Month: March 2011

GABA (aka gamma aminobutryic acid or 4-aminobutanoic acid) is a “multifunctional ceullar stimulant”. It is claimed that it is anti-inflammatory ingredient. But these aren’t why we want to use it in our facial products. The main claims about this cosmeceutical is that relaxes muscles when topically applied which will smooth and reduce the look of...

DMAE (also known as dimethylaminoethanol and 2-(Dimethylamino)ethanol comes as a water soluble, white crystalline powder we can use in our products at 1.5% to 3% in the cool down phase. It has a pH of 10, and doesn’t play well with acidic ingredients. So what’s claimed about DMAE? It’s claimed that it can reduce skin sagging and...

I wrote about MSM on February 25, 2010, but I thought I’d do an update. The new information is in italic!  MSM (aka DSMO2, methylsulfone, methylsulfonylmethane, and dimethyl sulfone) is an ingredient that we see in various moisturizers, but what does it do? Sulphur (or sulfur) is an element found in every cell of our...