Category Archives: Cosmetic Ingredients

Peptides – the new miracle anti-ageing ingredient

Peptides are fast becoming one of the most frequently used actives in skin care ranges targeting the ageing baby boomers. Peptides can stimulate normal skin biological processes that slow down as the skin ages.

So what are these miracle ingredients?

Peptides are proteins that are naturally found in the skin. They supply precursors necessary for the building [...]

Comodogenic Ingredients

I wanted to discuss something dear to my heart and that is the use of comodogenic ingredients in cosmetics.  Now for those of you who do not know what a comodogenic ingredient is, it is an ingredient that when you topically apply it to the skin it will cause blackheads and pimples to people who [...]