Biotech Skincare: The Next Frontier
Why Plants Powered By Technology Create Potent Skincare
In recent years, biotechnology has emerged as a revolutionary force transforming the skincare industry. By harnessing the power of living organisms, cellular processes, and advanced scientific techniques, biotech-driven skincare is delivering innovative solutions that promise plant-powered yet sustainable beauty routines.
Beauty biotech involves using living organisms to develop active ingredients that are more pure, stable, consistent and sustainable than ingredients extracted or created through traditional methods like large-scale farming or animal extraction. Fermentation, biomimicry, plant stem cell culture, and even genetic engineering are some of the methods biotechnology employs. This approach enables the development of products that are more targeted, effective, and environmentally friendly. As demand grows for clean, potent, and research-backed skincare with a reduced environmental footprint, brands integrating biotech are leading the charge.
Reome
Reome is a Britain-based biotech brand with a mission to balance and invigorate skin with efficacious and eco-conscious formulas. Each product contains actives that are created through biotech or bio-fermentation to nourish, restore and repair. Their newest product, Biogenic Melting Cream, merges longevity science with advanced biotechnology to hydrate at multiple depths and protect skin cells from premature aging. One of the primary actives in this cream is Telessence M3, a breakthrough biomimetic peptide that preserves skin cells by boosting telomere-protective proteins against environmental stress.
Olivier Midy
Olivier Midy called upon the heritage of his family’s 300+ year old pharmaceutical company, Laboratories Midy, when developing this small yet well-rounded line. In addition to a high percentage of organic ingredients, the products contain a proprietary complex called BA106. A combination of Meadowfoam, Evening Primrose, Sea Buckthorn and H. Pluvailis Microalgae, BA106 is chock-full of regenerative, soothing, moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties. The microalgae production is absolutely fascinating – in order to preserve the natural Icelandic glacial source, the algae is cultivated in closed photobioreactors, using mineral-rich glacial water, renewable geothermal energy, and controlled light and pH, making it truly sustainable.
Cosmetics 27
Cosmetics 27 was born when pharmacist Michèle Evrard sought to heal a scar on her skin. Dissatisfied with existing products and treatments, she began exploring the physiological processes of scarring and regeneration. This lead her to assemble a team of biochemists and cosmetic experts to create a new complex, CICA-MA2. This complex is made from three purified molecules of the plant Centella Asiatica – sourced sustainably and by hand in Madagascar. It stimulates the skin’s natural protein regeneration and slows down cellular aging to promote skin longevity. C27’s formulas are biomimetic – meaning they replicate the natural lipid structure of the skin in order to effectively penetrate the active ingredients.
Furtuna
In the Sicilian countryside sits La Furtuna Farm, an 865 acre certified organic estate that boats over 12,000 olive trees, including some that are 600-1,500 years old. Using regenerative farming techniques such as solar energy, crop diversity and natural bacterial fertilization, each of Furtuna’s skincare products include wild-foraged botanical ingredients. These wild-foraged ingredients undergo an innovative extraction method called the Soundbath™️. This pioneering technology uses sound waves in an olive oil bath to quickly and gently extract the potent bioactives and nutrients from the plants, without using high heat or solvents. The resulting compounds are pure and fully potent, and boosted by the high antioxidant and vitamin levels of the olive oil delivery system.
These brands all sit on the cutting edge of science and beauty tech, while honoring the best nature has to offer. That’s my definition of clean beauty.
x Raquel
