ANTARCTICINE®  A Glycoprotein from the Antarctic Sea

During the Antarctic summer of 1988, a Spanish scientific expedition collected mud samples from Admiralty Bay, Antarctica. A new bacterial strain was isolated from these samples and characterized. During growth, the bacteria produced an extracellular material believed to help the bacteria retain water, adhere to surfaces and withstand the extreme cold. Its protective function in nature is applied in cosmetics to regenerate and protect the skin.

Cosmetic Benefits of ANTARCTICINE® 

• Helps the skin retain water, preventing cutaneous dryness 
• Presents a cryoprotective effect due to its ability to modify the morphology of ice crystals 
• Stimulates fibroblast adhesion and keratinocyte growth, regenerating tissues and enabling a faster healing of wounds 
• Increases collagen type I and IV, as well as elastin, resulting in a restructured skin and a reduction in wrinkles 
• After 30 days, reduces the depth of wrinkles, especially in the forehead and around the eyes, between 50-60%. 

We have a great product that features Antarcticine® called Ocean’s 11 serum. As the name suggests, Ocean’s 11 Serum is blended with 11 marine actives. These actives were synergistically combined to protect against UVA/UVB damage as well as combat free radicals, soothe inflammation, protect against MMPi (Matrix Metalloproteinase inhibition), combat wrinkles, and visibly brighten the skin. The intricate nature of Ocean’s 11 Serum ingredients enhance ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and cell turnover, plus promote moisture and elasticity which not only improves the health of skin, but our product testers commented that their skin became more youthful looking after just one application. 

Directions: Apply Ocean’s 11 Serum on face and neck in order to receive the abundant, rich marine extract attributes. Due to the light texture of Ocean’s 11 Serum, makeup can be easily applied once the serum has been absorbed into skin. (Use with MARvelous Oceanic Mask (VLT0.4507) and Seven Seas Marine Gel (VLT0.4028) for an infusion of natural marine benefits.)

Our Ocean’s 11 Serum (VLT0.4517) is available in 16 oz and gallon sizes. Please call our Sales and Account Executives for more information on this exciting product featuring this great ingredient. Please call us at 480-897-0551 or email us at customerservice@covalence.com.

If you have been disappointed by the lack of results you have been getting with some of the skin care products,it was probably due to a lack of a key ingredient proven to diminish acne, hyperpigmentation and redness. Niacinamide is a derivative of Niacin, also known as vitamin B3. Niacinamide when applied to the skin has been found to have been shown to reduce many signs of skin aging, including hyperpigmentation and redness.

Daily use of products containing Niacinamide will improve skin tone and texture, plus slow the signs of aging. Niacinamide is known to have effectiveness on sallowness, wrinkling, red blotchiness, and dark spots… plus, it mends the look of acne. 

CoValence has several products that include Niacinamide as the key ingredient for proper, effective skin care. Please contact an Account or Sales Executive to find out more about these fantastic products.

Oil Free Moisturizer (VLT0.5011)

Brightening Bar (VLT0.1102)

Clarifying Toner (VLT0.2007)

Dual Action Scrub (VLT0.2500)

Brightside Serum (VLT0.4030)

Epidermal Growth Factor, or EGF, is a substance that stimulates cell growth. It’s a key ingredient because of its anti-aging and cell growth properties. This ingredient is great to use after a peel or light exfoliation to promote healthy cell growth. CoValence has two great products featuring EGF that not only reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles but moisturizes as well.

‘Reboot’ is available in either a Serum or Cream.

Reboot Serum is a witch hazel-based clear liquid that reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This special formula is designed to be paraben-free, and ideal for all skin types. Reboot Serum reduces wrinkles with EGF, a peptide that accelerates the growth of epidermal cells, reduces wrinkles and assists in wound healing. Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3, an iomimetic peptide derived from a growth factor that boosts collagen production, activates skin repair; it also reduces appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.  Together these peptides leave your skin feeling more taut and repaired.

Reboot Cream is the perfect way to start and finish your day. It is rejuvenating and soothing, and the perfect daily cream for normal to dry skin. It also has anti-aging properties to promote cell regeneration and antioxidants to encourage skin elasticity. Reboot Cream also contains EGF; it is a paraben-free white cream that helps your skin ‘Reboot’ back to its ideal state. There are three major ingredients at work in the Reboot Cream that all work together to create optimal skin cell regeneration and maintenance; EGF, Cytokinol®, which has a strong epidermal repairing effect, while also acting as a soothing anti-inflammatory agent. Withania Somnifera root extract, more commonly known as Indian Ginseng, which regenerates cells stressed by external conditions, reinforces skin protective systems.

