New active ingredients score particularly well in that they use natural raw materials, are environmentally friendly and sustainable, come from upcycling processes, usually do not require preservation and, of course, optimise the efficiency, skin feel and application properties of cosmetic products.   New active ingredients: pre- and postbiotics against wrinkles The active ingredients Probiolift® and…

Nicotinic acid, also called vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid amide, was discovered more or less by accident during the oxidation of nicotine. That was in 1867, but it was not until many years later, in 1934, that scientists recognised the extraordinary physiological effectiveness of nicotinic acid (vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid amide). The vitamin is…

If you want to keep your skin beautiful and healthy in the long run, you cannot do without careful skin care. It is mainly divided into two areas: day care and night care. The formulations for day care products are completely different from those for night care products. This is not a clever marketing strategy,…

While we sleep, our organism does not remain inactive. In order for our skin to regenerate and new skin cells to be formed, it produces the growth hormone somatropin during the night and ramps up protective and repair programmes. A high-quality night cream gently supports these mechanisms. Since the pores widen when we sleep, the…

Although nitrate, nitrite and nitrosamines are quite different in terms of their mode of action in the human organism, there is nevertheless a close connection between the three substances. After all, nitrate is a precursor of nitrite, and this in turn is transformed into nitrosamines in the body. Basically, nitrate, nitrite and nitrosamines are compounds…

Shower with nourishing oil and refreshing foam: the oil shower   Cleansing and care in one step, a clean and pleasantly relaxed, smooth skin feeling. Showering as an experience where well-being, convenience and function go hand in hand. These are the expectations we have of showering today. The shower product should remove dirt and odours,…

Water-free products often have the disadvantage that no water-soluble skin moisturisers can be integrated and this is where oil-dispersed hyaluronic acid comes in. Skin care makeup combines the properties of skin care cosmetics and decorative cosmetics. This makeup is skin care at the same time, has moisturising, restorative and repairing properties. Pigment-rich but moisture-deficient decorative…

By now, everyone knows that there are different types of hyaluronic acid-like oligo hyaluronic acid or “normal” sodium hyaluronate. There is, for example, the high-molecular hyaluronic acid, which, with its high molecular mass of 1,500 kilodaltons and more, can penetrate only poorly into deeper skin layers and instead covers the skin like a film. Although…

Peptides or oligopeptides are the body’s own protein building blocks that give our cells the signal to regenerate the skin, but also fulfil other functions in the human body. Peptides are characterised by the linkage of 2 or more amino acids, which are usually present as linear, occasionally also ring-shaped chain molecules. Amino acids are…