An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but a Korean research team believes blackberries may ward off aging wrinkles.
The team, Lee et al, recently published an article in Cosmetics further exploring the anti-wrinkle power of an ingestible made with blackberry fermented with a lactic acid bacteria, intended to fight UV-caused wrinkling, increase the dermal thickness and increase collagen accumulation.
This paper was a follow-up clinical study after the same ingestible formulation, known as BB-1000, showed positive anti-wrinkle effects in hairless mice.
Lee et al said blackberry contains promising cosmetic compounds like flavonoids, phenols and anthocyanins, and lactic acid has shown antibacterial, immune, and antioxidant activity in previous studies.
Cosmoprof North America is launching a new special area focused on Black-owned beauty companies which has been years in the making.
While the show has had a “Tones of Beauty” special area in the past, Cosmoprof Head of Marketing Liza Rapay said she started rethinking how Cosmoprof North America should showcase inclusive beauty brands in 2019.
During her first show with Cosmoprof, Rapay said she felt the area could be elevated and look more congruent with the other special areas on the floor.
“I thought it was good, but I also thought there were some opportunities,” Rapay said. “At that time in 2019, I challenged the curator to do something different for 2020.”
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Skin and sun care brand Everyday Humans was just added to the Target Zero Collection, aided by their plastic neutral certification. CosmeticsDesign spoke with brand founder Charlotte Chen Pienaar about being included in the retail giant's sustainable collection.
To start off, tell me a bit about Everyday Humans and the brand’s mission around packaging.
Everyday Humans is an innovative SPF-led skincare brand that designs consciously made sunscreens and everyday skincare with a sustainability focus. As a certified Plastic Neutral and Climate Neutral company, our efforts are demonstrated through our choice of packaging, raw ingredients, manufacturers, and partners.
Our entire portfolio’s plastic tubes are made of PCR, with some products achieving as high as 100% recycled plastic. Our goal is to find even more innovative delivery systems to house sunscreen and skincare products in a more sustainable manner.
Fragrance is vital in many industries, including personal care, and the Fragrance Creators Association is working to improve its impact and public understanding.
The trade association recently released its 2021 impact report and the organization's president, Farah Ahmed, told CosmeticsDesign it outlines what was accomplished for the industry last year, both with domestic and international partners.
While the report outlines a number of specific actions the organization took last year, Ahmed said there are a few takeaways on what is happening in fragrance that personal care professionals can use to understand the segment right now.
One of the primary factors in changing how the Fragrance Creators Association and the fragrance industry more broadly function was the onset of COVID-19, Ahmed said. Leaders across the segment had to come together to solve the challenges brought about by the pandemic.
The beauty industry is filled with products to counteract signs of skin aging and a research team out of Portugal wanted to know how self-esteem plays into the billion-dollar segment.
Anti-aging products are estimated to be a $60 billion market, and Precedence Research estimates it will double by 2030.
Evangelista et al published an article in Cosmetics studying the relationship between the use of anti-aging products and self-esteem in a sample group of Portuguese women.
“The relationship between usage patterns of anti-aging cosmetic products and women’s self-esteem has been seldom described in the literature,” Evangelista et al said. “This study aims to fill this knowledge gap.”
