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Read the Label: Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster

This product promotes a more clarified skin tone overall, making dull, sallow complexions appear brighter and balanced. Here, Katerina Steventon, Ph.D., reviews the label to see if the ingredients match these claims.

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Smooth Operator: Givaudan Unveils Stabilized Retinol

Though it is the most well-known ingredient to reverse the signs of aging, retinol is notoriously difficult to stabilize in formula; Spherulite R10 enables vitamin A to have a better bioavailability into the epidermis.

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Deep Sea Secrets for Skin

The sea has long been known as a source for skin care, although recent efforts have devised new, more sustainable and optimized approaches to cultivating and harvesting its secrets.

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How Targeting the Long Non-Coding RNA “nc886” Can Lead to Skin Rejuvenation

Discover how targeting the long non-coding RNA nc886 can reinforce skin structure and rejuvenate aging skins.

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PhytoCellTec™ Goji: Stem Cell Activation for a V-shaped Face

PhytoCellTec™ Goji is based on goji plant stem cells which increase cell-to-cell communication via exosomes and significantly improve skin density and oval face shape.

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Positive Aging Claims Substantiated for Bacteria-derived Active

Along with preventing premature aging, this ingredient has been shown to increase consumer self esteem.

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Editor’s Note: Anti-aging About-face

Anti-aging has made an about-face. Consumers are embracing age, recasting it as well aging. In fact, skin care has emerged as a path to preventing age-related ailments. Similarly, we hope this anti-aging issue takes your product development in exciting new directions.

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Youth in Yields: Jasmine Rice Extract Brightens, Protects and Smooths Skin

The profiles of the biological actives in rice differ during grain development; they are particularly high during the flowering phase. Here, a flowering jasmine rice panicle extract was tested for skin benefits and proven to be a safe and effective anti-aging active.

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Picking Up the Slack: Sagging Skin as an Anti-aging Target

Sagging is a complex phenomenon involving changes in the dermis, subcutaneous fat tissue and muscular changes. The present article reviews research related to this phenomenon and topical approaches to address it.

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Cosmetics & Toiletries Expanded Anti-aging Formulary

Expanding our printed Anti-aging Formulary, the May 2019 digital edition features additional product concepts. Click through now to access these formulas.

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Cosmetics & Toiletries Formulary: Anti-aging

Wrinkle eraser cream, youth-preserving care and a cream featuring Pueraria mirifica root extract are among those highlighted in this formulary. For additional details and formulas, click through to the free Cosmetics & Toiletries Bench Reference.

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Vitamin E: Defeating Free Radicals

One cosmetic strategy adopted to protect skin against environmental pollution is the inclusion of antioxidants in topical formulations. The present column reviews the synthesis and extraction of vitamin E, and its structure and utility for these applications.

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Dry Mask Vectors Drive Active Delivery

Dry masks are based on three technologies that have revolutionized the cosmetic industry: cosmetotextiles, delivery systems and sheet masks. The described work sought to overcome the limitations of these technologies, resulting in a dry mask format. Its efficacy is tested here.

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Active Transport: How Rheology Modifiers and Preservatives Impact Release

This study explores two formula parameters that could potentially influence the diffusion of an active through a hydrogel: the gelling agent and the preservative system. Here, caffeine was used as the active, along with a range of 12 gelling agents in a simple hydrogel formulation, with and without preservatives.

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Total Breakdown: Recovering Anti-aging Efficacy After Collagen Fragmentation

When collagen breaks down, the broken fragments can hinder the performance of anti-aging actives over time. This column examines methods by which materials can overcome these aging-related issues in collagen production.

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SEPPIC Debuts Well Aging, Sensory Solutions

The company's ingredients play on the shift to well aging, alternatives to controversial ingredients and improved sensory effects.

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Kelp Stops Aging at its Source with Clariant Active

This seaweed-based active targets chronoaging, photoaging and inflammaging all at once in order to preserve and rejuvenate youthful skin.

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Read the Label: Oskia's Citylife I-Zone Balm

This product contains retinol and astaxanthin—an antioxidant touted to be 6,000 times more powerful than vitamin E—to improve skin tone and texture in pollution-compromised skin. Read on to learn more.