Sustainable power food for you skin

The microalga C. vulgarisand the white lupin, two super foods, are combined together in Cellactive®, the carbon-neutral essential cell boost factor. The active ingredient promotes the integrity of the integumentary system at two levels: in the epidermis, it stimulates the production of adhesion proteins in order to improve cellular cohesion. In addition, it triggers the production of multiple extracellular matrix components in the dermis and helps skin to quickly regain its firmness and elasticity. 

Cellactive® belongs to the new generation of climate-neutral cosmetic active ingredients. The transparency provided across its whole supply chain, offsetting of unavoidable CO2 emissions and support of UN-sustainable development goals comply with the concept of a genuinely “green” cosmetic active.

Chronological ageing on its own, ignoring for the moment extrinsic factors, brings with it a wide range of consequences for our skin (Fig 1).1,2 For example, the quality of differentiation of keratinocytes in the epidermis decreases, meaning that the thickness of the epidermis and the quality of the skin barrier are also diminished. In the stratum corneum, this can lead to changes in the desquamation process. A destabilised skin barrier cannot protect us properly and malignant cells may invade deeper tissue. The skin initiates inflammatory responses as a protective reaction. These inflammatory processes can have a significant impact on skin ageing. This imbalance in favour of inflammatory messengers tends to be an underlying, ongoing process, which permanently stresses the skin, causing damage and accelerating the ageing processes.