Another group of Mary Kay’s patent
filings covers formulations that have the ability to regulate skin cell
activities and therefore achieve the skin care purpose. The following are the formulations. I must say that many ingredients are not
magical ingredients. In fact, that you
are using these compounds everyday in your life.
- Formulation containing ingredients
that reduces lipoxygenase (LO) activity in a skin cell, reduces cyclooxygenase
(COX) activity in a skin cell, reduces tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF-.alpha.) in a skin cell, or reduces matrix metalloproteinase enzyme
activity to achieve odor controlling purpose (Cherruby note: deodorant);
- Formulation containing ingredients
that activating at least one proteolytic enzyme in the skin's stratum corneum improvements
in the skin's visual appearance, function and clinical/biophysical properties. The formulation uses a combination of a
cationic surfactant such as N,N,-dimethyldodecyl amine oxide (DMDAO), an
anionic surfactant such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), or monoalkyl phosphate
(MAP) and a chelating agent such as ethylene diamine tetraacetate (EDTA) to
stimulate a chronic increase in the replacement rate of the skin's stratum
corneum by means of corneum protease activation
- Formulation containing ingredients
that regulates lipid metabolism, polysaccharide metabolism, protein metabolism;
and nucleic acid metabolism for treating aged, mature,
nutritionally-compromised, or environmentally-damaged skin. For lipid metabolism, the formulation uses sodium
citrate, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, biotin, glucose, sodium acetate,
mevalonic acid, and serine; for polysaccharide metabolism, the formulation uses
galactosamine, glucosamine, xylose, and magnesium chloride; for protein
metabolism, the formulation uses arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,
lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine, serine,
aspartic acid, glutamic acid, asparagine, glutamine, alanine, tyrosine,
cysteine, glycine, and proline; for nucleic acid metabolism, the formulation
uses sodium bicarbonate, aspartic acid, sodium phosphate, niacin, glutamine,
and glucose.
Thanks for
reading!
Connie
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