Cosmetics and Personal Care
INQUIRY
With more and more attention being paid to cosmetics and personal care products, people's demands are also increasing. It has become people's primary concern to optimize product formulas safely and healthily. With the ability to form host-guest inclusion complexes with lipophilic substances in aqueous solutions by introducing either the whole molecule or its nonpolar part into a cavity, cyclodextrin (CD) shines in the cosmetics and personal care market as a molecular transport medium.
Benefits of CD in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
The active ingredients in the formulations of cosmetics and personal care products can retain their original molecular shape, size and properties in the CD cavity. At the same time, since the active ingredients are encapsulated in CD cavities, they are not oxidized, photolyzed, or thermally decomposed, ensuring the long-lasting stability and shelf life of products. The following is a brief list of the benefits of CD applied to cosmetics and personal care products [1].
- Increases the physical and chemical stability of guest molecules by preventing decomposition, oxidation, hydrolysis or evaporative loss.
- Increases the water solubility of lipophilic substances.
- Converts liquid or oily material into powder.
- Provides a controlled release of active ingredients.
- Prevents interactions between various ingredients in cosmetic formulas.
- Increases or decreases the skin's absorption of specific compounds.
- Stabilizes emulsions and suspensions.
- Reduces or eliminates bad odors in cosmetics.
Applications in Cosmetics and Personal Care
All in all, CD has been widely used as a safety and useful formula in various cosmetics and personal care products in recent years, including lotions, shampoos, toothpastes, and perfumes to enhance the functions of products in whitening, anti-aging, moisturizing, acne removal, sterilization and other aspects [2,3]. There are two forms of CDs that can be used in cosmetic and personal care products, CD inclusion complexes and CDs with empty cavities. Both rely on the unique encapsulation properties of CD molecules. As a result, the applications of CDs in cosmetics and personal care mainly revolve around CD inclusion complexes and CDs with empty cavities.
- Preparation of low-irritation formulas
- Preparation of antimicrobial formulas
- Preparation of anti-aging formulas
- Establishment of a controlled release system
- Preparation of deodorant formulas
- Preparation of anti-acne formulas
- Preparation of safe emulsified formulas
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References
- Numanoğlu, U.; et al. Use of cyclodextrins as a cosmetic delivery system for fragrance materials: Linalool and benzyl acetate. AAPS PharmSciTech. 2007, 8(4): 34–42.
- Chittiteeranon, P.; et al. Preparation and characterization of inclusion complexes containing fixolide, a synthetic musk fragrance and cyclodextrins. J Incl Phenom Macro. 2007, 57(1/2/3/4): 69-73．
- Buschmann, H. J.; Schollmeyer, E. Applications of cyclodextrins in cosmetic products: a review. Int J Cosmet Sci. 2002, 53: 185-191.
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