Current Issue : October - December Volume : 2014 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 4 Articles
This paper provides an overview on branding and promotion trends in cosmetics and fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) world. Cosmetics can be defined in a non Pharmacopoeial way as any preparation, which when used in a directed manner, should add beauty or appeal to the look of the user/consumer. On the other hand, FMCGs are products that are sold fast and become indispensable part of consumers’ life/life style (perhaps because of repeated and violent promotions and advertisements). Organizations brainstorm, decide and create new products segment, then they push these products’ promotional material almost in every household through vigorous and rigorous marketing. This is ensued by showing the benefits of these unique products. Before few years there was launching of fairness cream which almost attracted most of the dusky girls. After capturing the market, strategies were shifted to fairness cream for men (Image 1)....
The paper describes the process to produce Chitin Nanofibril-Hyaluronan\nnanoparticles (CN-HA), showing their ability to easily load active ingredients, facilitate\npenetration through the skin layers, and increase their effectiveness and safety as an anti-aging agent. Size and characterization of CN-HA nanoparticles were determined by\nScanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Zetasizer, while encapsulation efficiency and\nloading capacity of the entrapped ingredients were controlled by chromatographic and\nspectrophotometric methods. Safeness was evidenced on fibroblasts and keratinocytes\nculture viability by the MTT (Methylthiazol) assay; anti-aging activity was evaluated in vitro\nmeasuring antioxidant capacity, anti-collagenase activity, and metalloproteinase and\npro-inflammatory release; efficacy was shown in vivo by a double-blind vehicle-controlled\nstudy for 60 days on 60 women affected by photo-aging. In addition, the CN-HA\nnanoparticles have shown interesting possibility to be used as active ingredients, for\ndesigning and making advanced medication by the electrospinning technology, as well as\nto produce transparent films for food packaging, by the casting method, and can be used\nalso in their dry form as tissues or films without adding preservatives. These unusual\nCN-HA nanoparticles obtained from the use of raw materials of waste origin may offer an\nunprecedented occasion for making innovative products, ameliorating the quality of life,\nreducing pollution and safeguarding the environment�s integrity....
The aim of the current study was to formulate silymarin into nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) to enhance its sun screening efficacy and safety. NLCs of silymarin were prepared by the high pressure homogenization. A complete 32 factorial design was used for the formulation and evaluation of the prepared silymarin NLCs. The study design involves the investigation of the effect of two independent variables namely ratio of solid lipid and liquid lipid concentration (60:40, 70:30, 80:20 with respect to total lipid) and tween 80 concentration (3%, 4% and 5%) on surface morphology by SEM analysis, FTIR, DSC, the particle size (PS), the entrapment efficiency (% EE) and the in-vitro drug release after 24 h. The prepared NLCs were spherical in overall shape. Solid lipid and liquid ratio 70:30 and tween 80 concentration 5% were found to significantly decrease the PS and increase the %EE with when used ethyl oleate concentration 30% (of total lipid concentration). Increasing Tween 80 concentration decreased significantly the particle size, but showing slightly effect on the % EE. The candidate silymarin-loaded NLC dispersion was then formulated into gel. The incorporation of silymarin into NLCs greatly increased the in-vitro sun protection factor SPF of formulation optimized batch A6 was 37.14 and 21.72 of marketed formulation. Emersion of potential of NLCs using stearic acid and ethyl oleate as a new topical drug delivery system for enhancing the sun-screening efficacy of silymarin....
In this study we investigated the correlation between the basal skin hydration\ndata, elasticity and surface roughness and the age of volunteers. Then, we analyzed the\nvariations obtained at the end of the treatments with anti-age cosmetic products for the\nface. The aim was to investigate the susceptibility to improvement of volunteers from\ndifferent age groups. Data were collected in our testing laboratory based in Milan over a\n6-year long activity. We only considered measurements performed on the face of a female\npopulation aged between 18 and 70 years of age. Values were subdivided in age groups for\neach considered parameter and were statistically compared. As expected, skin roughness\nincreased and R2 elasticity parameter decreased with ageing, while hydration values\nresulted to be higher in older women. Apparently, this unaccountable result is probably due\nto the fact that elderly women living in urban areas tend to take appropriate care of their\nskin, thus improving skin hydration effectively. Interestingly, as for skin hydration, the analysis\nshowed that women aged 61ââ?¬â??70 were the most susceptible to improvement induced by\nseveral types of cosmetic treatments. However, when considering the skin roughness\nvalues, women over 50 years old seemed to react better to cosmetic treatment. As for skin\nelasticity, the highest improvement values were found with women between 31 and 50 years\nof age...
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