The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced an administrative notice on September 5th of the revision of the Regulations on Cosmetic Safety Standards, which mainly calls for designating five types of hair dye ingredients, such as o-aminophenol, m-phenylenediamine hydrochloride, catechol, and pyro
Ashland's "Antaron soja glyceride" and Carbonwave's "Sea Balance 2000" together won the "Best Ingressive Awards" of "In-Cosmetics Korea 2022" held in Korea this July.Ashland's "Antaron soja glyceride" is a naturally occurring biodegradable film-forming agent. It gives water resistance and SPF-boosti
"Wastar Pink Berry," launched by IFF-Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, ranked second in the "in-cosmetics Korea 2022" category in Korea this July. Wastar Pink Berry, which won the Best Inductive Awards, is made of upcyclyed plant extracts rich in biflavonoids, stabilizing irritated scalp. It is an upcycling pr
Cosmecca Korea and Green Bio held an MOU signing ceremony on August 22 with the aim to strengthen corporate social responsibility and build a sustainable supply cycle as eco-friendly value consumption trends expand.The main content of the agreement was regarding the usage of raw material of Green Bi
Despite the aftermath of COVID-19, AmorePacific has continued to invest in overseas markets to build a foundation for future growth and achieved high results in the North American market.AmorePacific announced on June 15 that its North American business sales increased more than 60% year-on-year in
Cosmax NVT, a manufacturer specializing in health functional foods, announced on June 10 that it has developed and commercialized "Zeta Probiotics" technology that improves probiotics’ intestinal survival and adhesion.According to Cosmax NVT, Zeta Probiotics Technology is a technology that increases
According to the "2021 Oriental Medicine Industry Statistics Collection" recently published by the Korea Oriental Medicine Promotion Agency, oriental medicine cosmetics, valuing for 1.9308 trillion won, accounted for about 12.7% of the total cosmetics production of 15.1617 trillion won among the top
Yuhan Corporation's affiliates, Yuhan Care, Soonchunhyang University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Group have begun research to localize Astaxanthin, a raw material for health functional foods that are highly dependent on importation in Korea. Astaxanthin and antioxidant materials are used as ingr
Cell Icon Lab (CEO Sung Min-kyu), a bio-venture company specializing in peptide development, has developed "Cenolic Peptide," a peptide material that selectively removes aging cells, with more than two years of research."Cenolitic" is a technology currently focused on the world's leading research in
LG H&H(CEO Cha Seok-yong) has found 10 genes relevant to the skin irritation side-effect of retinol, an anti-aging ingredient, also developing an effective ingredient to control the gene.The results of this study were published in Pharmaceutics, a world-renowned international academic journal, and t
It is announced on the 20th of April that the research content based on the cosmetic material “hectorite” being developed by Sunjin Beauty Science (CEO Yi Seong-ho), a company specializing in manufacturing cosmetic raw materials, was published as the cover study in the April 2021 issue of the Americ
CTK, the cosmetics platform company, has announced on the 3rd of February that a research paper on “CTK-TiTan5X”, an eco-friendly UV protection ingredient jointly developed with a research team led by Professor Nam Yun-seong (Editorial Member of The-K Beauty Science) in the Department of New Materia
Skin Barrier Control FactorSkin barriers play a very important role in protecting the skin and various body organs in the skin from various harmful factors in the external environment. In the base layer of the skin's epidermis, keratin-forming cells divide, and as they go through the process of diff
Skin agingHumans experience aging in various tissues as they get older, and skin aging is the most sensitive aging phenomenon among the various aging phenomena of the human body because it is most clearly visualized and recognizable by themselves and others. The causes of skin aging can be largely d
Yeon, Joo-heon, CEO of Well-Aging Exobio, received a degree from KAIST in △ Bioscience Department, Master of Science (2002.8-2004.8) △ KAIST in Bio and Brain Engineering, and a Ph.D. (2004.9-2010.2). △ Department of Mechanical and Aviation Engineering at Seoul National University (2011.6-2010.3) △ U
Park, Chang Seo (CTO, LCS Biotech) Types and functions of skin barrier ceramideCeramide is a major compositional lipid that accounts for more than 40–50% of the lipids of the skin barrier, and its importance is further emphasized as the main cause of the decrease in ceramide content in various skin
Introduction and Experimental BackgroundHouttuynia cordata is a perennial herb native to China, Japan, and South Korea. It is 25–30 cm tall, its stems are thin and reddish violet, its leaves are heart-shaped and its tips are pointed, and its juices smell very similar to 'fishy smell' in its leaves a
Jung, SungwonDirector of Bio Business Department Research Center, ActivOn CorpJung Sung-won, head of the institute, majored in biology and microbiology at Korea University, and served as senior researcher at Amorepacific, senior researcher at CJ Life Chemistry, chief researcher at Elid, KNY Cosmetic
Prof. Park, ByungchulDankook University Medical School Dermatology ClassIntroductionThe 1997 film "GATTACA" analyzes every gene with a drop of blood in the near future, predicting a person's likelihood of developing diseases and mortality(Figure 1).Will this world ever come? There are many things th
Key Skin Stem Cells and Cosmetics for Skin Regeneration The skin has an important function to prevent intrusion from the outside, protect the barrier, moisturize the skin, and maintain the skeleton of the skin. This requires constant normal cells to grow, typically differentiated cells such as kerat