Cosmetotheque:Ingredients

The dermis and epidermis are connected by an adhesion zone centered around the basal blade, called the Dermo-Epidermal Junction or JDE. It consists of...

Light control in cosmetics began with the effects of pigments and fillers used to modify colour perception or skin appearance. We will not return in t...

The first references to blue skin can be found in mythology… and are also found in large TV sagas or comic strips. But this colour is not very common ...

In the cosmetics industry, water is the main ingredient, first of all quantitatively, but also because of its importance in formulation and its role i...

Neophytes or automatic spell checkers often confuse ceramics and ceramides. Although the spelling is quite similar, their functions and characteristic...

In the lipopeptide saga, we have already described several substances that are very often characterized by their biological properties. But lipopeptid...

Polymers based on the silicon atom in combination with oxygen, silicones find their origin in the work of Berzelius who isolated this element in 1824....

Some substances have particularly marked the history of science and technology and have left an indelible mark. This is the case, for example, of the ...

In a previous contribution, we put into perspective the different fields of use of talc in cosmetic formulations. We take here a publication by Jean-F...

Talc has been a major ingredient in the cosmetics industry since time immemorial. The Cosmetotheque has already discussed its use in the Silicon and B...

In a previous contribution concerning anti-ageing active ingredients, the use of placental extracts had been addressed briefly. There have been many v...

Peptides are an exceptional class of ingredients that have strongly contributed to the advancement of cosmetic responses to various questions. The Cos...