A cosmetic composition is disclosed for applying to skin. The composition includes a liquid and dispersed in the liquid: any amount or form of fucoidan, any amount or form of beta glucan; and any amount of a marine extract. When the cosmetic composition is applied to the skin, the appearance of the skin is improved.

A cosmetic composition is disclosed for applying to skin. The composition includes a liquid and dispersed in the liquid: any amount or form of fucoidan, any amount or form of beta glucan; and any amount of a marine extract. When the cosmetic composition is applied to the skin, the appearance of the skin is improved.

A composition comprising lipid and surfactant, characterised in that the surfactant has an HLB number of less than 20 and in that the lipid and surfactant are in the form of macromolecular assemblies of less than 10 nm in diameter.

A composition for inhibiting the attachment of microbes to an animate or inanimate surface is disclosed. The composition includes a carrier and an effective amount of an anti-adherent agent. The anti-adherent agents include botanical agents such Soybean extract, Horse chestnut extract, Gypenoside, Resveratrol, Astragalus extract, Rhubarb rootextract, Allium cepaextract, Cassia seedextract, Ginkgo bilobaextract, and Silymarin, and combinations thereof. The efficacy of the botanical agents is microbe and surface dependent. Various delivery vehicles, including a wipe, may be used to deliver the composition to the surface.

A cosmetic composition is disclosed for applying to skin. The composition includes a liquid and dispersed in the liquid: any amount or form of fucoidan, any amount or form of beta glucan; and any amount of a marine extract. When the cosmetic composition is applied to the skin, the appearance of the skin is improved.

A cosmetic composition is disclosed for applying to skin. The composition includes a liquid and dispersed in the liquid: any amount or form of fucoidan, any amount or form of beta glucan; and any amount of a marine extract. When the cosmetic composition is applied to the skin, the appearance of the skin is improved.

The present invention relates to the use of a peptide and glycoside extract of Schizandra fruit as a cutaneous neurosensory agent, for improving the response of the cutaneous neurosensory system, in particular for: —improving cutaneous innervation in the basal state, —combatting age-related loss of cutaneous innervation in the basal state, advantageously for preventing loss of the cutaneous sensitivity and/or combatting thinning of the epidermis, and/or—improving cutaneous perception of the environment, more particularly for combatting burns, extreme cold and/or pain.

New extracts of Nannochloropsis sp. and related species of Nannochloropsis are suggested, obtainable by treating said microalgae with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.1 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 properties particularly in modulating the metabolism of human skin and hair follicles.

A cosmetic composition suitable for topical application, for example, is provided. In some examples, the cosmetic composition may include bisabolol, undecylenoyl phenylalanine and/or hexyldecanol, and a material selected from the group consisting of ethyl palmitate, stearyl alcohol, bis (2-ethylhexyl) adipate, bis (2-ethylhexyl) maleate, 5-pentadecanol, 1-stearoyl-rac-glycerol, bis (2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, and mixtures thereof. A method of reducing the synthesis of melanin by using the cosmetic compositions is also disclosed herein.

A composition comprising direct, indirect and related pathway endocannabinoid mimetic compounds and methods of using the composition.