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Cosmetics
are as old as vanity. In Egypt their use can be traced back almost to the
earliest period of which burials have been found, and continues to the
present day. But today we go further into so called "extreme cosmetics" for
the treatment of the wrinkles. Such cosmetic treatments often use Botox.
Botox is a diluted food poison used to temporarily paralyze muscles and to
that way make the skin appears smoother. Unfortunately extreme cosmetic
treatments cannot halt the ageing process. They nearly all require regular
top-ups to maintain the effect. Wrinkles have a habit of returning
Here are
given new and
old example of cosmetic formulation. It may be easily seen the
difference of the complexity between two cosmetics formulation.
Bio-revitalizing mask (new
cosmetic formulation from
Uniqema®)
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| Ingredients |
Weight
% |
| A.
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| Water |
69.5 |
| Structure XL |
3.0 |
| Pricerine 9091 |
3.0 |
| Arlatone LC |
6.0 |
| B.
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| Prisorine 2021 |
3.0 |
| Estol 3609 |
3.0 |
| Cetearyl Alcohol |
1.0 |
| Cetyl Palmitate |
3.0 |
| Pripure 3759 |
3.0 |
| Monasil PCA |
1.0 |
| Arlatone Dioic DCA |
1.0 |
| Soothex CQ |
0.6 |
| Tween 60 |
1.0 |
| C.
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| Liquid Germall Plus |
0.5 |
| Questice Plus |
0.5 |
| Florabeads Jojoba White 40/60 |
0.8 |
| Fragrance HW 6449A |
0.1 |
Here is an very old
cosmetic cream
formulation. You may see that some of the ingredients, like
sweet almond oil, are still
in cosmetics use today.
ol.
amigdal. dulc. rec. extr. sine igne. olei quatuor semin: frig. maj. recent.
nor rancid.ana {ounce}
vi ceræ granatæ {ounce}
i ; sperm. ceti rec. albiss. {ounce}
i liquentur lentissimo igne. abluantur
optimè ad summam albedinem aquâ fragor. adde perl: præp: talci veneti præpar.
ana {drachm}
i taurach & sacchari candi ana {drachm}
; M. & longâ agitatione dealbetur.

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