An absorbent article has a skincare composition applied on at least a portion thereof so as to be transferable to the skin of the wearer. The fiber bundles are selected from non-elastic fibers. The upper electrode may be electrically connected to the phase-change nanowires. The enlarged section of each of the blind bores reduces gradually in cross-section toward the reduced section and the closed end. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer.