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Patent Pick: Easter Bunny Diet Holds Anti-aging Secret

Mar 21, 2016

The Easter Bunny is hiding more than eggs. His coumestrol-rich diet of alfalfa sprouts, red clover, soybeans, peas, mung bean and more holds the key to skin elasticity and wrinkle prevention, according to this AmorePacific patent.

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Patent Pick: Anti-dandruff Probiotic— Not the Contradiction it Seems

Mar 21, 2016

Do the words probiotic and anti-dandruff seem contradictory? Maybe on the surface, but on a micro level in the scalp, L'Oréal and Nestec have found they harmonize to restore balance.

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Patent Pick: A Soft Spot for Dandruff Care

Mar 21, 2016

In anti-dandruff hair care, sensory cues often are second to deposition/performance. Apparently, however, P&G inventors have a soft spot for both, as this patent for improving the feel of anti-dandruff conditioners demonstrates.

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Patent Pick: Oral Care Dye Double Agents

Mar 10, 2016

Oral care colorants have a new mission: as antibacterial agents. As this patent application from Colgate-Palmolive explains, colorants typically used in oral care have been found to possess strong antibacterial activity when activated with visible light.

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Patent Pick: What the 'Gel'?

Mar 10, 2016

If you follow our Patent Picks column, you might be thinking "What the gel?" At least that's what I though when yet another gel-based patent application, this time UV protection from L'Oréal, came up in my search.

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Patent Pick: Aluminum-free Antiperspirant

Mar 10, 2016

Following our industry's history, if it isn't already, "aluminum-free" will be the next hot marketing claim for antiperspirants--and this patent application from Henkel might just lead the way, with a natural alternative to aluminum salts.

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Patent Pick: Lashing Out

Mar 10, 2016

For those of us who've ever peeled and picked off waterproof mascara, this gel-based invention from L'Oréal brings hope by "lashing out" against such waxy, shellacked residues.

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Patent Pick: Hold it Right There

Mar 10, 2016

In this patent application, inventors at Henkel have whipped up a novel composition to temporarily shape and hold hair styles.

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Patent Pick: Relax Already

Mar 10, 2016

The inventors on this patent application aim to bring hair down a notch with a composition to relax curls and reduce volume.

Patent Pick: Just-gelling Antiperspirant

Mar 9, 2016

Gel-gel? Is there an echo in here? Perhaps, and this patent application for a gel-based antiperspirant composition from L'Oréal is certainly "phased" by it.

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Endpoint. ‘Skin’teresting Developments

Mar 8, 2016

By 2021, skin care is expected to reach U.S. $154 billion. Futurists making this market prediction must have factored innovation into the equation. So, where will it come from?

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Facial Fat as a Key Anti-aging Target

Mar 8, 2016

Facial morphology is associated with subcutaneous adipose tissue (sFAT), dermal elasticity and the dermal layer structure. Thus, a fibroblast/adipocyte co-culture was developed to examine the interactions between these entities. Once their mechanisms were identified, a tiencha, or sweet tea, extract was tested for its effects on adipocytes and potential to improve facial morphology.

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