Composite Seawater Extract for Skin Barrier and Moisture Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cosmetic ingredients for skin moisturization often cause side effects or are less preferred due to environmental concerns, and there is a need for a solution that enhances skin barrier function and improves water retention without using chemical or animal-derived materials.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic composition containing a composite seawater extract of Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes is used, which is derived by extracting these vegetables with seawater and mixing the extracts to enhance skin moisturization and barrier function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemical raw materials are used for skin moisturization, then moisturizing effect is achieved, but side effects such as skin allergy or skin trouble occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of ingredient origin from chemical/synthetic to natural plant-based materials. By using extracts from Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes, the formulation transforms the chemical composition profile while maintaining moisturizing efficacy, thereby reducing allergenic potential associated with conventional chemical ingredients.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a composite approach by combining extracts from three different plant sources (Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes) into a synergistic formulation. This composite natural extract system provides diversified moisturizing components while distributing potential allergenic risks across multiple plant-derived compounds rather than relying on a single chemical ingredient.
2Reliability
If animal raw materials are used for skin moisturization, then effective moisturizing is achieved, but consumer preference decreases due to ethical concerns and mad cow disease controversy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces long-standing animal-derived ingredients with plant-based alternatives that are ethically acceptable to modern consumers. By using plant extracts from Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes, the formulation achieves moisturizing effects previously associated with animal materials while aligning with contemporary ethical consumption values and eliminating concerns related to animal welfare and disease transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent fundamentally changes the source parameter from animal-derived to plant-derived materials. This substitution maintains the functional moisturizing properties while transforming the ethical and safety profile to align with modern consumer preferences, eliminating associations with mad cow disease and animal welfare controversies.
3Ease of operation
If frequent cleansing is performed to remove makeup, then skin appears cleaner, but water content of stratum corneum decreases causing dry skin
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies plant extracts that pre-condition and strengthen the skin barrier before cleansing activities. The natural compounds in Brussels sprout, lima bean, and artichoke extracts prepare the stratum corneum to better retain water, creating a protective state that withstands the dehydrating effects of frequent cleansing without compromising the cleansing effect itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The formulation provides beforehand cushioning by incorporating plant extracts that preemptively protect the skin's water content. These natural compounds create a protective mechanism that cushions against water loss during cleansing, allowing frequent makeup removal while preventing the development of dry skin.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition, and more specifically to a cosmetic composition for skin moisturization. The composition contains, as an active ingredient, a composite seawater extract obtained by mixing each of seawater extracts of Brussels sprouts, lima beans, and artichokes. The composite extract extracted from vegetables of Brussels sprouts, lima beans and artichokes by a natural method using seawater has excellent skin water loss-preventing and skin barrier-enhancing effects, and superior skin moisturizing ability. Therefore, the cosmetic composition containing the composite extract, as an active ingredient, can be advantageously used as a cosmetic material having excellent skin moisturizing ability.