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Patent Pick: What L'Oréal is Hiding
Mar 10, 2017
L'Oréal has a lot to hide—a lot of skin imperfections, that is. In a recent patent application, the company describes a cosmetic that camouflages wrinkles without compromising a natural look and feel.
Lipid Enlightenment: A New Way Forward for Personalized Skin Care
Mar 8, 2017
Cosmetic dermatology in some ways replaces and surpasses anti-aging. Many cosmetic and personal care multinationals see it as the next strategic move. And new findings in lipidomics, such as these from the University of Oregon, quickly push the potential forward.
Patent Pick: Liposomes to Deliver Next-gen Cell Regeneration
Mar 7, 2017
Perhaps the best way to repair damaged and aged skin is to replace it. Sound impossible? Researchers on a new patent application out of Seoul may have the inside—literally.
Patent Pick: A 'Swell' Sunscreen Stabilizer
Mar 2, 2017
Sunscreens are always in the hot seat; whether it's proving they give the claimed SPF, or balancing feel with stability and performance. In this patent, P&G inventors have come up with a "swell" idea: superabsorbent polymers for sunscreens and other skin care applications.
Nano-sized Barrier Repair Buzzing
Mar 1, 2017
New research out of Brazil has skin care developers "abuzz" with excitement. Why? Beeswax nanoparticles show potential to improve compromised skin barrier functioning.
Patent Pick: Compact Powders Ready for Impact
Feb 28, 2017 | Rachel Grabenhofer
Cosmetic powders are pressing contradiction: one benefit can be optimized but at the expense of another. That's where LVMH inventors come in, with a new formula to survive its own impact on the marketplace.
'Separation Anxiety' in Basic Skin Research: Dermal-epidermal Separation Methods, Part I: Chemical
Feb 24, 2017 | Ying Zou, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, and University of California, San Francisco; Howard I. Maibach, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
The epidermal-dermal junction (EDJ) attaches the epidermis to the dermis and separates the skin's primary three layers: the dermis, epidermis and hypodermis. The EDJ is composed of four components, and it is important to preserve their structure and function as much as possible when separating the dermis from the epidermis.
Grooming Interventions Impact Body Vitality: Feel-good Effects Beyond Clean
Feb 24, 2017 | Katerina Steventon, Ph.D., FaceWorkshops LLC East Yorkshire, U.K.
Daily grooming rituals are a fact of life, but what is their impact beyond how they make us look and feel? Coupled with other facts, rituals including fragrance, sauna and hormesis have measurable effects on the body.
Telomere Rejuvenation Stops the Clock on Aging
Feb 16, 2017
Scientists may have found a way reverse signs of aging through chromosomes. In vivo tissue reprogramming was found to lengthen telomeres, a telltale sign of cell rejuvenation.
Patent Pick: Spying Secret (Anti)agents
Feb 15, 2017
Chanel is on to you, 007, and your silencing effects on miRNA. And in a new patent, the company describes a method to locate agents like you, for your anti-aging skin care benefits. This message will self-destruct in 3, 2, 1. . .
Color Me Red: Bacteria to Produce Natural Pigments
Feb 13, 2017
Researchers are at it again: outsmarting bacteria to do their "dirty" work. In fact this time, soil-inhabiting Serratia rubidaea were isolated for their naturally produced red pigment.
Sky Blue's the Limit with Novel Pigment Discovery
Feb 10, 2017
New pigment discoveries with applications for cosmetics come along once in a blue moon; or in this case, sky. Researchers in Korea and Japan have developed new inorganic sky-blue pigments with light-absorbing properties.