Essential vitamins required by the skin for skin health, anti-aging and environmental protection.
Retinol is a well known, proven anti-aging and anti-acne skincare ingredient. To date, the use and effectiveness of topical retinol has been restricted by formulation stability and skin irritability problems. Retinyl palmitate, in microemulsion formulation, overcomes these stability and irritation problems to provide effective retinoid antiaging and acne treatments.
Vitamin C is an important multi-functional skincare ingredient that plays a vital role is a number of antiaging and skin health processes. Because it is such an important ingredient with many scientifically proven skincare benefits, Vitamin C should be a necessary component of all antiaging and UV protecting skincare regimes.
Although many cosmeceutical formulations contain Vitamin C and/or Vitamin E, very few of them are actually effective in topical application4. Either the concentration is too low, the formulation stability is compromised or the vitamins fail to penetrate the skin. However, with the development of new nano-encapsulation formulations, topical combinations of Vitamin C and Vitamin E provide synergistically enhanced skincare benefits.
Vitamin E is the most important oil soluble antioxidant in protecting skin tissues. It is the skin’s first line of defence against skin aging UV radiation and ozone damage to collagen. Topical application is the best method to increase skin Vitamin E. Formulations combining both Vitamin E and Vitamin C have proven far more effective in fighting skin aging.
In multiple chronic clinical studies, topical niacinamide (vitamin B3) has been observed to be well tolerated by skin and to provide a broad array of improvements in the appearance of aging facial skin (eg., reduction in the appearance of hyperpigmentation spots and red blotchiness)
Vitamin C, also known as L-Ascorbic Acid, is an essential for healthy skin. Because humans lack the ability to produce Vitamin C. Increasing skin Vitamin C by topical application faces serious challenges in overcoming stability and skin penetration problems.
