Cosmeceuticals

Subscribers’ exclusive: Improving radiance and brightening skin: Combinations to reduce hyperpigmentation

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We’ve spent the last week looking at various ways we can “improve radiance” and “brighten skin”. Last Monday, we took a look at using hydrating and moisturizing ingredients to increase hydration and reduce dryness. Last Wednesday, we created a hand & body lotion for more humid climates. Last Thursday, we created one for more arid...

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Members’ exclusive: Working with liposomes – Vitamin C in a light moisturizer

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Yesterday, we took a look at how to use MAP liposomes in a light, gelled facial serum. Today, let’s see how these might work in a lotion. Keep this in mind when we’re formulating with these liposomes: They should be used at 1% to 10% in the cool down phase (lower than 45˚C) in products...

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Members’ exclusive: Working with liposomes – Vitamin C in a gelled facial serum

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Vitamin C is notoriously annoying to work with if you’re not using the right version. In general, you can’t just add l-ascorbic acid to a water based product and be done with it as it’ll oxidize and be awful. This is why we turn to Vitamin C liposomes! Please see part one of this series...

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Actives & cosmeceuticals: Vitamin C revisited

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As a note, part of this post was originally shared on January 21, 2011, on the old blog. There are some great comments over there that I couldn’t bring over here, so I encourage you to check those out if you’re interested. Vitamin C is a water soluble anti-oxidant has been proven in studies to...

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Members’ exclusive: Liposomes – what are they and how to use them?

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As we saw yesterday a liposome is “A spherical vesicle with at least one lipid bilayer” into which oil or water soluble ingredients can be placed so the cosmeceutical or vitamin reaches its destination without falling apart or reacting with things in the product. Using liposomes can improve stability and efficacy of active ingredients “Transepidermal penetration...

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