As we explained in the previous article, our skin is home to a very unique microbiome, which lives in perfect symbiosis with our skin, providing multiple benefits when it is balanced and healthy.
Thanks to this trend, we're beginning to learn more about these tiny inhabitants. To better understand what we're talking about, we should delve a little into concepts like probiotics, prebiotics, probiotics, and fermented ingredients. But what are each of these? Are they the same thing?
Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when supplied in adequate amounts, can provide multiple benefits. These probiotics are commonly found in fermented foods.
PREBIOTICS , on the other hand, are compounds that are used as nutrients by the microbiota and that induce changes in its composition and/or activity, bringing benefits.
On the other hand, POST-BIOTICS are inactivated microorganisms, fragments and/or components of the cell wall or metabolites/end products released by microorganisms that confer a benefit to the skin (peptides, enzymes, among others).
These last two can be perfectly incorporated into cosmetics to provide great benefits to our skin's microbiome.
FERMENTED INGREDIENTS
Fermentation has been used for many years. It's the first biotechnology developed by humans over 12,000 years ago to make beer. It's said that Cleopatra, for example, bathed in fermented milk, which explains her soft skin.
The food trend has impacted and revolutionized its use in cosmetics. Just as foods are fermented to improve digestion, traditional cosmetic ingredients are beginning to be fermented to improve their absorption by the skin and improve their bioavailability and activity.
Fermented ingredients are considered postbiotics as they are metabolic products of microorganisms, so they provide significant benefits to your skin's microbiome.
In our new line, you'll find fermented extracts of Siberian plants such as northern blackberry and wild raspberry.
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