Reinventing Hair Nourishment: Boosting Hair Strength through Rosehip Extracts
The beauty industry is abuzz with the latest scientific breakthroughs in hair care, focusing on the potent properties of rosehip and seaweed extracts. These natural powerhouses are renowned for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and nourishing qualities, which promise to protect, strengthen, and promote healthier hair.
Rosehip Extracts:
Rich in antioxidants like vitamins A, C, and E, and essential fatty acids, rosehip oil is a treasure trove for hair health. It helps reduce hair breakage, moisturize the scalp, and prevent hair loss by reducing inflammation, a key factor in hair thinning and loss.
Vitamin C in rosehip oil promotes collagen production, improving hair structure and stimulating growth by increasing blood circulation to hair follicles. New studies are exploring rosehip oil in nanoemulsion formulations combined with chitosan, aiming to enhance skin (and potentially scalp) absorption, hydrating better, and promoting cell proliferation for improved healing and protection.
The natural conditioning and anti-inflammatory effects of rosehip oil help maintain healthier, shinier hair and prevent dryness and dandruff.
Seaweed Extracts (Algae Extracts):
Seaweed extracts, with their rich mineral and vitamin profile, are increasingly incorporated into haircare formulations. They strengthen and hydrate hair strands, enhancing hair resilience and improving moisture retention, which helps prevent breakage and maintain hair thickness.
A recent hair treatment popularizes the use of seaweed/algae extract alongside rosehip oil and rice protein to protect hair from damage, hydrate the scalp, and improve hair strength. Minerals like magnesium and selenium from seaweed further boost hair resilience and moisture retention.
While the molecular mechanisms for seaweed extracts in hair protection are still under exploration, the combination of rosehip oil’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions with seaweed-derived nutrients offers promising multibenefit haircare systems focusing on strengthening hair, promoting growth, reducing scalp inflammation, and improving moisture balance.
Innovative Hair Care Solutions:
Provital, a leader in hair care research, has developed a hair care innovation using rosehip extract (Rosa canina) for extra-nourishing hair care. Another advancement is the focus on hair strength through a seaweed extract, Palmaria palmata, which reduces the number of split ends by 4 times compared to a placebo and increases hair fiber breakage resistance.
The Palmaria palmata extract also increases hair diameter, making it a potent ingredient in hair care formulations. It is effective in preventing split ends in the hair and restructuring hair hydrophobicity after different damages, reducing hair porosity and making it healthier.
In summary, recent advancements combine rosehip oil’s bioactive vitamins and fatty acids with seaweed extracts’ mineral content in novel formulations (e.g., nanoemulsions or combined proprietary blends) that aim to enhance scalp health, stimulate hair growth, prevent breakage, and maintain hair strength and shine effectively. The 33rd IFSCC Congress refers to these advancements as the "Nobel Prize of cosmetics."
- The treasure trove of antioxidants, vitamins, and essential fatty acids found in rosehip oil contributes to its effectiveness in improving hair health, helping to reduce hair breakage, moisturize the scalp, and prevent hair loss.
- New studies are investigating the potential of rosehip oil in nanoemulsion formulations, combined with chitosan, to enhance skin (and potentially scalp) absorption, promote cell proliferation, and improve healing and protection.
- Rich in minerals and vitamins, seaweed extracts are increasingly incorporated into haircare formulations to strengthen and hydrate hair strands, enhancing hair resilience and moisture retention.
- Addressing hair concerns, Provital's hair care innovation utilizes rosehip extract for nourishing hair care, while seaweed extract Palmaria palmata reduces split ends by four times compared to a placebo and increases hair fiber breakage resistance, making it healthier.
