Personal care major Unilever has developed a scalp care formulation using the disaccharide trehalose as a prebiotic to reduce levels of fungi associated with dandruff.
French ingredient major Silab is ramping up its biotechnology capacity to plug rising demands for actives derived from yeast, bacteria and microalgae in skin care and hair care.
Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation
Here, Cosmetics Design looks at a selection of ingredients, made possible through biotechnology, that have come to market in recent years and how those new inputs figure into the natural and green beauty movements.
Interest and investment in skin microbiota-targeted cosmetics is growing but thoughts on the most suitable active ingredients for these formulations vary, so what exactly might the future look like?
Scientists at the University of Leeds have created the first ever
model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms. The
development has the potential to help develop dozens of new
products and change the ingredients of...
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