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Eating Mushrooms Could Counteract Advanced Glycation End Products
Jan 23, 2017
There's a fungus among us, and it may be more welcomed than ever before if new research out of Japan is corroborated. A preliminary study has shown that consuming mushrooms may decrease the production of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in skin.
Exposure, Skin Roughness and a New Niche Proposal
Jan 12, 2017
How often is your nose the first place to sunburn? Almost always. Swiss researchers wondered what such high exposure could mean for skin topography of the hands, nose, shoulders, cheeks and forehead. Their work points to a new potential market niche.
Patent Pick: Corona-core Microgels Go with Skin's Flow
Jan 10, 2017
Emulsions are troublemakers. Surfactants can be used to keep their oil and water attitudes in check but they irritate some people. Pickering emulsions work, too, but are less effective and sticky wickets. Enter Shiseido's patented answer: corona-core microgels, which stabilize the situation and go with skin's flow.
Turn Back Time: New Findings Suggest Science Could Potentially Reverse the Signs of Aging
Jan 3, 2017
It may finally be possible to turn back the clock. Using cellular reprogramming, scientists at the Salk Institute have found a way to reverse signs of aging.
Building Cosmetics to Boost Self-confidence: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Jan 3, 2017 | Katerina Steventon, Ph.D., FaceWorkshops, LLC, Manchester, U.K.
Skin is the membrane of all membranes and can protect us physically, emotionally and even spiritually. In relation, cosmetics play a part in the discussion in society of self-esteem, and self-esteem is at the heart of success in modern societies.
Unexpected Paths to Sunscreens
Jan 3, 2017 | Rachel L. Grabenhofer, Managing Editor, Cosmetics & Toiletries
Teleportation was once science fiction. Today's it's somewhat of a reality, if you consider how Facebook Live, Facetime, Skype, etc., transport our likenesses through time and space. I sense this indirect path may be the future to sunscreens.
Patent Pick: Unilever Takes Charge of Cleansing, Literally
Dec 28, 2016
There's a battle ensuing between microbes and anti-microbes that transcends the physical skin barrier to a larger, regulatory one. Regardless, Unilever inventors are charging ahead utilizing electrons to enhance the power of oligodynamic metals.
Patent Pick: 'Grow Your Own' UVB Protection
Dec 25, 2016
The plants we grow for food are facing new climatic challenges. Therefore, researchers of the Max-Planck Society sought to improve their chances of survival against UV; and in the meantime, they improved ours.
Patent Pick: Move Over, Oxidizers, Titanium Salts are the New Hair Dye Heroes
Dec 23, 2016
Oxidizers have met their match, if you believe these L'Orél inventors. In this patent application, titanium salts are offered as the basis for natural and powerful hair dyes, without the need for oxidizing agents.
Patent Pick: Aryl-activated Acne and Skin Care
Dec 20, 2016
If you're wishing this season for a better way to fight acne, the inventors on this patent application will make you merry. They've identified a way, via the aryl-hydrocarbon pathway, to treat acne, rosacea, cellulite and more.
Patent Pick: Syncing Up with Consumers
Dec 16, 2016
P&G inventors are feelin' it—circadian rhythm. That's why they're investigating methods to find cosmetic actives to go with consumers' flow.
Wearables Powered by You
Dec 15, 2016
Michigan State University is onto the next big thing in wearables: powered by you. Researchers there have developed a film-like device that uses nanotech to harness the energy of human movement and power it.