CosmEthically Active

🌍 The global cosmetics market is growing steadily. Both consumers and manufacturers are shifting focus towards eco-friendliness and sustainability ♻️, all while ensuring top performance.

🌟 Natural cosmetics and certification institutions are working to achieve meaningful impacts, with the CosmEthically ACTIVE certificate representing a new, science-based and integral approach to evaluating natural cosmetics.

📖 Read more about the challenges in natural cosmetics in the CosmEthically ACTIVE journal. Link in bio!

🌿 CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: Re.vamp Complete Moisturizer by Matinata 🌿

's Re.vamp moisturizer was created as a weightless emulsion to deliver long-lasting hydration and moisture, with a profoundly nourishing and compensating damage-free radical impact. ✨

Stimulates the skin to produce its own collagen, minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. 💆‍♀️

Contains a balanced lipid complex to improve moisture retention, as well as four humectants with different moisture delivery mechanisms. 🌊

A unique aromatherapeutic scent leaves the skin invigorated. 💖✨

🌿 Aromatic Plants in Skincare: The Natural Path to Radiance 🌿

Check out this review article on aromatic plants, titled "Aromatic Plants as Cosmeceuticals: Benefits and Applications for Skin Health," revealing the incredible properties of these plants in combating skin aging and maintaining a youthful appearance. 🌱✨

What are aromatic plants?
The article discusses aromatic plants in a broader sense, encompassing higher plants that contain trichomes, not just the pleasantly scented plants typically used for essential oil extraction.
The article highlights plants such as Foeniculum vulgare (fennel), Calendula officinalis (calendula), Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile), Thymus vulgaris (thyme), and others are known for their benefits in skincare. These natural compounds act as powerful shields against oxidative stress and contribute to skin health and rejuvenation. 🌿

Skincare Benefits:
- Anti-aging: Flavonoids and phenolics in these plants help prevent skin aging, maintain collagen fibers, enhance skin elasticity, and reduce wrinkles. 🕰️
- Photoprotection: Plant extracts with antioxidant properties, like flavonoids and tannins, protect the skin from UV rays and minimize sun damage. 🌞
- Anti-inflammatory: Plants like marigold, thyme and chamomile have strong anti-inflammatory effects that reduce skin redness and irritation.
- Antioxidant: Natural antioxidants from aromatic plants scavenge free radicals and reduce oxidative stress, helping maintain healthy, radiant skin. 🌟

The article also reveals other important information:

🔬 What are cosmeceuticals?
Cosmeceuticals are products that blend cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. They contain active bioingredients that not only beautify but also provide therapeutic effects for the skin, such as anti-aging, hydration, and anti-inflammatory benefits.

🌱 How They Combat Oxidative Stress
The article explains the role of antioxidants in aromatic plants in neutralizing reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are the main culprits of skin aging, and how these compounds protect against both intrinsic and extrinsic aging factors.

🌿CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: Inovať by Mylo🌿

Introducing a Hydrogel Serum for greasy, problematic, and mature skin! 🌊✨ This powerful formula is packed with the perfect blend of skin-loving ingredients to give you the radiant complexion. Here's why you'll love it:

🌱 Seaweed Extracts: replenishes and revitalizes your skin.

🌟 Zinc Sulphate & Nicotinamide: they enhance your skin's defense against acne-causing bacteria and promote a clearer, healthier complexion.

💧 Hyaluronic Acid: deeply moisturizes and plumps the skin.

🌿 Prebiotics & Sage Hydrolate: they support your skin's microbiota and soothe and calm irritated skin.

🌸 Experience the benefits of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial properties, collagen synthesis, and improved skin hydration all in one bottle! ✨

🌿Hidden Potentials of Vaccinium: A Source of Powerful Cosmeceutical Actives 🌿

Check out this review article on Vaccinium species, titled "Vaccinium Species—Unexplored Sources of Active Constituents for Cosmeceuticals," published in Biomolecules journal by Kukula-Koch and colleagues.🌿✨

🍇 What is Vaccinium L.?
Vaccinium L. includes over 450 species of shrubs and dwarf shrubs, found in cooler regions of the northern hemisphere. You are probably familiar with cranberry and blueberry, but the family also includes lingonberry, and bilberry.

