Products in Functionals: Anti-Aging

EPITEX(TM) 66 Polymer is a film former that provides outstanding water resistance, improved feel on skin and ease of processing in a variety of formulation types, including O/W, W/O and W/S formulations. Compatible with other typical sunscreen ingredients, and suitable for use in creams, lotions and pump sprays.

DOWSIL(TM) 9576 Smooth Away Elastomer is a specialized formulation crafted from high-molecular-weight silicone elastomer, volatile dimethicone fluids, beeswax, and cosmetic powders. Its formulation is engineered to deliver distinct skin esthetics, ensuring smoothness and soft-focus effects in both skincare and color cosmetic products.

DOWSIL(TM) FA 4004 ID Silicone Acrylate is a film former designed for long lasting benefits in color cosmetics and skin care applications. It exhibits good compatibility with organic sunscreens, pigments and cosmetic ingredients. It provides sebum resistance, wash off resistance as well as comfort to wear. 

DOWSIL(TM) 9701 Cosmetic Powder is a silicone powder with silica treated coating. The unique composition enables the powder to flow freely without agglomeration, thus providing superior handling and processing ease. Easy dispersion in different media - even in the presence of pigments - makes it possible to introduce the product into a wide variety of skin care, sun care and color cosmetic formulations (including hydrogels) without using sophisticated processes or equipment. The design of the powder also provides wrinkle masking benefits as well as superior skin feel and fluid/oil/sebum absorption capabilities.

Beauté by Roquette® GA 290 Organic Acid is a multi-functional ingredient that acts as a preservative booster and anti-aging, anti-acne and peeling agent in a variety of cosmetic applications. Benefits Adapted to all skin types, especially to sensitive skin Gentle exfoliator and peeling agent Heavy metal chelator (EDTA substitute) pH regulator Features Plant-based polyhydroxy acid (PHA) Very fine particle size Non-irritating Preservative enhancer when used in a certain pH range

Cetiol® C 5, featuring coco-caprylate as its INCI name. This liquid emollient, derived from natural and vegetable sources, proudly aligns with various labeling claims. These include being clean at Sephora, non-irritant, from renewable resources, natural, organic, Credo Clean Standard, biodegradable, silicone-free, Ulta Beauty's conscious beauty, plant-based, and naturally derived. In its liquid form, Cetiol® C 5 ensures convenient application.

Cetiol® Sensoft is an emollient that enhances skin feel in a range of applications. A fantastic alternative for skincare products is Cetiol® Sensoft, a multifunctional ingredient that provides compositions a smooth, luxurious texture. The skin is left feeling soft and malleable by this emollient, which enhances the whole sensory experience.\

Cutina® PES, with pentaerythrityl distearate as its INCI name. These solid pellets serve as a viscosity modifier and thickener, derived from natural, vegetable, and plant sources. Cutina® PES offers ease of use in its solid form, ensuring efficient integration into various formulations.

Myritol® 331 is a clear, slightly yellowish oil derived from modified coconut oil, functioning as a medium-spreading emollient with remarkable emulsifying properties. Myritol® 331 is beneficial in sun care products, efficiently dissolving crystalline UV filters and dispersing pigments.

BTC Europe GmbH Oligolin BC10028 is a multi-functional ingredient for the personal care market, functioning as a firming agent and skin barrier protectant. This plant-based powder is characterized by an extensive list of clean and conscious beauty labeling claims, making it suitable for a variety of applications, particularly in skin care. With benefits ranging from barrier function improvement and skin tightening to anti-aging and collagen boosting, BTC Europe GmbH Oligolin BC10028 is ideal for use in creams, leave-on products, lotions, and serums, catering to various skin care needs.

Collalift™ 18 BC 10014, features khaya senegalensis bark extract as its INCI name. This multifaceted product serves as a structuring agent, an anti-aging agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and a firming agent. With labeling claims including vegan, natural, organic, and preservative-free,It aligns with consumer preferences for conscious and clean beauty choices. In a liquid form, it offers versatility in formulation.

Hilurlip® functional ingredient WS is an active cosmetic ingredient designed to preserve the youthfulness of the lips. It offers long-lasting boosting and moisturizing effects, with particles of sodium hyaluronate that swell upon contact with water, providing a plumping effect to the lips. Additionally, it has anti-free radical properties to protect the lips from environmental damage.

AlgaPūr™ High Stability High Oleic Algae Oil is one of the most stable liquid bio-based oils on the market, delivering versatility in eco-friendly formulations for skin and hair care. During a controlled manufacturing process, the algae efficiently convert simple sugars into triglyceride oils. This process takes place far from fragile ecosystems, resulting in minimal environmental impact while ensuring rapid scalability and reproducibility. AlgaPūr™ HSHO algae oil is a natural ingredient (according to ISO 16128), readily biodegradable, palm-free, suitable for halal and vegan formulations, and fully traceable. It can be combined with or replaced by typical vegetable oils and, in some instances, mineral oils. This novel ingredient won the 2021 BSB Innovation Award: 3rd prize, Natural Products category (Hair Care).

