Topic: Botanicals


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    Tobacco Plant May Offer Anti-Aging Benefits
    03/11/2010 - An Italian study discovered sugar peptides from wild tobacco plants deliver antioxidant properties and promotes collagen synthesis.    ...
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    The Big, Bad Beauty Ingredients
    03/09/2010 - The personal care industry has many big, bad wolves. There are countless ingredients on the market that are commonplace in beauty products but are synthetically derived, rife with side and on consumers’ blacklist.    ...
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    Herbal Acne Regimes with White Willow Bark
    03/08/2010 - White willow bark, or Salix alba, has been used for centuries as an anti-inflammatory agent, recently becoming the mainstay of many herbal acne regimens, replacing synthetically manufactured salicylic acid.    ...
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    Plant-Based Skin Whitening Cosmetics
    03/01/2010 - Skin depigmentation to lighten skin color and even skin tone has been practiced since ancient times. Skin-whitening compositions are utilized to brighten skin from the dulling and blotching effect that becomes pronounced upon aging.    ...
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    South American Plant Promotes Skin Hydration
    02/26/2010 - The extract of Piptadenia colubrina, a plant native of South American rainforests, promotes cellular hydration and induces gene expression of envelope proteins providing greater corneocyte cohesion to keep water and other moisturizers in the skin and an appropriate epidermal adhesion.    ...
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    Japanese Ingredients Sourcing Skincare Innovation
    02/22/2010 - Japanese natural resources and ingredients such as Aloe vera, plankton, bamboo, starchy root vegetables and volcanic ash are giving formulators a new spin on anti-aging.    ...
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    Mibelle Biochemistry ~ MAXnolia
    01/14/2010 - Mibelle Biochemistry introduced MAXnolia, designed to inhibit the activation of NF-KB, a key mediator in this inflammation that causes intrinsic skin aging.  ...
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    SKINny Dipping: Natural Skin Care
    11/24/2009 - As consumers become more conscience of what ingredients their putting on their skin, the demand for natural skin care products continues to rise. Antioxidants, botanicals and essential oils are starting to replace parabens and other synthetic ingredients in the marketplace.      ...
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    Cosmeceutical Sales Trends
    11/13/2009 - Cosmetics and personal care sales are expected to decline in the United States this year by 1.2 percent, but cosmecutical products are expected to grow by 7.7 percent, said Lakshimi Prakash, Ph.D., vice president of innovation and business development at Sabinsa Corp. in a presentation at SupplySide West.  ...
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    Ten Hot Green Ingredients
    11/11/2009 - Green ” is the biggest trend in cosmeceuticals and these top ten ingredients are leading the pack ...
 

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