The skin is the largest organ in the body and yet often we think about skin protection and sun protection only when we are going to the beach, or exposing our hands and faces to the cold, harsh winter wind. But the truth is, our skin health needs protection all the time summer, winter, indoors or out. (LuycoRed)
Beauty from within is what consumers are looking for but they are also challenging the effectiveness of the marketed products as they become better informed. At the “over engineered food” era, the consumer is constantly seeking for healthy ingredients.
Nutricosmetic ingredients are the ingredients which are used in the formulation of nutricosmetics:
* Carotenoids such as lycopene, lutein, and beta carotene
Beta-carotene is the best known carotenoid. It is responsible for the orange color of carrots and is also found in tomatoes and green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, and cabbage.
Lycopene is found in tomatoes, watermelon, and autumn olives, a type of wild berry. Lycopene is responsible for the red color of these fruits and vegetables.
Lutein is one of the xanthophyll carotenoids and is found in spinach, kale and other green leafy vegetables, marigold flowers, and algae
* Vitamins such as A, C, and E
Vitamins A, C, and E are all antioxidants. The demand for natural vitamins is at present increasing due to consumer suspicion of over engineered food, a restraint that has resulted in inhibiting the widespread acceptance of synthetic and nature identical sources. Growth is expected to continue in this sector as health-conscious consumers become increasingly aware and confident about selecting the right products for their nutrition and personal care. Sorbitol is the key raw material of vitamin C.
* PUFA (omega-3 fatty acid)
PUFAs can be broadly classified into omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which can be further subdivided into various subclasses. Presently, omega-3 fatty acids have emerged as a key market trend with manufacturers seeking to capitalize on its immense potential by including it in functional food and beverage applications.
* Others such as fruit extracts, green tea extracts, CoQ10, phytosterols, aloevera, and collagen
In general, phytosterols are naturally present at low levels in a variety of plants and plant-derived products including wood pulp, soybeans, vegetable oils, corn oil, rice bran, and wheat germ. Though phytosterols provide various other benefits such as the stimulation of insulin production and anti-aging effect on the skin, they are almost wholly positioned toward heart health.
Camellia sinensis (green tea) extracts include active polyphenol components such as flavinoids.
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At present, CoQ10 is primarily used in dietary supplements. However, there is rapidly growing interest in nutricosmetic food and beverage applications for its anti-aging properties.
Fruit and vegetable extracts are commonly used in Europe. Usually, 20 kg of fresh fruits or vegetables give 1 kg of extract and the extracts’ active compounds usually contain 1 to 40% of phytonutrients.
Hyaluronic acid, whose essential function is to moisturise, and collagen, a key structural protein of the skin, are experiencing a growing interest in nutricosmetic products.
(Frost & Sullivan)
Dr Goralczyk identified vitamins C and E, carotenoids, some selenium-containing enzymes, EGCG from green tea, hydroxytyrosol from olives, and resveratrol from grapes as ingredients with the most skin health potential. (Cosmetics Design Europe)
Protecting Your Skin
It turns out beauty is more than skin deep. The average person slathers, lathers, rubs and sprays 10 different skin care products on his or her body every day – and since our skin acts more like a sponge than a barrier, we absorb the nearly 130 chemicals we regularly expose ourselves to.
There is not a woman that isn’t concerned with wrinkles, whether it’s the little ones creeping in around the eyes, the big red ones you sometimes get from how you slept to the deep wrinkles that will never go.
Eight easy steps to help you fight the wrinkle onslaught:
1. Gently exfoliation helps get rid of dull skin flakes and boosts cell renewal which is the key to a vibrant, fresh complexion.
2. Sun protection must be worn to help prevent wrinkles, lines and age spots; you need to wear sun protection all year round.
3. Massage you skin; Just a few minutes of daily facial massage will really boost circulation, improve skin tone and may also help your daily moisturisers ingredients penetrate deeper.
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4. Use radiance enhancing products to blur imperfections and also reduce their impact. If you wear make-up you can also conceal these pigmentation and age spots as well as choosing foundation designed for older skin types with radiance boosting affects.
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5. Use Firming neck creams; richer than face creams and can have ingredients to help prevent necklace look of lines around your neck.
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6. Keep your make-up light. Using too much foundation and powder can make your skin look mask like and more wrinkled. Try using Mineral make-up which has a softer finish than traditional make-up products. A natural toned bronzer will give a healthy glow and a sheer lipstick that has a non drying formula will make you look much fresher. You could also try have your eyebrows shaped and tinted and also have your eyelashes tinted, it really makes a huge difference to your appearance.
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Nica Lewis, head consultant for cosmetic research at Mintel, told CosmeticsDesign.com that foundation offers more than just a pick-me-up. Lewis said women have started to view foundation as a necessary addition to their make-up bags because it now offers them more than ever before. Instead of simply masking blemishes, foundation is being marketed as a necessary tool in the defense of skin health. Reflecting this idea is the rapid development in recent years of foundations that contain antioxidants or position themselves as anti-ageing products.
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7. Follow the instructions. For anti aging creams to really make a difference you need to apply the recommended amount daily for at least six weeks. don’t expect them all to work instantly, use them until you finish them.
8. Throw away any products you’ve had for over two years, they will have gone off, most products now have a symbol on the packaging somewhere of a little jar and a number, this is how long you should keep it for from the day of opening the jar. Also get rid of any old make-up, mascara over a year old should be chucked and you shouldn’t use anything over two years old. Do wash your make-up brushes weekly, you might find if you’re getting regular breakouts it could be from your make-up brushes.
(All Business)
