Category: Mineral Oil

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PETROLATUM | FACT OR FICTION | SLUGGING & SLATHERING

After years of misinformation regarding the bad effects to the skin by mainstream cosmetic marketer’s, the skin care industry has finally embraced Petrolatum as fruitful addition to one’s skin care regimen.  What the industry was hiding was that Petrolatum’s beneficial properties for skin care and treatment have been extensively reported decades. It’s considered an occlusive moisturizer and skin protectant. It is non-comedogenic, non-irritant, and non-allergenic.  Highly used in wound care, sports medicine, pharmaceutical compounding as a vehicle for the delivery of drugs.  Petrolatum’s record in medical treatment applications to protect the skin against physical and chemical traumas are many, including the treatment of cuts, abrasions and burns goes undaunted.  As scientist continue to develop new products, the next 100 years will likely find this unique natural product, petrolatum, at the top of the list in the personal skin care industry.

BioKorium was at the forefront of the industry with the use of Petrolatum in its Waterscreen Skin Ointment, the perfect adjunct to new “Slugging” phenomenon.  Slugging was not a concept just started, people have been doing this for decades and has been part of BioKorium’s Skin Care Program since its inception.  Originally developed as an after-skin care adjunct to the Glycolic Acid Skin Peel which begun in the early 1990’s and was an integral part of that treatment skin care program.

Slugging is the act of Slathering Petrolatum on your face to take advantage of its occlusive nature.  This skincare trend gets its name from the “Slug-like” sheen it leaves on your skin after applying a petrolatum-based skin care product.  Yes, referring to a Slug or Snail like slime this creature leaves in its path.  Snail slime (mucopolysaccharide) is a kind of mucus (an external bodily secretion) produced by snails.

BioKorium was also at the forefront of Slugging and Slathering substantial amounts of hydration cream on your skin, compared to what the industry was preaching, to reach improved skin care results.  We believed and created a cosmetic moisturizing cream that is found in large containers, Skin Water Hydration Cream.  As petrolatum was being bad mouthed by the skin care industry for not being natural etc., so was Mineral Oil.  In 2010 we posted an article “MINERAL OIL: NATURAL OR NOT NATURAL, A MARKETING FALLACY,” by Javier O. Moreno, PharmD, RPh.  But we taught to our client base that Petrolatum and Mineral Oil are natural products, made from ancient, degraded plant materials deep in the earth.

Cosmetic companies would describe petrolatum products as an unrefined goo destructive to the skin.  Others, described “Petrolatum products to include mineral oil, motor oil, waxes, plastics, WD-40/lubricant sprays etc.”  Well, this is true, but as there are also different products derived from sugar: sorghum, molasses, brown sugar, refined sugar etc., there are also different products derived from petrolatum and different degrees and grades of the refinement process as well, which the cosmetic companies will not reveal.

According to Paula’s Choice, Cosmetic-grade mineral oil and petrolatum are considered the safest, most nonirritating moisturizing ingredients ever found (Sources: Cosmetic & Toiletries, January 2001, pg. 79, Cosmetic Dermatology, September 2000, pgs. 44-46).  Yes, they can keep air off the skin to some extent, but that’s what a good antioxidant is supposed to do; they don’t suffocate skin!  Moreover, petrolatum and mineral oil are known for being efficacious in wound healing, and also considered to be among the most effective moisturizing ingredient available (Source: Cosmetic & Toiletries, February 1998, pgs. 33-40).  Also, yes, Petrolatum is a natural product derived from ancient, degraded plant material.

Be on the lookout for BioKorium’s X-Treme-Slugging Kit, everything you need to do the job, it is coming soon.  Watch out for our new Introduction video on Hydration Slugging.

We also have a skin care plan in the works on Antioxidant Slugging, Glycolic Slugging, Slugging for Moisture, Slugging for Hair, Slugging for Hair; It is something BioKorium has been preaching and implementing since our inception since 1994.

 

 

 

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SKIN WATER® 30 MINUTE FACE LIFT | PHYLLIS: 60 PLUS | SKIN WATER® CHALLENGE

Practicing Anti-Aging is the specialty at BioKorium® Skin Care. In this episode we present our 60 Plus Challenger Phyllis. Phyllis is a sun and water person who has used Skin Water® on her whole body for many years. In this episode, the Skin Water® absorption challenge gave her tighter, smoother skin and thinner facial features. We call it “De-Puffing” the Face. In this double challenge, Phyllis used Skin Water® not once, but twice to demonstrate it’s water absorption character on skin.  You can visually see in both instances the disappearance of the product, hence, Skin Water’s® ability to Hydro-Force® moisture into the skin.

Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL) refers to the evaporation of water through the epidermis, or outer layer, of your skin.   As we get older the loss of water through evaporation via your skin becomes higher.   What does it means when your skin is unable to properly maintain its suppleness through normal hydration?  This means that excess Transepidermal Water Loss is occurring due to damage or age impairment to the skin’s protective barrier faster than the body can replace it, therefore allowing excess moisture content to evaporate from the skin into the atmosphere, resulting in dry, irritated, dehydrated and/or itchy skin.  Dry dehydrated skin can also accentuate fine lines and wrinkles.

