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Section: Cosmetic Ingredients > Moisturizing
Color Cosmetics
Delivering High Moisturization from Lipstick
To improve the appearance of dry and wrinkled lips, it is necessary to hydrate them. Here, the author describes a lipstick concept to meet this need and a formulation process to achieve it. The product was then tested for immediate and long-lasting moisturization using a corneometer, and a quantitative study was conducted to rate its usability.
Moisturizing
Multifunctionality from a New Polymeric Ester
Pigment wetting, skin moisturization and gloss are three functions that can be obtained simultaneously from octyldodecyl/PPG-3 myristyl ether dimer dilinoleate, a new polymeric ester synthesized partly from one of the skin’s essential fatty acids.
Color Cosmetics
Delivering High Moisturization from Lipstick
To improve the appearance of dry and wrinkled lips, it is necessary to hydrate them. Here, the author describes a lipstick concept to meet this need and a formulation process to achieve it. The product was then tested for immediate and long-lasting moisturization using a corneometer, and a quantitative study was conducted to rate its usability.
Moisturizing
Delivering Skin Moisturization from a Surfactant Cleanser
The instrumental and sensorial studies described here assess the ability of a test moisturizing product, at 1% in a surfactant system, to physically improve skin moisturization and structural condition, as well as provide a consumer-perceivable sensorial benefit. Changes in skin protein content, visible skin dryness, trans-epidermal water loss, corneometry and sensorial characteristics were measured and analyzed.
Methods/Tools
Deposition from Conditioning Shampoo: Optimizing Coacervate Formation
New techniques are being offered to produce formulations faster and more cost effectively than ever before. Researchers at the Institute for Formulation Science have addressed this challenge by developing robotic combinatorial techniques for the preparation and investigation of complex mixtures.
Actives
Busy Signals Explain Itch from Dry Skin
This review of literature suggests that crosstalk between the stratum corneum and nerve fibers in the epidermis is the process by which itch is transmitted to the central nervous system. A rationale is presented for using moisturizers to reduce itch.
Natural/Sustainable
Sustainable and Upcycled Cocoa Butter Alternatives from ICSC
ICSC A/S offers sustainable and upcycled alternatives to cocoa butter with similar consistency, texture, sensory, stability and enhanced moisturization to replace or reduce cocoa butter in formulations with guaranteed supply and competitive prices.
Skin Care
Bruise Amelioration and Skin Benefits from Glycerin and Triglyceride
Ameliorating the appearance of bruises can be accomplished by combining glycerin and triglyceride in a skin care formulation that functions both as a humectant and occlusive agent, as described here.
Skin Care
Experience the Latest Sensations from Lubrizol Skin Care
The quest for beauty involves offering new textures and colors to suit the ever changing needs and expectations of consumers.
Consumers/Market
Formulating Demographic Beauty – From Boomers to Generation Alpha
This article is an overview of the unique characteristics, key focus and specific needs of given beauty consumer generations. It highlights biological variations as well as relevant ingredients, preferred product forms and select commercial examples.
Moisturizing
Orthorhombic Phase Stabilization for Internal Occlusion: A New Mechanism for Skin Moisturization
While humectants and occlusive agents are the most commonly accepted approaches to moisturize skin, earlier work indicates a third approach: orthorhombic phase stabilization. In the present article, the author describes this novel mechanism of hydration and its detection by conventional and nonconventional methods, suggesting this approach could serve as a basis for all skin moisturizing therapies.
Moisturizing
Multifunctionality: From "One in More" to "More in One"
The authors explain the requirements for interactions of single components in mixtures in order to obtain multifunctional mixtures. These requirements include synergy and the need to excel in a single specific performance.
Method/Process
From the Archives … Flexabrasion: A Method for Evaluating Hair Strength
From the December 2001 issue of
Cosmetics & Toiletries
, this article describes how both bending and abrasion should be tested–along with extension–when evaluating hair strength, as the authors show here in tests of an active developed to increase the strength of bleached hair.
Moisturizing
Solutions from the ceramide expert: Empower the body’s natural shield
Pollution, aging, seasonal factors, UV irradiation and genetic predisposition lead to disruption of our natural protective skin and hair barrier. Evonik technologies shield the natural protective barrier for a moisturized, vital, smooth and healthy look.
Actives
New Beauty Ingredient Trends: from Functional Water to Fit Skin
From Amazonian biotech to ultra-fine bubble technology, emerging cosmetic ingredients are pushing the boundaries of functions and claims.
Skin Care
Dermawhite(TM) WF is the newest skin brightening ingredient from BASF
Dermawhite(TM) WF is BASF's newest skin brightening ingredient.
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