Posts by: Marcelo Schulman, President, Vita Derm

Haircare, Latin America, Market Trends, Skincare

Nano (from the Greek “dwarf”) is a prefix used in sciences to denote a part of a billion, meaning a nanometer is a billionth of a ... Read more

May 12, 2015

Exotic ingredients for cosmetics formulation

Latin America, Skincare, Technology & Cosmetic Ingredients

Innovative is everything that’s new that exceeds client expectations. Innovation is the process that includes the development and gestation and that results in the commercialization of ... Read more

April 9, 2015

The next generation of natural antoixidants

Latin America, Skincare, Sustainability, Technology & Cosmetic Ingredients

During our organism’s natural metabolic processes such as respiration and the oxygen-aided conversion of food nutrients into energy, our organism’s cells produce free radicals. Free radicals ... Read more

March 19, 2015

Men’s cosmetics: Innovations and Necessities

Latin America, Market Trends, Skincare

Men are becoming increasingly vain and concerned with looking good. While fragrances and colognes are still the most highly sought products, demand for hair products, anti-aging ... Read more

August 12, 2014

Auto-emulsifying polymer bases in cold conditions. Maximum moisture and emollient power of application.

Latin America, Market Trends, News

Emulsions are colloids consisting of the mixture of two immiscible fluids. Stability is conferred upon an emulsion by different variables such as its temperature, composition and ... Read more

July 22, 2014

Vegetable micro-keratin: more effective hair care

Haircare, Latin America, Market Trends, News

Hair is basically composed of proteins, water, lipids and pigments. The amino acids in the cuticle and hair cortex are similar and more often than not ... Read more

July 15, 2014

Rice Protein Associated to Phytic Acid: Avoid Color Drain in Dyed Hair

Haircare, Industry/Country Reports, Latin America, News

Each person has a hair type in line with their personality and the care they expend on their hair. There are several factors which can harm ... Read more

July 8, 2014

Nanoencapsulated vitamin C: guaranteed efficacy and stability

Industry/Country Reports, Latin America, News

Vitamin C has a beneficial effect on the skin, acting as a reducing agent, capturing and combating free radicals, making it much used in cosmetics It ... Read more

June 17, 2014

Natural derivative of Olive Oil

Latin America, News, Skincare

Olive oil is composed of triglycerides with a high fatty oleic acid content, high squalene content and is high in phytosterols which help in the capturing ... Read more

June 10, 2014

Physalis angulata – a great help in the fight against photo-aging of the skin

News, Skincare, Technology & Cosmetic Ingredients

Cortico-steroids were introduced into medicine around 50 years ago and have become one of the classes of drugs most prescribed by doctors world-wide. The efficacy of ... Read more