Innovation in cosmetics

Cosmetics market is still rapidly growing with new ranges of cosmetics emerging. New ingredients are added to formulas in order to obtain innovative activity and higher external effects such as anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, regenerating, soothing, relaxing muscles, or simply moisturizing or cleaning. One of the biggest family of innovative ingredients used in cosmetics are peptides. Thanks to their chemical and physiochemical properties, they show various activities that may gain different applications. Compounds derived from natural sources such as milk, plants or marine organisms become especially popular. Their activity may not always stay strictly cosmetic, but also therapeutic as it is shown in cases of opioid peptides derived from milk or anticancer peptides from algae.