Diffuporine® peptide solution is a hexapeptide that improves the transport of water within the skin, enhancing skin hydration and contributing to a more youthful appearance. It can help maintain optimal skin moisture levels and promote a hydrated and healthy complexion.

Argireline® Amplified Peptide Solution is an evolution of the Argireline® peptide, offers superior anti-aging activity by targeting expression wrinkles and minimizing age-related changes in all skin layers. It swiftly restores the skin's appearance after facial expressions, providing a more youthful look within just five days. Derived naturally and produced following the principles of green chemistry, it achieves a naturality rating of 99.50% according to ISO 16128.

SKINMIMICS® PRO MB is our new system solution for healthy aging. It is a synergistic and powerful combination of 7 different Ceramides embedded in a modern and globally applicable emulsifier system and without listed preservatives. Thanks to the combination of skin identical long chain Ceramides and short bioactive Ceramides, this product is the perfect solution for aging skin. It offers skin regeneration from within and an improved barrier function.

LACTIL® is a blend of humectants in aqueous solution adapting the "Natural Moisturizing Factor"(NMF) of human skin. Especially suitable for use in hydroregulative cosmetics.

Inspired by the diversity of ceramide structures, SPHINOX® Defenda is a unique derivative of the naturally occurring phytosphingosine, offering various skin defense and protection benefits.As an innovative bioactive sphingolipid, SPHINOX® Defenda protects the skin from UV-induced DNA damage, while fighting environmental aggressions, accelerating skin regeneration and re-balancing the skin tone after summer stress.

SK-Influx® is a skin-identical lipid concentrate for enhanced skin moisturization and protection. It is ideal for aging skin, dry skin and sensitive skin. SK-Influx® is a concentrated formulation, consisting of a multi-lamellar (membrane) system resembling the structure of the lipid barrier in the Stratum Corneum. It is a concentrated mix of different types of ceramides, cholesterol, free fatty acids and phytosphingosine makes it an ideal ingredient for personal care products with unique restoring capabilities.

TEGO® Cosmo C 100 is a amino acid derivative identical to the natural creatine occurring in the skin. It has revitalizing properties and supports the protection of the skin. TEGO® Cosmo C 100 improves the mechanical properties of stressed hair and protects it against heat damage by rebuilding and strengthening the hair structure from within.

RHEASOME® CeraBoost improves the skin barrier from within, and boost skin’s own ceramide production. This innovative encapsulation system combines the advantages of our smart delivery systems with competencies in ceramide technologies. The well-defined smart delivery vehicle supports the enhanced penetration of active ingredients deeper into the epidermis. It boosts the skin's own ceramide synthesis with Phytosphingosine and at the same time restores the barrier lipid pool by supplying Ceramide NP and vegetable-based Cholesterol.

HyaCare® a biosynthetic, non-animal derived hyaluronic acid is available. HyaCare® is based on a unique production method by fermentation of a novel strain, Bacillus subtilis. In contrast to the commonly used strain Streptococcus equi, Bacillus subtilis is a safe and non-pathogenic host as. The compatibility and tissue-friendliness of hyaluronic acid allows it to be used in skin care products as an excellent moisturizer. It is one of the most hydrophilic molecules in nature and can be described as "Nature's moisturizer". This makes it an attractive active ingredient for various skin care applications.

HyaCare® Tremella is a Product Description (Web) Natural hyaluronic acid mimetic with great moisturization and exceptional water retention properties.

HyaCare® Filler CL MB is a unique crosslinked polysaccharide made from fermentation-derived Hyaluronic acid. It contributes instantly to the reduction of facial fine lines and wrinkles as well as increasing the elasticity of the skin. Because of its high water-binding and strong short-term moisturization properties, HyaCare® Filler CL MB supports effectively the hydration of the skin.

SK-Influx® V MB is a paraben-free version of SK-Influx® with non-animal cholesterol. SK-Influx® is a skin-identical lipid concentrate for enhanced skin moisturization and protection. It is ideal for aging skin, dry skin and sensitive skin. SK-Influx® is a concentrated formulation, consisting of a multi-lamellar (membrane) system resembling the structure of the lipid barrier in the Stratum Corneum. It is a concentrated mix of different types of ceramides, cholesterol, free fatty acids and phytosphingosine makes it an ideal ingredient for personal care products with unique restoring capabilities.

