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Oat Cosmetics Debuts Rejuvaveen, Active Skin Care Ingredient
Rejuvaveen is an oat beta-glucan complex active that has an effect on skin biology and appearance due to its molecular profile, according to Oat cosmetics.
Actives
Berg+Schmidt to Showcase BergaCare Range at in-cos Global
Consumers/Market
Top 2 Google Searches: Graceful Aging and Ayurvedic Hair Care
Latest
Skin Care
Trending: Redness and Rosacea Line 'Kalme Skin Care'
This week's report on trending Google searches saw "Kalme Skin Care" take the top slot. The line focuses on redness and rosacea in skin and features some interesting ingredients. Learn more here.
Hair Care
Geltor Grows into Hair Care with NuColl Vegan Collagen Launch
Manufactured via fermentation, NuColl improves hair smoothness, controls frizz and volume and mends split ends, the company reports.
Sponsored
Bio-Botanica offers Pueraria Mirifica in Puresterol (sample request)
Puresterol helps support the management of menopause and perimenopausal symptoms and can be used topically for anti-aging and anti-wrinkle products. (US Patent #7,658,955)
Skin Care
Lignovations Develops Multifunctional Ingredient LignoGuard
LignoGuard uses Fibenol’s Lignova raw material made from locally generated forestry and wood industry residues such as sawdust, woodchips and low-quality hardwood. The ingredient provides photoprotection and antioxidant properties.
Safety
Color of Change to Retailers: Remove 'Toxic' Hair Products and 'Anti-Blackness'
Color of Change is calling on consumers to petition Target, ShopRite and other retailers to remove "toxic" lye relaxers and hair dyes that disproportionately affect Black consumers from shelves. This comes as the industry is making inclusivity inroads.
Actives
Lubrizol Life Science Beauty Introduces Biodegradable Silicone Alternative: SilSense Bio 5 Emollient
SilSense Bio 5 emollient is a biodegradable, fast-spreading volatile silicone alternative that provides a lightweight and non-greasy feel to the hair, scalp and skin.
Actives
Skin Immunity: how to preserve it with cosmetics? Download the slide deck
Skin is a complex organ and its biomolecules, structure, physico-chemical properties, immune and non-immune cells all act together to form the skin's immune system. Discover how to address skin immunity with Seppic ingredients.
Safety
Mercury-contaminated Cosmetics Make Headlines, Raise Consumer Alert
Per Google Trends, the search phrase "cosmetics with mercury" is up by 350%. Recent headlines have certainly kept it top of mind for consumers, as they should for quality control.
Actives
Euromed Explores Benefits of Pomegranates with Pomanox
According to an in vitro study from Eurecat, Pomanox may reduce signs of skin aging such as hyperpigmentation, skin dryness and loss of elasticity by reducing melanogenesis and oxidative stress.
Literature/Data
Cranberry Proanthocyanidins Empower Antimicrobial Lip Gloss
Antimicrobial A-type proanthocyanidins (PACs) in cranberry can provoke alterations in the glycoproteins of enveloped viruses, according to Ángel Serrano Aroca, Ph.D., of Universidad Católica de Valencia. His team applied this to a lip gloss.
Literature/Data
How La Mer's Max Huber Labs'
Macrocystis pyrifera
Ferment Boosts Skin Lipids, Barrier Repair
The ability of
Macrocystis pyrifera
ferment to activate skin's production of essential lipids was presented by La Mer's Max Huber Labs during the 47th meeting of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology, held in Dec. 2-4, 2022.