Abstract
With the rising public awareness of environmental issues, consumers are increasingly demanding skin care products that create less environmental impact but still provide the same or even greater efficacy. In the skin care arena, microemulsions have been receiving increased attention as the promising delivery technology of skin care actives. Essential oils such as peppermint oil, lavender oil and eucalyptus oil are purported to have excellent antioxidant and antimicrobial properties that could be used as the eco-friendly alternatives for synthetic antioxidants and preservatives in the skin care formulations. This work therefore seeks to develop eco-friendly skin care formulations based on microemulsions of essential oil. Peppermint oil, lavender oil and eucalyptus oil were used as the oil phase to formulate naringin-loaded microemulsions, which demonstrated similar or better antioxidant and antimicrobial properties compared to the synthetic ones. When formulated into gel form, naringin-loaded microemulsion-gel formulations showed enhanced stability and release profile over their unformulated counterpart. Hence, microemulsions of essential oil developed in this work conferred a 4-fold benefits to the skin care formulations: (1) improved release (membrane permeation) of skin care active, (2) improved stability of skin care active, (3) as an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic antioxidant, and (4) a self-preserving system.
Highlights
IntroductionEco-friendly products are at the forefront in the skin care industry [1]
Academic Editor: Enzo BerardescaIn recent years, eco-friendly products are at the forefront in the skin care industry [1].In line with the increased public awareness of environmental issues, many consumers are seeking eco-friendly skin care products in their purchases
Eco-friendly products are at the forefront in the skin care industry [1]
Summary
Eco-friendly products are at the forefront in the skin care industry [1]. In line with the increased public awareness of environmental issues, many consumers are seeking eco-friendly skin care products in their purchases. Surveys reported that nowadays consumers are willing to pay more on eco-friendly products [2,3]. These heightened demands have driven various innovations along the skin care value chain, including formulation level to meet consumers’ expectations without compromising the quality and functionality of products. In order for the companies to stay ahead in the highly competitive skin care market, there is an urgent need for them to create eco-friendly products with greater product efficacy. Besides the traditional aesthetic effects, consumers nowadays are expecting effective preventive and therapeutic effects with minimal side effects from the skin care products [4,5]
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