Ageing population, the <i>go green</i> consciousness and the growing interest in natural and organic products are shaping cosmetic consumer markets and demands. Advanced nano-enabling technologies have boosted the incorporation of natural actives with low water-miscibility into topical formulations for anti-ageing applications and bring new and more added-value products into the market. Herein, natural-based lipophilic actives with anti-aging and antimicrobial properties, such as marine-derived lipids, were nanoformulated into highly stable nanoparticles and further incorporated into cosmetic creams. The generated nano-enabled formulations are more efficient in terms of antioxidant, anti-wrinkle and antimicrobial activity compared to non-encapsulated actives containing creams, suggesting that the nanoencapsulation potentiated those properties forming more stable and effective cosmetic products. This study confirms that the nanoformulation of low hydrosoluble actives increases their miscibility into cosmetic products and enhances the anti-ageing activities by potentiating the efficacy of the encapsulated actives.

Nanotransformation of marine derived-materials into added value ingredients for the cosmeceutical field

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