📊Composition of Vaccinium
The species are rich in polyphenols like phenolic acids, flavonoids, flavonoid glycosides, and tannins. Key metabolites include:
• Anthocyanins: Cyanidin, delphinidin, and malvidin glucosides.
• Flavonoids: Quercetin, kaempferol, and epicatechin.
• Other Compounds: Phenolic acids, vitamins, fatty acids, sterols, and terpenoids.

🧴Skincare Benefits
✨Skin Lightening: Tyrosinase inhibitors reduce melanin synthesis, aiding hyperpigmentation treatment.
👵Anti-Aging: Cranberry proanthocyanidins preserve collagen by inhibiting extracellular proteinases, maintaining skin elasticity, and preventing signs of skin aging.
🛡️Antioxidant: Flavonoids and phenolic acids scavenge free radicals and reduce oxidative stress.
🌞UV Protection: Anthocyanins protect skin by reducing UV-induced ROS, DNA damage, and collagen loss, minimizing photoaging.
🦠 Anti-Microbial: Polyphenols in extracts show antimicrobial effects, defending against skin infections and conditions.

⏭Future Perspectives
We look forward to further publications from the GreenCosmIn team, which is committed to progress in the field of natural cosmetics. The GreenCosmIn project brings together experts from the fields of natural product chemistry, biotechnology and cosmetology to develop ecologically sustainable cosmetic solutions. Through the use of advanced extraction techniques, phytochemical analysis and biotechnological applications, this Horizon MSCA Staff Exchanges project initiative aims to develop bioactive compounds and integrate them into safe, effective cosmetic products, with a focus on environmental sustainability. 🔬🌱

🌿CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: Moisturising Day Cream by Mayarula🌿

's moisturiser is a light yet deeply hydrating emulsion, perfect for daily care. It provides intensive moisturisation, restores the skin’s barrier, and reduces the appearance of wrinkles, leaving the skin plump and glowing. ✨💧🌱

A blend of immortelle, rose, and lavender hydrosols adds a calming effect, complemented by plant extracts such as acmella and liftonin, known for their wrinkle-reducing properties. Suitable for all skin types, this cream ensures optimal care and revitalisation. 🌸

🌿CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: IMMORTELLE BON CARE by Bonistra🌿
borninistria's face mist is made out of Helichrysum Italicum also called Immortelle, as it is supposed to show anti-aging benefits. 💆

Helichrysum Italicum Flower Water has antioxidant, antimicrobial, and skin-soothing properties, very suitable for mature skin in need of regeneration and hydration.💧

New Banned Silicones? 😮
In May 2024, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2024/1328, amending Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. This regulation introduces new restrictions on the use of three siloxane substances: octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5), and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6).

But what is Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH)? 🤔
It’s the EU’s framework for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals. This regulation ensures a high level of protection for human health and the environment, promoting safer alternatives and fostering the free movement of chemicals across the EU market. 💼

What are D4, D5, and D6?
These are siloxane compounds, made up of chains of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms, often with organic groups attached to the silicon. They’re commonly found in various products such as cosmetics, dry cleaning solvents, waxes, and cleaning products.

New Limitations
As of 2024, regulations on D4, D5, and D6 have expanded to cover both rinse-off and leave-on cosmetic products due to these substances’ persistence in the environment, bioaccumulation, and toxicity, especially impacting aquatic ecosystems. 🌍

Starting 6 June 2026, these substances will also be prohibited from being placed on the market:
• as a substance on their own,
• as a constituent of other substances, or
• in mixtures,
if present at concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight.

When will this take effect?
The new rules will be enforced as follows:
• From 6 June 2026, D4, D5, and D6 cannot be placed on the market in concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1% in any substance, mixture, or individual chemical.
• From 6 June 2027, cosmetics (except wash-off products) must comply with these restrictions.

Do you know of any products that contain these ingredients? 💡

🌍 🌿WHY US?
Modern CosmEthics is an international network of cosmetic science professionals dedicated to natural, organic, sustainable, ethical, and highly effective cosmetics.

