Nowadays, we have seen natural products are leading the cosmetics market and consumers are looking for these labels with more conviction based on the necessity to stay closer to nature and collaborate in environmental preservation, this seems to be a tendency for years to come. Clinical efficacy studies aimed at evaluating these compounds alone or in formulations and can help justify financial investments. The use of natural ingredients presents us with great challenges to formulate safe, aesthetically pleasing products with good performance. The challenge of finding natural alternatives that do not affect the balance of healthy ecosystems and satisfy the wide variety of raw materials for skin and hair care products requires efforts. Moreover, we are also seeing the convergence of food and personal care products. It is worth mentioning that the neglected part of food during industrial processes, such as in the processing of fruits, vegetables and sugar, represents a great potential to be applied in other non-food areas as a secondary resource, being a potential valuable source of compounds to health and beauty care.
During wine production, for example, there is incomplete extraction of compounds such as polyphenols, most of the initial active substances remain in grape marc residues. The bioactive potential of grape marc, especially antioxidants from the flavonoid family, provides a raw material of natural origin with relatively low cost, wide availability and desired skin care activity. The large number of active molecules that each plant carries tends to maximize its effectiveness, which makes the ingredients versatile and, in most cases, multifunctional as well. In addition to all the challenges involved in the development of cosmetic active ingredients from the use of industrial residues from food production, such as fruit, there is a real need to prove the functionality of the activity, through in vivo, in vitro studies and mainly by clinical response.
Our proposal aims to bring together recent research topics and current review articles with a focus on obtaining and applying natural ingredients, foods and food by-products in the development of personal care products, in addition to evaluating the effectiveness, in vivo, in vitro and, mainly in the clinical response of the skin and hair. Another topic to be assessed is the impact of this application on the balance of healthy ecosystems, sustainable economy and social development.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Effective production methods of natural ingredients, food and its by-product to obtain new sources of raw material to personal care products
• Development of personal hygiene products and beauty treatments from raw materials derived from natural ingredients, food and its by-product as an alternative to synthetic products
• Evaluation of the efficacy and safety, especially clinical efficacy, of skin and hair care products developed based on raw materials from the natural ingredients, food and its by-product
• Assessment of the environmental, social and economic impact involved in obtaining natural ingredients, food and its by-product for the personal care industry, considering the green technologies
• Market perspectives for personal care products using natural ingredients, food and its by-product
All article types are acceptable including: Original Research, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Perspective, Policy Brief, Data Report, General Commentary and Opinion.
Nowadays, we have seen natural products are leading the cosmetics market and consumers are looking for these labels with more conviction based on the necessity to stay closer to nature and collaborate in environmental preservation, this seems to be a tendency for years to come. Clinical efficacy studies aimed at evaluating these compounds alone or in formulations and can help justify financial investments. The use of natural ingredients presents us with great challenges to formulate safe, aesthetically pleasing products with good performance. The challenge of finding natural alternatives that do not affect the balance of healthy ecosystems and satisfy the wide variety of raw materials for skin and hair care products requires efforts. Moreover, we are also seeing the convergence of food and personal care products. It is worth mentioning that the neglected part of food during industrial processes, such as in the processing of fruits, vegetables and sugar, represents a great potential to be applied in other non-food areas as a secondary resource, being a potential valuable source of compounds to health and beauty care.
During wine production, for example, there is incomplete extraction of compounds such as polyphenols, most of the initial active substances remain in grape marc residues. The bioactive potential of grape marc, especially antioxidants from the flavonoid family, provides a raw material of natural origin with relatively low cost, wide availability and desired skin care activity. The large number of active molecules that each plant carries tends to maximize its effectiveness, which makes the ingredients versatile and, in most cases, multifunctional as well. In addition to all the challenges involved in the development of cosmetic active ingredients from the use of industrial residues from food production, such as fruit, there is a real need to prove the functionality of the activity, through in vivo, in vitro studies and mainly by clinical response.
Our proposal aims to bring together recent research topics and current review articles with a focus on obtaining and applying natural ingredients, foods and food by-products in the development of personal care products, in addition to evaluating the effectiveness, in vivo, in vitro and, mainly in the clinical response of the skin and hair. Another topic to be assessed is the impact of this application on the balance of healthy ecosystems, sustainable economy and social development.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Effective production methods of natural ingredients, food and its by-product to obtain new sources of raw material to personal care products
• Development of personal hygiene products and beauty treatments from raw materials derived from natural ingredients, food and its by-product as an alternative to synthetic products
• Evaluation of the efficacy and safety, especially clinical efficacy, of skin and hair care products developed based on raw materials from the natural ingredients, food and its by-product
• Assessment of the environmental, social and economic impact involved in obtaining natural ingredients, food and its by-product for the personal care industry, considering the green technologies
• Market perspectives for personal care products using natural ingredients, food and its by-product
All article types are acceptable including: Original Research, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Perspective, Policy Brief, Data Report, General Commentary and Opinion.