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Color Cosmetics
Lip-smacking Results: Mixture Design ‘Pays Off’ to Optimize Wax/Oil Lipstick Ratio
This article explores Mixture Design for lipstick development. The approach models the blending surface with a suitable mathematical equation to identify ideal ingredient ratios. As is shown here, Mixture Design can effectively optimize lipstick formulations, saving development time and costs.
Nutricosmetics
Korean Team Puts Their 'Finger' on the Next Nutricosmetic
The oral intake of Chinese ginger, otherwise known as fingerroot or
Boesenbergia pandurata
, was recently found to improve skin hydration, wrinkling and gloss. How? Read on to learn more.
Literature/Data
Patent Picks—Lipstick Gloss, Probiotics, Anti-acne, Cosmetic Films, Heat Shock Proteins and More for Skin
Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features inventions related to cosmetics and skin care, including heat to improve lipstick gloss and probiotics for oily skin, as well as heat shock proteins, FABACs, improved vitamin C derivatives, an anti-acne blend, a skin-smoothing cosmetic film and a photo-initiated filler from the medical field.
Literature/Data
Preserving the Facts on Parabens: An Overview of These Important Tools of the Trade
Parabens have a long history as effective preservatives in foods, cosmetics and drugs, with extensively documented human and environmental safety profiles. This article reviews these important ingredients.
Literature/Data
Telomere Rejuvenation Stops the Clock on Aging
Scientists may have found a way reverse signs of aging through chromosomes. In vivo tissue reprogramming was found to lengthen telomeres, a telltale sign of cell rejuvenation.
Regional
EU Draws the Line on Endocrine Disruptors
The European Union (EU) has set scientific criteria for endocrine-disrupting materials. While determined in the context of plant-protection products, these criteria relate to cosmetics not only in the cultivation of plant-derived materials, but also in review of previously SCCS-approved Category 2 CMRs.
Cosmetic Ingredients
Global Guerbet Alcohols Market on the Rise
A boom in the beauty and cosmetics industry has many reaching for multifunctional products, which may lead to a rise in the global guerbet alcohols market in coming years.
Cosmetic Ingredients
Delivery Systems and Ingredients on the Rise
Delivery systems and ingredients in personal care were valued at US $345,287.3 thousand in 2014, and this ingredient category is expected to grow to $543,373.2 thousand by 2020.
Literature/Data
The Effect of Glycerol on the Water-holding Capacity of Chemically Irritated Skin*
Glycerol is one humectant commonly employed due to its high hygroscopic and hyperosmotic properties. It is used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and in pharmaceutical formulations as an active compound.2 Being naturally present in the skin, glycerol was quickly identified for its role in skin hydration, similar to natural moisturizing factors (NMF).
Literature/Data
Aquaporins: The One-Molecule-at-a-Time Moisturizer
This column describes aquaporins and outlines their 16-year history, with particular interest in an aquaglycero-porin found in human skin. Future columns will highlight the activities of several cosmetic manufacturers and their compositions to “stimulate” that aquaporin as a way to beautify human skin and hair.
Regional
FDA Clears the Air on CBD Reform Efforts
While CBD is trending across market segments, the rules in play to ensure public health and market direction are baffling at best. As such, the FDA has issued an update outlining its efforts to provide clarity.
Literature/Data
Patent Pick: Progress on the SPF/UVA-PF Front
The sun was shining on Unilever inventors when they uncovered a new chemistry combination to improve SPF and UVA-PF factors for enhanced sun protection. A new patent application explains.
Literature/Data
Aquaporins: The One-Molecule-at-a-Time Moisturizer
This column describes aquaporins and outlines their 16-year history, with particular interest in an aquaglycero-porin found in human skin. Future columns will highlight the activities of several cosmetic manufacturers and their compositions to “stimulate” that aquaporin as a way to beautify human skin and hair.
Methods/Tools
Validating the Effectiveness of Rubbing on Percutaneous Penetration
The effect of rubbing on percutaneous penetration has long been questioned. Existing data regarding rubbing effects is sparse, and what is available is controversial at best. While some evidence suggests that rubbing increases absorption, others note the opposite. Further understanding of the rubbing effect on percutaneous penetration may offer a more complete picture in relation to the application of drugs, cosmetics and skin care.
Literature/Data
Kao Publishes Research on the Activation of the Skin Autophagy through Eucalyptus and Bilberry Extract
The research revealed that the decline of autophagy activity in skin adversely affects epidermal homeostasis and disturbs formation (cornification) of the stratum corneum, which functions as a barrier and retains hydration in the skin.
Regional
On the Horizon: Tattoo and Permanent Makeup Ink Restrictions
Several European regulatory bodies have proposed restrictions on tattoo and permanent makeup inks, citing potential health issues.
Literature/Data
Formulating Focus: The Influence of Emollients on Skin Penetration
This column will discuss ways in which ingredients can positively affect the partition coefficient of the active between the formula and the skin. By carefully selecting the emollients used in a formulation, formulators can increase the delivery and clinical efficacy of a formulation without increasing the level of the active ingredient.
Literature/Data
Formulating Focus: The Influence of Emollients on Skin Penetration
This column will discuss ways in which ingredients can positively affect the partition coefficient of the active between the formula and the skin. By carefully selecting the emollients used in a formulation, formulators can increase the delivery and clinical efficacy of a formulation without increasing the level of the active ingredient.
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