- We enforce the concept of active cosmetics and protect the consumer against empty marketing claims.🔍
- We comply with strict conditions when evaluating the naturalness of cosmetic ingredients to ensure the improved protection of our environment.🌍

🌿CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: PHYTOGAL (F)ACE TREATMENT MOISTURIZER by Galbaia🌿

This luxurious, rich, anti-aging moisturizer with Kakadu plum 🍊 and silver fir wood extract 🌲, with a synergistic blend of other Australian extracts, immortelle hydrolat, aloe vera, and noni juice 🥝, together with rich oils, such as cacay, babassu, pomegranate, cherry 🍒, and rice bran oils 🌾, nourishes and restores the skin, leaving it smooth and soft 😌🧖‍♀️

It is ideal for anyone who wants moisturized 💦, healthy 🌟, and radiant skin ✨

This year, the Phytogal (F)ace Treatment Moisturizer has been honored with a prestigious Gold Award at the 2024 Universal Beauty Awards 🏆.

Today and tomorrow, we honor the past and take a moment to reflect.
Wishing you a peaceful Reformation Day and Remembrance Day, filled with moments of gratitude and calm.
May these days bring a gentle pause in the busyness and a quiet sense of peace. 🍂🕯️

🌿CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: Beoty's Balancing Moisturizer🌿

's nourishing moisturizer is magic in a bottle, and was created with oily, acne and blemish prone skin in mind. ✨

A lightweight formula that absorbs quickly, this soothing complex of oils, extracts and active ingredients helps to regulate oily skin to combat those annoying blemishes. 🧖‍♀️🤲

🌿 Change your habits, change the world. 🌍

The trend of going back to natural values is becoming a reality in many areas of life—food, textiles, and of course, cosmetics. People are becoming more aware that we are responsible for our health and the environment. 🌱✨

We support reducing overall cosmetic consumption while advocating for products that are natural yet truly effective.

👉 Use natural but use rational, and use less but use smart. What you apply is who you are.

CosmEthically ACTIVE certified products are the purest investment in our health, the health of future generations, and the well-being of our planet. 🌎💧

🌿 CosmEthically ACTIVE certified: Nourishing Face Oil by Avoila🌿

's face oil lends the restorative skincare power of pure Kenyan avocado oil with other skin-nurturing, organic fruit, flower and seed oils. 🌸

It is an easily absorbed, spa-quality face oil that will hydrate, renew and protect your skin, so that you can love your skin and your skincare. 🌊

Check out this insightful article on elderberry hydrolate, titled
"Elderberry Hydrolate: Exploring Chemical Profile, Antioxidant Potency, and Antigenotoxicity for Cosmetic Applications," published in Applied Sciences by Sara Gonçalves, in collaboration with our team members and ✨

🌿 The study tested the chemical composition of elderberry hydrolate using GC-MS analysis and evaluated its antioxidant activity through ABTS and DPPH assays. Additionally, the genotoxic and antigenotoxic effects were assessed using the Comet assay, exploring its potential to protect DNA from oxidative damage.

💧 As the beauty industry turns toward sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives, elderberry hydrolate stands out as a promising natural solution with multiple skincare benefits. The study supports its application in cosmetics, showcasing its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and protective properties.

🔬 The demand for natural ingredients in cosmetics is steadily increasing, and elderberry hydrolate, with its bioactive compounds and therapeutic potential, presents itself as a promising option for future formulations. This study offers a valuable insight into the potential uses of elderberry hydrolate in skincare products.

Source: Gonçalves S, Peixoto F, Schoss K, Kočevar Glavač N, Gaivão I. Elderberry Hydrolate: Exploring Chemical Profile, Antioxidant Potency, and Antigenotoxicity for Cosmetic Applications. Applied Sciences. 2024.

📚 Book Review:
Humblebee&Me says it best – 'Clear, reliable, scientific information about natural skin care ingredients.' 🌱

If you're interested in understanding what goes into your skincare products, our book offers a thorough look at the science behind natural beauty! 💚