New extracts of halophytes and psammophilous plants are suggested, obtainable by treating said microalgae and plants with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.4 aliphatic alcohols, ethyl acetate, water or their mixtures, removing the dissolved extracts from the residues and recovering the pure extracts from the solvent. The extracts show excellent activity as regulators of the metabolism of human sebaceous glands.

The beauty or skin-care treatment may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment may include multiple primary packages in the form of single-serve packaging provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

The beauty or skin-care treatment may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment may include multiple primary packages in the form of single-serve packaging provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

Confectionary shaped and configured to resemble jewels are provided with various color tints and flavor enhancements. The confectionary are further enhanced by fabrication which includes formulations effective in improving the user's breath and oral hygiene. Novel packaging for supporting and presenting the confectionary resembling jewels are also provided. A dispensing wand receives and supports a plurality of confectionary resembling jewels and is operable to sequentially dispense the confectionary resembling jewels.

Confectionary shaped and configured to resemble jewels are provided with various color tints and flavor enhancements. The confectionary are further enhanced by fabrication which includes formulations effective in improving the user's breath and oral hygiene. Novel packaging for supporting and presenting the confectionary resembling jewels are also provided. A dispensing wand receives and supports a plurality of confectionary resembling jewels and is operable to sequentially dispense the confectionary resembling jewels.

A method of reducing oxidative damage of skin is described. The method can include applying to oxidant damaged skin a topical composition that includes encapsulated resveratrol, oligopeptide-1, and niacinamide, wherein the combination of encapsulated resveratrol, oligopeptide-1, and niacinamide reduces oxidative damage in the skin, and wherein the oligopeptide-1 comprises the sequence of caprooyl-Gly-His-Lys-Lys.

The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging 130 that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may include multiple primary packages 130 in the form of single-serve packaging 130 provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging 110 and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment 100. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging 130 may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may be a single use system for providing a manicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty or skin-care service. Each primary packaging 130 that may be provided with the beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may contain a beauty or skin-care product that may be used in providing the treatments. The beauty or skin-care treatment 100 may include multiple primary packages 130 in the form of single-serve packaging 130 provided collectively as a set. The set may be housed in the secondary packaging 110 and packaged together to form a multi-step treatment 100. The beauty or skin-care products contained in the single-serve packaging 130 may be made of ingredients beneficial to the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating, nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

The invention relates to a method for enriching protists with lipids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in particular of the omega 3 (3) class, said method comprising the culture of protists in a culture medium comprising a selenium-containing compound as well as the protists enriched with lipids rich in PUFA obtained by this method.

The invention also relates to a method for producing lipids rich in PUFA, comprising, after the enrichment method according to the invention, a method for treating the protists by extraction from the biomass of selenium-containing lipids rich in PUFA.

The invention finally relates to any food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical product comprising either selenium-containing lipids thus extracted, or selenium-containing biomass originating from the enrichment method.

The invention relates to a method for enriching protists with lipids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in particular of the omega 3 (3) class, said method comprising the culture of protists in a culture medium comprising a selenium-containing compound as well as the protists enriched with lipids rich in PUFA obtained by this method.

The invention also relates to a method for producing lipids rich in PUFA, comprising, after the enrichment method according to the invention, a method for treating the protists by extraction from the biomass of selenium-containing lipids rich in PUFA.

The invention finally relates to any food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical product comprising either selenium-containing lipids thus extracted, or selenium-containing biomass originating from the enrichment method.