Proper hydration is crucial in order to maintain a proper functioning body, as well as healthy skin.  What would happen to your body if you were allowed to only drink 1 fluid ounce of water daily?  You would absolutely know it would directly impact all bodily functions in a counterproductive way.  Hence, we can look at Skin Care in the same manner.  The Skin Care Industry has long sold the concept that there 1.7 ounce jar of cream will do it all, from skin hydration to skin tightening.  If that 1.7 ounce cream was to last you the month, do you actually think it will do things it was marketed to do?  At BioKorium® we believe that you would need if not 8 ounces but 16 ounces in order to maintain proper skin hydration for a month.  Our Skin Water® Hydration Cream was designed with this concept in mind.  Therefore proper hydration internally as well as externally contributes to reaching Anti-Aging goals.

The future of Skin Care is in forcing water into the skin.  Proper use of topical moisturizing and hydration products such as BioKorium® Skin Water® Hydration Cream with Hydro-Force® Technology can work to repair age related skin damage and a weakened skin barrier in order to reverse Transepidermal Water Loss and combat the signs of aging.  Indulge in a jar of Skin Water® Hydration Cream, the Big Gulp of Moisturizers.

 

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ANTI-AGING WITH SKIN WATER® | USE IT AS A FACIAL WASH, MASK AND MOISTURIZER | BIOKORIUM® SKIN CARE

In this video, Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist Vivian Moreno demonstrates how to use Skin Water® Cream in this Hydration Challenge.  Moreno shows that Skin Water® can be used as a Facial Wash, as well as a Mask and Moisturizer.   Skin Water® can be used to remove make-up.  Leave on for 15 minutes, use a soft cloth to remove dirt, debris and make-up.  No water needed, it is optional.  Indulge in a jar of Skin Water® Hydration Cream, the Big Gulp of Moisturizers.

Anti-Aging with BioKorium® Skin Water® Hydration Cream with Hydro-Force® Technology can be used several ways: 1. as a Mask and 2. as a Moisturizer. Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist Vivian Moreno demonstrates the penetrating qualities of how to Anti-Age with Skin Water®.

Anti-Age with BioKorium® Skin Water® Hydration Cream, now with Hydro-Force® Technology.  A unique Age Defying skin care product designed for use on skin, hair and scalp. Hydrating, Protective, Penetrating, Calming, Healing, Antioxidant, Dye Free and Fragrance Free.

         

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STRESS AGING ANALYSIS WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM & LARRY ELDER

Skin Care Specialist and Esthetician Vivian Moreno gives her take on Stress Aging especially when it comes to the Political Arena. The focus is Governor Gavin Newsom and Front Runner Larry Elder.

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BIOKORIUM® SKIN WATER® WITH HYDRO-FORCE® TECHNOLOGY… WE HAVE YOUR BACK!

BioKorium Skin Water is the first hydrating product which can be used for Skin, Hair and Scalp…. Now with Hydro-Force Technology….We have your back!

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MINERAL OIL: NATURAL OR NOT NATURAL, A MARKETING FALLACY?

I often am posed questions with regards to our products use of mineral oil, and how destructive it is to the skin. Though I have never seen studies to show otherwise. I found that representatives of the cosmetic industry have been passing the information of bad news of mineral oil. The perception that mineral oil as an undesirable ingredient continues through word of mouth, without any real basis in fact. Actually, mineral oil is a safe, effective, time-proven ingredient, preferred by many formulators. Yes, its inexpensive, but by far has effective characteristics that cannot be beat, the bottom line is that they work. Mineral Oil unfortunately gets a bad rap because it sounds so unnatural, but is actually as natural as any plant.  It is actually one of the most exceptional, least irritating, least problematic-causing ingredients for the skin.  Mineral Oil is of course a “natural” product, derived from purifying crude oil, and it’s  origins are derived from the degradation of plant material.  Therefore mineral oil in not sythesized, it occurs naturally in the earth, and is simply purified to the final state.

When mineral oil is incorporated into a cosmetic product, it requires less preservatives than using natural products. There is no doubt that there are impeccable qualities in “naturally” derived plant oils, but of course, need more preservatives to counteract growth of molds and bacteria, due to many nutrients that it contains.  In addition, mineral oil has little or no allergic reactions when compared to natural oils, and is number one recommended as a moisturizer for acne-prone skin.  Orally, mineral oil can be ingested with no side effects.  It is also known that hydrocarbons of a parafinic structure, such as mineral oil, exist naturally in human skin.

Mineral oil remains a key moisturizing ingredient due to (1) its well-documented reduction of transdermal water loss, and (2) its greater barrier to water vapor transmission than that of many other commonly used emollients.  In animal studies, it has been shown that mineral oil has no comedogenic potential.  More astonishing, when mineral oil was tested on humans, it was found to be completely non-comedogenic, compared to many plant derived oils.  Topical use of mineral oil does not represent a local or systemic toxicity risk to humans.  The most common function that mineral oil plays in cosmetics is one of moisturizing. It has been known for decades that efforts to overcome dry skin usually involve applying a moisture barrier to the skin surface which will retard the loss of water from the stratum corneum through evaporation. The reduction of this transepidermal water loss is what is meant by the term “moisturization”, even though no water is actually lost.

Remember, Petrolatum and Mineral Oil are natural products derived from degraded plant material from prehistoric times.  Be aware of mainstream marketing.  For example, just because a cosmetic company claims “oil free”, doesn’t mean it is.  Synthetic oils must be called “oil free”, because it was not derived naturally.  Only a natural derived products can be identified as an “oil”.  It is alway imperative not to believe everything that is mainstream marketed, but question and seek answers.