Trend Report: Ingredients / Anti-Aging / Cosmeceuticals 2009 – What is acai berry
CPNA09 – Trend Report: Ingredients / Anti-Aging / Cosmeceuticals
Cosmoprof North America continues to raise the bar with innovative products featuring exciting ingredients from far corners of the globe. In recent years, consumers everywhere have began to diligently pay attention to the ingredients that companies use in their products. Not only are ingredients important, but how a brand manufacturers its line is equally significant. It’s no longer enough to tout ‘organic’ or ‘antioxidant’, consumers want to go a bit deeper. Similarly, the anti-aging category while not new is being redefined by focusing on one particular body part.
INGREDIENTS
1) Botaniceuticals – powerful botanical anti-aging boosters and antioxidants
Bain de Terre’s inclusion of botaniceuticals such as goji What is acai berry, black current, magnolia bark, and wild jujube have been proven to be therapeutically beneficial for hair. Each pesticide-free botanical has been extracted from ethically harvested plants using only the purest water. These high quality botanicals are carefully selected to ensure they deliver the full spectrum of benefits intended by nature. www.baindeterre.com
Dead Sea Bath Salts with Açai What is acai berry Oil by International Bath Salts Inc. uses 100% natural oil cold-pressed from the pulp of the açai What is acai berry. The pulp of açai berries have been used for centuries by the natives of Brazil for their unmatched healing and nutritional properties. The açai What is acai berry abounds in essential fatty acids such as Omega 3-6-9 and vitamins B1, B2, B3, E, and C. These wonderfully scented salts bring you waters of well-being. www.bathsalt.com
2) Gems – precious stones that are ground into ultra-fine dust
Diamond Shine by Bain de Terre is a leader in hair care with its diamond-infused formula. This groundbreaking new hair care system has proven that adding diamonds to a hair product provides twice as much shine and strength. Containing actual, real, light-reflecting diamond micro-particles, Diamond Shine protects, strengthens, and repairs dull, damaged hair leaving soft, shiny, and luminous locks. www.baindeterre.com
Crème au Diamant by Gemology naturally preserves and protects skin from the damaging effects of the environment while providing added strength from authentic diamond particles and orchid extract which lifts, tones, and smoothes fine lines for more youthful skin. www.gemology-beauty.com
3) Pure Water – from all around the world
Cool Mist by Lanocrème is an easily absorbed, moisturizing body spray that dispenses in a fine, even mist leaving skin feeling delicately refreshed and energized. This innovative formulation contains pure artesian water extracted from deep New Zealand aquifers, infused with unique and beneficial plant extracts. Lanocrème is considered New Zealand’s “gift to skincare.” www.lanocreme.com
Swissclinical, located on the Swiss Riviera, which is the heart of the Swiss Pre-Alps, offers solutions for all skin types. Using the best that technology and Swiss nature can offer, Swissclinical has developed powerful cosmeceutical formulas which are free from parabens, colorants, mineral oils, and other irritants. All Swissclinical products contain Swiss glacial water which refreshes and moisturizes the skin and provides several skin benefits. www.swissclinicalusa.com
4) Food Grade – good enough to eat [coffeemilk & natural yogurtolive oil]
Slimming Green Coffee by CoffeeShape is an organic coffee drink, made from high quality organic green coffee beans. The natural weight loss compounds in green coffee may assist weight loss, in conjunction with a properly designed diet and exercise plan, by promoting the conversion of fat into energy. www.coffeeshape.com
Detox Eye Roller by First Aid Beauty contains caffeine, a vasoconstrictor that constricts the fine blood vessels that caus