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Disclosed is a topical skin care composition that includes water, silymarin, hydrolyzed algin, palmitoyl tripeptide 8, ceramide 2, pomegranate extract comprising pomegranate sterols, glycerin, disodium EDTA, caprylic / capric triglyceride, shea butter, C12-15 alcohols benzoate, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate and PEG 100 stearate, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, stearic acid, butylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, and (s) a mixture of acrylamide / sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, isohexadecane, and polysorbate 80.

A method for treating skin, reducing oxidative damage to a skin cell, reducing lipoxygenase (LO) activity in a skin cell, reducing cyclooxygenase (COX) activity in a skin cell, reducing tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in a skin cell, or reduction matrix metalloproteinase enzyme activity in a skin cell comprising contacting skin or a skin cell with an aromatic skin-active ingredient.

Methods and formulations are provided to reduce pigmentation in skin, using an array of compounds selected from benzimidazoles, phenylthioureas, phenyltiols, phenylamines, bi- and multicyclic phenols, thiopheneamines, and benzothiamides. The compounds preferably inhibit pigment systhesis in melanocytes through the tyrosinase pathway. The methods can be used for lightening skin, and for treating uneven skin complexions which result from hyperpigmentation-related medical conditions such as melasma, age spots, freckles, ochronosis, and lentigo. The compounds can be used medically or cosmetically.

A skin lightening composition is provided which comprises components (a) a flavanoid, (b) vitamin C and (c) vitamin E wherein at least component (b) is provided in a form suitable for systemic administration with the other components being provided in a form suitable for topical administration.

Disclosed is a composition, and method for its use, that includes any one of, any combination of, or all of Centella asiactica, Vitis vinifera seed, Magnolia bark, Camellia sinensis, and / or dihydroxymethylchromone. The composition can be used to treat telangiectasia.

Disclosed is a composition and methods for its use capable of treating pruritus comprising a combination of one or more of an Echinacea purpurea extract, a Silybum marianum extract, glycerin, and a mixture comprising cetylhydroxyproline palmitamide / steric acid / Brassica campestris (rapeseed) sterols.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising extracts of Durio zibethinus. The compositions of the present invention are useful for improving the appearance, texture, and / or moisture of mammalian skin. In particular, the compositions of the present invention decrease inflammation in the skin, inhibit matrix metalloprotease-9, which degrades skin proteins such as collagen and elastin, and inhibit melanogenesis in the skin.

Disclosed is a liquid skin cleansing and moisturizing composition comprising a skin moisturizing agent, a cationic guar gum, an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, and a non-lipid structuring agent, wherein the composition is dermatologically acceptable and formulated as a rinse-off composition.

The present invention provides a Cinnamomum subavenium extract for inhibiting melanogenesis. The present invention also provides a composition for inhibiting melanogenesis including compounds inhibit tyrosinase activity.

Disclosed is a non-ionic oil-in water emulsion comprising less than 50% by weight of water, a combination of non-ionic emulsifiers and non-ionic emulsion stabilizers, a combination of humectant skin conditioning agents, and a combination of UV absorbing agents. The emulsion can be stable and have an SPF of at least 30.

The present invention relates to a composition for the skin whitening and wrinkle improvement, comprising an extract of Vaccinium uliginosum as an active ingredient. The Vaccinium uliginosum extract has the effects of inhibiting and scavenging reactive oxygen species produced in skin tissue as a result of ultraviolet irradiation to the skin, effectively inhibiting tyrosinase activity to inhibit the production of melanin in melanin cells, inhibiting the secretion of cytokines in keratinocytes, promoting the production of procollagen, and inhibiting the decomposition of collagen. Thus, the extract will be useful for the prevention of skin photo aging caused by ultraviolet radiation, the enhancement of skin whitening and the improvement of wrinkles. In addition, the Vaccinium uliginosum extract is suitable to use as a component for improving skin wrinkles in cosmetics, foods and drugs, because the Vaccinium uliginosum extract can achieve the effect of improving skin conditions, even when it is applied to the skin or used internally.

