Tech Nature this month launched a range of four topical GlucoEmpreinte face and body peels, which contain nutrients more commonly used to aid skin health from the inside.
The company created the masks using kiwi, banana, cucumber and strawberry and is aiming to take on the recent nutraceutical trend that is sweeping across the cosmetics industry in Europe.
With many manufacturers promoting 'beauty from the inside out', Tech Nature wants to challenge oral vitamin and dietary supplements (VDS) that give beneficial skin care results with its topical offering.
A study by market research analysts Kline & Company compiled earlier this year showed that the cosmeceutical market was valued at $1bn and with other market analysts stating that the market is expected to double in the next five years.
Using nutrients often found in VDS cosmeceutical offerings, the company has created the masks in order to offer the consumer four specific skin care choices including regenerating qualities from the banana fruit and revitalising benefits of strawberries.
Each mask has a high sugar content that is said to give a good base for soft treatments. According to the company each mask uses its glucose content to give the skin a supple feel.
Tech Nature claims that by combining the glucose with marine and organic ingredients, such as seaweed and fruits, the products refresh the skin with essential minerals, vitamins and trace elements often found in cosmeceutical products.
Harnessing the anti-oxidant, detoxifying and bacteria inhibiting qualities of the organic ingredients, the company has created the mask to peel off by relying on the high gelling power of the alginates, a substance derived from the laminaria seaweed.
Applied as a fine powder, the formulation is put onto the face where it transforms into a gel when mixed with water - which can then be peeled off in one piece.
Due to their high anti-oxidant properties the mask are also targeting the lucrative anti-ageing market due to their ability to reduce lines and wrinkles often found on the face due to the ageing process.
