SABRINA LEOTY-OKOMBI*, CECILE KALEM, MANON GAULT, AURELIE COURTOIS, NICOLAS PELLETIER, LAURA AVERSA
*Corresponding author
BASF Beauty Care Solutions France, Lyon, France

Abstract

Demand for anti-aging cosmetic products is thriving – consumers are increasingly interested in healthy aging and natural safe ingredients. In this context, biotic ingredients are gaining popularity because they are associated with health, wellness and eco-friendliness. Two new biotic ingredients based on the Lactobacillus crispatus bacteria are now enabling cosmetics producers to respond to this trend. These solutions are among the first biotic ingredients derived from bacteria that are naturally present on the skin, and which decrease with aging. When applied onto the skin, the two specific Lactobacillus crispatus derived actives provide clinically proven antiaging benefits.

A GROWING TREND FOR ANTI-AGING BIOTICS
The anti-aging category of cosmetics is thriving, and consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits provided by biotic ingredients. This refers to products infused with specific ingredients like pre-, pro-, and postbiotics. Since biotic claims are often associated with health, wellness and eco-friendliness, biotic skincare products are gaining popularity. Specifically, there is a growth in claims related to allowing the skin to age in good health by targeting the impairment of biological processes of the skin. Most of these are prebiotics to promote the beneficial skin microbiome or postbiotic products featuring soluble factors (metabolites) mainly produced via bacteria fermentation. The majority of available postbiotics on the market are derived from microorganisms used in nutrition, not from the skin commensal beneficial bacteria.

THE FIRST BIOTIC INGREDIENTS DERIVED FROM SKIN MICROBIOTA

In 2017, BASF scientists discovered that Lactobacillus crispatus (LC) bacteria residing in the crow’s feet wrinkle hollow disappear with aging and have also confirmed pr ...