Described herein are topical skin compositions useful for protecting the skin from the sun. The topical skin compositions comprise cosmetic ingredients such as homosalate; octisalate; oxybenzone; octocrylene; avobenzone; C12-15 alkyl benzoate; dicaprylyl carbonate; glycerin; VP / eicosene copolymer; cetearyl alcohol; caprylyl methicone; ceteth-20 phosphate; silica; and ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate / VP copolymer. The compositions may also comprise other cosmetic ingredients, examples of which include film formers, preservatives, emulsifiers, conditioning agents, and moisturizers. Also disclosed are methods of using the topical skin compositions.

Use of haguro-so or an organic solvent extract thereof, or a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof, for inhibiting a dopa oxidase activity, for inhibiting melanin production, or for whitening the skin; in the formula (I), R1 and R2, being the same or different, each represent a hydroxyl group, or a C1-4 linear or branched alkoxy group, or R1 and R2 together form a methylenedioxy group; R3 and R4, being the same or different, each represent a hydroxyl group, or a C1-4 linear or branched alkoxy group, or R3 and R4 together form a methylenedioxy group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a C1-5 linear or branched alkoxy group, a C1-4 acyl group, or a sugar residue selected from the group consisting of (D-apio-β-D-furanosyl)oxy, (β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy, (3-O,4-O-dimethyl-D-xylopyranosyl)oxy, (2-O,3-O,4-O-trimethyl-β-D-xylopyranosyl)oxy, and (3-O-methyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy; R6 and R7 are each a hydrogen atom and R8 and R9 together represent an oxygen atom, or R8 and R9 are each a hydrogen atom and R6 and R7 together represent an oxygen atom.

The present disclosure describes a manual or automated face plunge comprising a water reservoir, and optionally a chilling apparatus comprising one or more thermoelectric coolers to chill the water, and a controller to electronically control the chilling apparatus. The disclosure further describes methods for chilling the face, triggering the central nervous system, promoting human health, promoting human beauty, and promoting aesthetic benefits to a human in need thereof, comprising immersing the face of the person in the face plunge in accordance to various immersion regimens. In various aspects, the face plunge comprises ice-cold water for the facial immersions.

The invention discloses a whitening and anti-wrinkle composition, which consists of ingredients of a humectant, a melanin inhibitor and an antioxidant, wherein the melanin inhibitor consists one or more of quercetin, a rhizoma bolbostemmae extract, a trichosanthes kirilowii maxim extract and a flos inulae extract. The composition, by adding the melanin inhibitor, can relieve melanin pigmentation,so that a whitening effect can be achieved; by adding the antioxidant, free radicals can be effectively removed, lipid peroxidation can be inhibited and skin metabolism can be promoted, and in addition, melanin pigmentation can be inhibited and the generation of wrinkles can be also relieved; by adding the humectant, the composition not only can preserve moisture but also can take an effect of assisting whitening and resisting wrinkles; on the basis of actions among the ingredients, the effects of whitening and resisting wrinkles can be enhanced; and the composition, when applied to cosmetics,can be used for preserving moisture and moisturizing, keeping uniform complexion and relieving the generation of the wrinkles, and subsequently, functions of whitening and resisting wrinkles can be effectively achieved.

The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions useful for a topical composition comprising encapsulated resveratrol, oligopeptide-1, niacinamide, Opuntia ficus-indica extract, Prunus mume extract, algae extract, malachite extract, adenosine, and / or Opuntia tuna fruit extract.

The invention relates to skin aging-resistant cosmetics, and belongs to the filed of cosmetics. The skin aging-resistant cosmetics are prepared from herba dendrodii officinalis, radix paeoniae allba, bletilla striata, gingko, poria cocos, ligusticum chuanxiong, pericarpium citri reticulatae, astragali radix, liriope, hippophae rhamnoides, semen pruni, polygonum viviparum and cornus officinalis and are prepared through the steps of decocting, filtering, concentrating and the like. The skin aging-resistant cosmetics disclosed by the invention have the effects of restraining melanocytes and tyrosinase and resisting free radicals.

A ferment extract from a bacterial strain the Eupenicillium crustaceum species useful in the cosmetic treatment and / or care of the skin, mucous membranes, hair and / or nails and cosmetic uses of same.

The present invention has an object to provide an agent for suppressing melanin production and / or inhibiting elastase activity containing a plant extract as an effective substance with high safety and acceptable levels of stability and odor or sediment formation and an agent for external application to the skin comprising the above agent which has excellent effects in skin-whitening and skin-beautifying. The object is attained by providing an agent for external application to the skin containing indigo-plant extract.

