Beautiful nails are no coincidence, but the result of careful and regular care. This nail care involves several steps, which in turn require different utensils. At the beginning of every nail care is always a thorough cleaning. A hand bath in a bowl with warm water and a few drops of shower gel as well…

Nara oil is extracted from the fruits of the nara, which is a gourd plant belonging to the genus Acanthosicyos and is endemic to Namibia. The correct spelling should actually be !Nara, where the exclamation mark stands for a particular clicking or snapping sound used by the indigenous Damara and Nama ethnic groups. The plant…

There are now three product categories on the shelves of drugstores and cosmetics shops: conventional cosmetics, natural cosmetics and near-natural cosmetics. Everyone knows what conventional cosmetics are. But how does near-natural cosmetics actually differ from natural cosmetics? For one thing, “real” natural cosmetics are always certified and thus recognisable by various labels and quality seals.…

The use of soaps is a natural part of our everyday life. But hardly anyone knows that the soaps available in supermarkets are usually mixtures of sodium or potassium salts of higher fatty acids. Components of solid soaps such as curd soaps are usually sodium oleate, sodium stearate and sodium palmitate, while soft soaps (also…

Unfortunately, cosmetic products cannot do entirely without thickeners and nowadays we use typically natural thickener. They ensure that the products always have an optimal consistency and increase the viscosity. For example, they make lotions more viscous and creamy, which makes them easier to apply and gives the skin a soft feel. Many manufacturers still rely…

New active ingredients score particularly well in that they use natural raw materials, are environmentally friendly and sustainable, come from upcycling processes, usually do not require preservation and, of course, optimise the efficiency, skin feel and application properties of cosmetic products.   New active ingredients: pre- and postbiotics against wrinkles The active ingredients Probiolift® and…

Nicotinic acid, also called vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid amide, was discovered more or less by accident during the oxidation of nicotine. That was in 1867, but it was not until many years later, in 1934, that scientists recognised the extraordinary physiological effectiveness of nicotinic acid (vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid amide). The vitamin is…

If you want to keep your skin beautiful and healthy in the long run, you cannot do without careful skin care. It is mainly divided into two areas: day care and night care. The formulations for day care products are completely different from those for night care products. This is not a clever marketing strategy,…

While we sleep, our organism does not remain inactive. In order for our skin to regenerate and new skin cells to be formed, it produces the growth hormone somatropin during the night and ramps up protective and repair programmes. A high-quality night cream gently supports these mechanisms. Since the pores widen when we sleep, the…

Although nitrate, nitrite and nitrosamines are quite different in terms of their mode of action in the human organism, there is nevertheless a close connection between the three substances. After all, nitrate is a precursor of nitrite, and this in turn is transformed into nitrosamines in the body. Basically, nitrate, nitrite and nitrosamines are compounds…