Compositions of marine botanicals to provide nutrition to aging and environmentally damaged skin
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a topical skin composition comprising water, a first algae extract comprising Crithmum maritimum , a second algae extract comprising Ulva lactuca , and a third algae extract.
1. A topical composition for improving the appearance of skin comprising effective amounts of:
(a) water;
(b) an extract comprising Crithmum maritimum;
(c) a first algae extract comprising Ulva lactuca ; and
(d) a second algae extract,
wherein the topical skin composition is formulated as an oil-in-water emulsion, and
wherein the algae extract comprising Ulva lactuca includes a hydrolysate of Ulva lactuca proteins.
2. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , further comprising a compound having ultraviolet light absorbing properties, the compound selected from a benzophenone, homosalate, or avobenzone.
3. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is formulated as a gel or solution.
4. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises a paraben.
5. The topical skin composition of claim 4 , wherein the paraben is methylparaben or propylparaben or both.
6. The topical skin composition of claim 4 , wherein the composition further includes a moisturizer and a vitamin.
7. The topical skin composition of claim 6 , wherein the moisturizer is propylene glycol, glycerin, or a phospholipid.
8. The topical skin composition of claim 7 , wherein the composition includes propylene glycol, glycerin and a phospholipid.
9. The topical skin composition of claim 8 , wherein the composition further includes potassium sorbate.
10. The topical skin composition of claim 6 , wherein the vitamin is retinol, retinyl palmitate, tocopherol, or tocopheryl acetate.
11. The topical skin composition of claim 10 , wherein the composition includes a combination of retinol or retinyl palmitate and tocopherol or tocopheryl acetate.
12. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition includes from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the Crithmum maritimum extract, from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the Ulva lactuca algae extract, and from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the second algae extract.
13. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition does not include an algae extract from Monostroma.
14. The topical skin composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract comprising Crithmum maritimum includes falcarinol or falcarindiol.