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Brainstorm “ total beauty cream “
under hormone change, environment and uv light , the skin has age spots, sagging etc…
What information the formulator who develops the beauty cream needs to know?
Assume that forget about choosing emulsifier……
how to choose ingredients?thanks for all inputs.
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For narrow topics I like to discuss:
1) uneven skin tone and dark spots
2) firming, sagging and wrinkles -
Your questions are not specific enough for me to give an answer.
How to choose ingredients? Find the claim you want to make, figure out how you will measure whether that claim is proven, then pick ingredients that can help you achieve that claim.
For example, if you want a product that will be firming or used to treat wrinkles, figure out how you will validate that the product does that. Normally, this is done with a before and after questionnaire with consumers using your product and either no treatment (weak) or a placebo (a bit better).
In truth, cosmetics are not allowed to change skin but only allowed to change the appearance of skin. So, getting rid of dark spots is not a thing that cosmetics are allowed to do. That would make it a drug. Making dark spots not as noticeable is something cosmetics are allowed to do. You can use makeup for that.
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@Perry, thanks for answer.
I read the article on Total Beauty. There are combo therapies to remove the dark spots (hyper pigmentation):
1) licorice root extract +
glycolic acid + vitamin E ,"y":1064,"w":20,"h":18,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2384}”>
2) licorice root extract +
vitamin C + niacinamide
3) ,"y":1083,"w":397,"h":56,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2403}”>kojic acid + arbutin +
green tea extract + vitamin C
,"y":1102,"w":0,"h":18,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2422}”>I do not have niacinamide.
,"y":1159,"w":395,"h":18,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2479}”>
,"y":1140,"w":0,"h":18,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2460}”>May I use these into the facial cream. What you think?
,"y":1235,"w":0,"h":18,"abs_x":384,"abs_y":2555}”> -
Topical products are not effective for removing dark spots. First of all spots are different and cause by different factors. Freckles, melasma, cafe au lait spots are not the same.
LAA, Alpha Arbutine, Niacinamide+NAG, licorice root etc. might even out overall tone of your skin. They can’t remove dark spots or they would be drugs not cosmetics. -
@ngarayeva001, thanks. I am clear now
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@Dtdang - I do not think Total Beauty is a reliable source for scientific information. The people writing their stories simply parrot back what beauty brand marketers tell them.
Here is a proper review article of skin lightening actives.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqc35itjy4emdg5/skin-lightening-review.pdf?dl=0I personally wouldn’t put much faith in Licorice Root extract doing anything. You have no idea what is in the licorice root extract and it could be little more than brown coloring put in propylene glycol. The same is true for Green Tea extracts.
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@Perry thanks a lot.
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