Please contact our Sales Executives or Account Executives for more information at 480-897-0551 or customerservice@covalence.com

Most people are happy to live longer but refuse to grow old! Sales of anti-aging products are very important and represent a huge commercial potential. Many of us are seeking ways to reduce and delay the numerous signs of aging while others simply want to age gracefully.

According to studies, 40% of the baby boomers describe themselves as very or somewhat concern about getting older. The cosmetic industry is blooming, pumping into the market new cosmetic products and treatments to help them look good. Consumers are willing to pay a premium to give them a promise of looking ‘forever young.’ The anti-aging industry is a fast growing and extremely profitable enterprise for everyone involved in it.

But not all anti-age ingredients are created equal.

While traditionally the sources of cosmetic actives used to be limited to plant extracts, essential oils, and vitamins, nowadays synthetic molecules can be engineered for this purpose. The beauty of the process is that highly specific ingredients that mimic natural sources can be designed with increased efficacy and, specificity, at lower dosage. Based on our developing knowledge of the complex physiology of the skin, biomimetic peptides are created and shaped in such a way that they can substitute for natural skin growth factors to address various cosmetic needs. Biomimetic peptides are the new generation of skin care products.

Consumers agree that ChroNOline™ provides an immediate well-being effect and rendering the skin smoother, firmer and more even for a younger and more rested look.

We have three amazine private label products that feature ChroNOline™.

Reboot Serum (VLT0.4010) renews and promotes healthy tissue growth, boosts collagen and reduces wrinkles with its effective combination of EGF, ChroNOline™ and Cococin™. 

Eye Wish (VLT0.5504) conquers dryness and effectively firms as soon as the ‘light as a feather’ cream is applied to skin thanks to the efficacious, elite luxury team of Fi-Flow, Argierline ®, Leuphaysl ® and ChroNOline™.

Chain Reaction Cream (VLT0.5002) reduces and prevents wrinkles, protects and nourishes mitochondria and plumps and smoothes skin with Mitoprotect™, EGF and ChroNOline™.

No worries if you do not see something that fits your product line… Contact us and we would be more than happy to customize a revolutionary product for you with ChroNOline™!

Please contact your Sales and/or Executive for more information.

Most facial skin care products on the market at present claim that they can significantly diminish and reduce wrinkles. However, with so much choice sometimes confusing the consumer, companies are beginning to diversify product ranges in order to target a wider audience of women who are now looking for ‘preventative’ action rather than a ‘quick fix’.

We know that telomeres are the cell’s biological clock regulating how fast we age. They are found in both the epidermis and dermis and shorten every time the cell divides. Cells are only able to divide a limited number of times before they die. Sounds pretty dire. We thought we were supposed to promote cell turnover to stay young. So what do we do? We know we can’t lengthen telomeres, but can we just stop them from shortening? Renovage® from Sederma claims to do just that.

Renovage® is the ingredient, Teprenone, which stabilizes telomere shortening increasing cell life by 1/3. That’s a lot of years in the life of a cell. And if slowing down our cells’ biological clock wasn’t enough, Renovage® firms, hydrates, plumps and reduces wrinkles, sun spots, redness and pore size.

If you would like to try one of our products that contain Renovage®, we have a great neck and chest cream called ‘The Plunge.’ For far too long, women have hidden behind scarves and turtlenecks to hide their aging chests and necks. However, ever since CoValence® has introduced The Plunge, the décolletage is making a resounding home coming just as the turkey ‘waddle’ neck has flown the coop. Ageing is a fact of life; it can be daunting and at the same time beautiful. Yet, we tend to forget, as we are driving from one soccer game to the next, that ageing can be managed. One easy step is to apply The Plunge once or twice daily. After continued use of The Plunge our product testers quickly noticed a new, revitalized neck and décolletage – one worth showing off!  

Ask a Sales or Account Executive today how you can try a sample of Renovage® or how to incorporate this ingredient into your custom formulation. Call us at 480.897.0551 or email us a customerservice@covalence.com.

It is fundamental in the cosmetics industry to achieve quick results. Over the past several years, there has been an AHA “revolution,” becoming a must in the formula.

Numerous other materials including retinoids, EGF, cytokines, peptides, Asiatic acid and AHAs have been reported to increase the rate of epidermal skin cell renewal and these results in improved skin properties including anti-aging effects.

UGL Complex (Urea Glycolysates) is a material from marine sources and is a natural exfoliating complex. This complex can activate both epidermal and dermal cells resulting in improved cell renewal as well as an increased production of Hyaluronic Acid and collagen. Prolonged use of UGL Complex results in increased superficial and integral skin firmness, increased density of the epidermis and dermis and result in a clinical improvement of the skin surface in as little as two weeks.

UGL Complex is a natural exfoliating agent and the key to this product’s amazing results. This revolutionary complex resurfaces skin without irritation to reduce the appearance of fine lines and crow’s feet while increasing skin firmness and clarity for healthier, younger-looking skin.

