BASF is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its argan programme in Southern Morocco. Since 2005, three ingredients from the programme have been commercialised: an organic and fair trade certified oil (Lipofructyl Argan), a skin tightening protein extract from oil cakes (Argatensyl), and an anti-ageing extract from the leaves of the argan tree that protects the skin from environmental factors (Arganyl).
Now, BASF has added a further anti-ageing active to this list: Argassential. The new ingredient improves the skin firmness and increases the volume of the lips and cheeks, restoring facial proportions. Clinical studies have demonstrated that in a concentration of 2 per cent Argassential has a plumping effect on the lips – with lip volume increasing by 8 per cent. The same dose also significantly improved the skin’s firmness and elasticity (both up 13 per cent) compared to a placebo. Argassential is Ecocert, Cosmos and IECIC approved, and China compliant.
