees, Hydrosome Labs of Westmont, IL has been selected as one of the Top 100 Finalists still in the running for the 24th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The awards celebrate the most innovative new products and services in the Chicago region across all organization sizes, sectors and industries. Over 700 business and civic leaders will come together to honor the winners when they are announced on November 13th at the UIC Forum.

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Responsible Beauty Solutions: Biodegradable, Value Driven, Renewable, Lower Impact, Circular, Eco Efficacy

July 10, 2025

Responsible beauty is not just a niche interest but has gained mainstream momentum. Turning to industry experts, Cosmetics & Toiletries reached out for their views on current trends in sustainable, responsible beauty, along with future directions. Following are insights from: Bob Jacobs, Hydrosome Labs; Anja Herrmann, Ph.D., Lipoid Kosmetik AG; Joseph Shieh, Nouryon; and Ophélie Bourgon, Roquette Beauté.

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Hydrosome Labs Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025

March 18, 2025

Chicago-based Start-up Joins the Ranks of Waymo, Nvidia, Duolingo, and more

Chicago, IL (March 18, 2025) Hydrosome Labs is proud to have been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations to set new standards and achieve remarkable milestones in all sectors of the economy.

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Cosmetics Design: New ultrafine bubbles technology for fast delivery of active, clean ingredients

February 11, 2025

In efforts to drive product performance through better, cleaner, and faster delivery of active ingredients, researchers at Chicago-based Hydrosome Labs have developed some of the smallest UFBs ever detected.
One of the more promising applications Hydrosome Labs is commercializing is in skincare. A study from TRI Princeton and Hydrosome showed niacinamide delivery into the skin was significantly improved versus the control substance (deionized water).

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Hydrosome President, Bob Jacobs provides perspective on trends shaping the Beauty Care Industry

August 14, 2024

Cosmetics & Toiletries asked a number of influencers and executives in Beauty Care to share their perspectives on how market trends translate into formulation, decisions, impacting things like stability and ingredient choices. Hydrosome President, Bob Jacobs shared his thoughts on how Hydrosome H2O technology can play an important role in the continued move to clean beauty.

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Global Cosmetic Industry: Hydrosome’s Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford Collab Uses Water as a Functional Ingredient

July 16, 2024

Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford has tapped Hydrosome’s ultra-fine bubble technology in the reformulation of the brand’s Youth Activating Melon Serum.

The revamped formula pairs the suppliers’ Hydrosome H2O technology with Meaningful Beauty’s proprietary Melon Leaf Stem Cell Technology to more effectively deliver active skin care ingredients to skin cells.

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