At the 25th IFSCC Congress, which was recently held in Barcelona, Spain, Cognis Care Chemicals and its active ingredients business Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS) focused on personal care products that serve the global wellness and sustainability trends.
Cognis drew attention to Plantasil Micro, a transparent microemulsion which provides shampoos with improved hair conditioning performance. As a synergistic surfactant-oil system, Plantasil Micro is highly compatible with a wide range of surfactant systems. This very effective hair care additive helps formulators to develop “green” high performance shampoos on the basis of natural sourced ingredients.
One of the characteristics of sensitive skin condition is a cutaneous hyper-reactivity to environmental factors or stimuli. To counter this, LS has launched Skinasensyl, a new cosmeceutical ingredient with an innovative and targeted mechanism especially designed for people with sensitive skin. This pure synthetic tetrapeptide was developed to decrease nerve stimulation, thereby increasing skin tolerance to environmental factors or known irritating agents. The overall soothing effects of Skinasensyl have been confirmed in a clinical study showing its capability to increase the tolerance threshold of skin as well as to reduce sensations of pain and discomfort.
While perfectly fitting with the increasing market demand for additional cosmeceutical actives with a “pain-killer” effect, this innovative peptidic active ingredient, available in a preservative-free version, now allows sensitive skin to have its own advanced skincare products, In addition, it can be incorporated into men’s care ranges and is also suitable for an anti-stress claim.
