C Your Way to Gorgeous Skin
The benefits of Vitamin C Though the health benefits of Vitamin C have been known since the 1940s, it was only in the 1970s that scientists began studying the effects of topical vitamin C on skin. The focus was on…
Shani Vermeulen
Hypskin vs Retinol – all the benefits without the instabilities!
Retinol, when applied to the skin, is converted by the skin enzymes into retinaldehyde and converted again into retinoic acid. Retinyl palmitate is converted to retinol, then retinaldehyde and then into retinoic acid. Retinoic acid is a potent, multifunctional anti-ageing…
Save energy and inventory costs with our hair conditioning concentrate for all hair types
In times when cash should not be tied up in slow moving inventory or rising energy costs, our locally blended aMaloco CCB2 conditioning concentrate is the ideal workhorse for rinse-off as well as leave-in conditioners. Combined with any of the…
Overcoming some of the aesthetic disadvantages of high SPF broad spectrum sunscreens
Formulating high SPF broad-spectrum sunscreens for protection against UVB and UVA radiation to reduce the adverse effects of solar radiation is challenging, especially when they have to be suitable for all skin types. Sunscreens can be hydro-alcoholic lotions, emulsions or…
Innovate from waste – recycle and upcycle.
It is a known fact that the more disposable income a person has, the more often they buy products they want, not need. So, many of these products are designed to be relatively cheap and disposable, and when no longer…
Ellamera polymers – 10 features and benefits
Cosmetic Ingredients has been appointed as the distributor for the Ellamera (Kraton) polymers . These versatile ingredients can be used to gel mineral oils as well as some natural oils and esters. They can also be used in Emulsions. Well…
Why the polarity of the oils used in cosmetic products matters.
The polarity of an oil determines how strongly it will be attracted or repelled by another molecule or compound. In a similar way that polarity plays a major role when oil (non-polar) and water (highly polar) separate when mixed, the…
Restoring the scalp microbiome can reduce itch and dandruff
Though the term ‘microbiome’ was first coined in 2001, the Ukranian scientist Sergei Winogradsky, a Ukranian scientist, was the first person that recognised the need to study microbes in their natural contexts and hence the father of microbial ecology as…
Oats keeps hair and scalp healthy!
The interdependent relationship between the hair and the scalp is often overlooked – the hair protects the scalp against UV radiation, moisture loss, and the environment, while the scalp hosts the hair follicles as incubators for the preemergent hair fibers.…
The exquisite chemistry of honey
Fossil evidence from 150 million years ago proves that honeybees have been around longer than humans. This is probably also why they are the most studied creatures by humans after mankind. Ancient civilisations used honey in food and medicine and…