The spot-disappearing moisture-holding skin-protecting agent is characterized by that it comprises skin-protecting base material to which 0.01%-10% of tea polyphenol, 1%-20% of coix seed extract, 1%-15% of dahurian angelica root and 1%-10% of vitamin E are added, and 0.01%-0.5% of hyaluronic acid also can be added. Said base material comprises oil-phase raw material and water-phase raw material, in which oil-phase raw material in oil-soluble skin-moistening agent whose content is 5%-85% and the water-phase raw material is polarity solvent whose content is 15%-90%. Said invention has the functions of disappearing spot, inhibiting melanic production, resisting UV ray, improving blood circulation, promoting metabolism of skin.

A composition comprising a glyceryl salicylate compound and / or a glycol salicylate compound. The compositions can be used to reduce the amount of moisture evaporated from skin, protect the skin from UV light, and treat aged or damaged skin.

The present invention relates to sunscreen compositions. More specifically, the present invention relates to sunscreen compositions that, when applied to the skin, prevent sun damage while allowing the passage of sufficient UVB in the range of 290 nm-298 nm to produce vitamin D, while also inhibiting melanogenesis.

Disclosed are cosmetic composition useful for the cleansing, moisturizing, and / or treating or soothing of skin or hair. Also disclosed are methods of using the cosmetic compositions and kits and containers comprising the cosmetic composition. The cosmetic compositions described herein are a combination of conditioning agents, thickening agents, fragrances, UV absorption agents, pH adjusters, moisturizing agents, preservatives, and salts.

The invention discloses a technical formula of a freckle-removing whitening VACE essence. The freckle-removing whitening VACE essence is mainly characterized in that 1) the main ingredients comprise retinyl palmitate (VA), ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate (VC), tocopheryl acetate (VE), canola oil, organosilicone, polydimethylsiloxane and other auxiliary ingredients; 2) the main ingredients are as follows in parts by weight: 0.1-10 parts of retinyl palmitate, 12-30 parts of ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate, 8-22 parts of tocopheryl acetate, 5-25 parts of canola oil, 1-20 parts of organosilicone, 1-20 partsof polydimethylsiloxane and 0.1-10 parts of other auxiliary ingredients. The freckle-removing whitening VACE essence has the advantages that the fat soluble ingredient VC and VA and VE essences whichare in high affinity with the skin are particularly adopted; on the basis that spots are faded, the allergy is prevented, the inflammation is eliminated and the dark matte skin is improved, the pollution of the external environment is deeply isolated, and the complexion is brightened. The organosilicone material is used as the auxiliary material, so that the essence is smooth and fresh, is good in spreadability, and is suitable for any skins, particularly the dry dark matte skin.

Methods and formulations are provided to reduce pigmentation in skin, using an array of compounds selected from benzimidazoles, phenylthioureas, phenyltiols, phenylamines, bi- and multicyclic phenols, thiopheneamines, and benzothiamides. The compounds preferably inhibit pigment systhesis in melanocytes through the tyrosinase pathway. The methods can be used for lightening skin, and for treating uneven skin complexions which result from hyperpigmentation-related medical conditions such as melasma, age spots, freckles, ochronosis, and lentigo. The compounds can be used medically or cosmetically.

The invention relates to a cosmetic, and belongs to the field of cosmetics. The cosmetic is prepared from dendrobium officinale, radix paeoniae alba, bletilla striata, gingko, poria cocos, ligusticum wallichii, pericarpium citri reticulatae, rhizoma atractylodis, coptis chinensis, radices lithospermi, rhizoma polygonati, semen cassiae and radices sileris through the steps of decocting, filtering, concentrating and the like. The cosmetic with an anti-aging function, disclosed by the invention, has the effects of restraining melanophore, restraining tyrosinase and resisting free radicals.

Described herein are compositions that contract and reduce pore size. The compositions of the disclosure are also useful for collagen contraction of the skin, calming skin, and reducing oil on the skin. The compositions comprise cosmetic ingredients such as glycerin; cyclopentasiloxane; polysilicone-11; pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate; dipropylene glycol; methyl methacrylate crosspolymer; betaine; bis-PEG / PPG-16 / PPG-16 / 16 PEG / 16 dimethicone; Albizia julibrissin bark extract; Evodia rutaecarpa fruit extract; hydrolyzed soy flour; sea whip extract; and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.