SK-INFLUX® Evolve MB, is an evolution in our SK-INFLUX® technology. The known ceramide efficacy meets a modern multi-lamellar emulsion system. A concentrated mix of different types of ceramides, vegetable cholesterol, free fatty acids and phytosphingosine. Embedded in a modern multi-lamellar emulsion system with improved sustainability profile and a customer centric approach. It strenghthens and restores the protective barrier function of the skin. Ideal for sensitive skin, dry skin and aging skin.

Lipofructyl® Argan BE LS 9779 is made from one of the traditional beauty secrets of Moroccan women, argan oil. With the help of a 100% female cooperative network, the argan oil used in this product is collected in a way that helps preserve the Argania forest and improve the social status of Moroccan women. Lipofructyl® is a precious oil that is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and natural tocopherols that are nourishing, regenerating, and protective. When applied to the skin, argan oil spreads easily and penetrates rapidly without giving an oily or shiny effect, leaving an extraordinary softness and sensory skin feel.

Cetiol® CC is an innovative, fast-spreading, dry emollient that can significantly improve the sensory performance of the final formulation. Its ability to dissolve crystalline UV filters and disperse pigments makes it particularly suitable for sun care products. Cetiol® CC is also suitable for use in aerosols, as it effectively dissolves perfume and propellants, with applications specifically including body care, face care, antiperspirants/deodorants, baby care and sun care.

Hyaluronic Filling Spheres® are based on the use of a hygroscopic material to make a sphere. These spheres are dehydrated at first and fill up with water within the skin. This hydration process causes a change in volume proportional to the spheres’ moisture-retaining capacity. Hyaluronic Filling Spheres™ help to smooth the look of deep wrinkles through biotechnology in eye application for mature skin, anti-wrinkle skin care, deep wrinkle skin care ("elevens" wrinkles, forehead wrinkles, nasogenian folds), and intense moisturizing skin care.

Myritol® 331 is a modified coconut oil. It is a medium-spreading emollient with very good emulsifiability. It is particularly suited for sun care formulations due to its solubilizing capacity for crystalline UV filters and dispersing properties for pigments. This product is a low-viscous, clear, slightly yellowish oil.

Lox-age® supports the body's ability to release the skin's own multi-active LOX, which helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles and pore visibility and smooth the skin's surface for a youthful and radiant look. Aggressive medical resurfacing procedures may offer similar results, but these can destabilize the epidermal structure and integrity. This all-natural, plant-based active ingredient noticeably improves skin smoothness and youthfulness and adds a highly appealing, verifiable claim to various anti-aging products with a clinical efficacy similar to retinol. Lox-age®improves epidermal architecture and is perceived to be as effective as retinol for improving wrinkles and skin appearance.

BASF Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate is a cosmetic ingredient with the INCI name Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate. It is commonly used in skin care and personal hygiene products such as anti-aging creams, body lotions, day creams, night creams, wet wipes, and tissues. Its physical form is a powder, and it is certified compliant with the European REACH regulation.

Nephydrat™ BC10061 is an extract of rambutan peel that helps to moisturize the skin, increase skin elasticity, and reduce wrinkle appearance to make the skin look visibly younger. BASF initiated the exploration of the rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) tree’s various cosmetic properties with the ambition to ensure the sustainable use of the resource and generate a positive impact on the supply chain's development.

Cosmedia® SP is an emulsifying polymer with stabilizing, thickening, and emulsifying properties. It has good spreadability and an exceptional sensory profile, offering the ability to achieve light textures, as well as a silky, velvety, and non-tacky after-feel in different types of applications. The easy-to-formulate and cold-processable solution is free of preservatives and suitable for EO-free products.

POSTBIOLIFT™ is a bioactive ingredient derived from the biofermentation process of Lactobacillus crispatus. It contains dormant cells of the living bacterium, which contributes to more elastic skin, a smoother appearance of wrinkles around the eyes, and an even complexion. As skin microbiota diversity changes with age, certain beneficial lactic acid bacteria decrease in mature skin. BASF researchers found that Lactobacillus crispatus is one such bacterium, decreasing in specific skin areas and disappearing from the wrinkle hollows of older individuals. POSTBIOLIFT™ is the first cosmetic ingredient to use this "youth bacterium" found naturally on the skin, offering unique benefits that other biotics on the market lack. When used in conjunction with Postbiolift, which contains the fermentation supernatant of Lactobacillus crispatus, POSTBIOLIFT™ offers a comprehensive solution for maintaining youthful-looking skin.

Neurobiox® BC10097 is a natural active that has extraordinary effects on the skin. By using it, the imperfections appear to be erased, wrinkles and pores look reduced, and the skin is left feeling velvety soft. It was developed by the beauty care solutions team in response to the consumer's quest for radiance and a desire to blur skin imperfections. Neurobiox® also enhances the appearance of skin luminosity and can be used for any global anti-aging product.