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Alpha arbutin
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@ngarayeva001It is really a rough scale and honestly, best interpreted by a Dermatologist. What it really demonstrates best is that there is not one “perfect” skin whitening Formulation that will work for everyone.Years ago I did a line of Asian Pacific focused whiteners based on Arbutin. DSM had a great starting Formula.Lastly, in the way these products are promoted, there is a difference in a “Whitening Product” {meant to whiten a large area} and “Brightening” {usually less area involved, addressing age-related pigmentation changes). If you are really making a “Brightening” product, it is a very different approach.So, the first question is who is my demographic and what am I trying to accomplish? (Whitening versus brightening). -
@Microformulation, I am very interested in this topic. I will really appreciate if you can direct me to researches (if any). I heard that world brightening is a marketing term for the western markets, because whitenning associates with scary pictures of people who overused hydroquinone. And, I will use a generalization here saying, that people in western countries prefer to be tanned, so word “brightening” just sounds better than “whitening”.
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@ngarayeva001 “just sounds better” is silly, especially when purposefully separating and delineating the differences assists in the proper design of a targeted Formulation.
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I am not arguing that the function of the product should be properly determined and defined when it’s being formulated. I am saying you will not see many products marketed as “whitening” on the Western market, even if they are whitening by substance. If it says “whitening” on the label, it is either Asian product or a product made for Asian market (like Dior Snow line)
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@Belassi I read the study, but my only issue is statistical. Ten subjects and no follow up studies for a commercial use. Try doing a statistical analysis on that study and see what the result is.
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ngarayeva001 can you please send me a supplier for NAG, or the commercial name of the raw material?
Thanks.
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@ZivBA it’s N-Acetyl Glucosamine http://www.lotioncrafter.com/n-acetyl-glucosamine-nag.html
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