UGL Complex is composed of Glycosaminoglycans, Glucosamine and marine-derived polysaccharides. Developed to improve cellular proliferation and increase production of collagen and Hyaluronic Acid, within as little as two weeks, skin will appear smoother, firmer and more youthful.

Here are a few of the benefits…

• In just 2 weeks smoothness improved by 33%, lateral force deformation reduced by 16%.
• In 4 weeks, smoothness improved by 45%, wrinkles diminished by 33%, hydration increased by 44% and superficial firmness is improved by 25%. Skin appears 7 years younger.
• In 12 weeks, dramatically increased integral firmness by 55% while decreasing wrinkles by 55% and clarity increased by 45%, without any irritation!
• CERAMIDES are critical to the skin’s barrier integrity.  UGL Complex induces a 123% INCREASE of a protein in the epidermis corneocytes, which action promotes ceramide bonding ability.     

Some of our Vault products that use UGL Complex are…

Vita A Alternative Serum (VLT0.4004G) contains a botanical complex that increases the production of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and epidermal growth factors without the irritation of Retinol.

Bloom Serum (VLT0.4031) a potent anti-age formula designed with FlowerFractions™ that help fight aging (gracefully of course), while promoting healthy skin transformation.

Please contact your Sales or Account Executive for more information.

Yummy Yum Berry

Yum Berry (Yang Mei) has been grown in China for over 2000 years. It is a stunning unique fruit vastly popular in China as a summer food staple and is vital to Chinese medicine. It contains high levels of lactic, gallic and ellagic acids. It protects skin from UVA damage, helps promote cell turnover and brightens hyper-pigmented skin.

Not so Silly CiLi Fruit

CiLi Fruit is a rare rose bush found only in remote mountain ranges in Mainland China.  In Chinese, Cili means precious fruit. It has high levels of vitamin C, earning the title “King of Vitamin C. It is rich in superoxide dismutase, polyphenols, like those found in red wine, and vitamins A and E. CiLi Fruit is a powerful antioxidant, scavenges free radicals, stimulates skin cell repair, improves capillary health and other collagen type issues.

From Russia with Love

We have the Blue Honeysuckle Berry. It contains 5 times the antioxidants of a blueberry and is rich in ellagic acid and vitamin C. It strengthens capillaries to prevent bruising, helps with skin circulations, reduces dark circles and brightens skin tone. It has also been found to protect against UVA free radical damage and increased glutathione production.

*Note: Not all of these ingredients are available at this time and are mentioned for educational purposes only. Please check back regularly to see if and when they become available.

Green Tea (Camellia Sinensis) has been regarded as a promoter of good health when consumed internally. However, here at CoValence, we like to take advantage of its ability to promote good cellular health by applying it topically.

The primary active ingredient found in green tea is a compound called Epigallocatechin Gallate or EGCG. In its pure form, EGCG acts as a potent antioxidant which protects the skin from free-radical induced lipid peroxidation and DNA damage. Additionally, it stimulates our cell’s ability to produce energy and promotes wound healing by aiding in the differentiation of new skin cells. EGCG’s ability to protect as well as heal damaged skin makes it a priceless active in our skin care formulate.

Contact your Account Executive today to learn more about EGCG and how it can benefit your skincare products.

Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is a naturally occurring substance found in plant and animals cells. When applied to the skin, DHA reacts with peptides and amino acids in the horny layer to generate a brown polymer called melanoidin. Groups of these melanoidins produce a safe, natural looking tan without the need for damaging sun or UV exposure.

Here at CoValence, we use a 100% all-natural DHA that is produced using a Gluten and GMO-free fermentation process. Our safe and eco-friendly self-tanning products can give your skin that sun kissed look, sans the skin damage. Speak to your Account Executive today about formulating with all-natural DHA.

There has been a lot of buzz around resveratrol lately.  In fact, Arch Personal Care received the 2009 BSB Innovation Prize  in the ‘naturals’ categoryfor their Metabiotics™ Resveratrol . 

Resveratrol is a polyphenolic antioxidant and phytoalexin commonly found in red grapes and wine that CoValence has formulated with for years. Our resveratrol is a stable form derived from Giant Knotweed (Polygonum Cuspidatum) which is the richest natural source of resveratrol available.  It is commonly known that resveratrol has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, helping protect skin from UV damage, but the buzz around resveratrol these days is that resveratrol acts as an activator of Sirtuins, increasing cellular life.

Ask today how you can incorporate Resveratrol into your next development project.

INCI – Polygonum Cuspidatum (Giant Knotweed) Extract

Resveratrol can be found in the Vault’s Night Cream (VLT0.5004G). Contact your Account Executive for more information on Resveratrol and the Night Cream.