While a myriad of skincare brands focus their research on terrestrial emulsion, one is looking into space to enhance its products.
Men skincare brand Lab Series uses extracts of calcium and magnesium from asteroids for its uber-luxurious Maxellence line. After crushing these elements into powder and sterilizing them, the label stirs them into a liquid solution that is infused into the Dual Concentrate and Singular Cream products.
“The meteorite is rocky in appearance, but like all rocks from earth, it has a really high essential mineral content,” said Matt Teri, the brand’s vice president for global product development, as quoted by Racked.
The outer-space ingredients boost the skin’s natural collagen production and maintain its youthfulness and firmness, Lab Series states. While the label cannot speak of how different its extraterrestrial products are from their earthly counterparts (there is no research to compare the potency of earth-formed magnesium and calcium to these found in meteorites), it is prodding ahead with its space explorations.
Aside from outer-space minerals, the two concoctions include yeast extract that is fermented in a special bioreactor that NASA has constructed to replicate microgravity. The free-fall environ of the vessel spikes the concentration and power of the extract. As such the ingredient acts as a super hydrator – a result that NASA has looked to develop itself.
Years of studies through NASA’s SkinCare program on how the cosmos affects astronauts’ skin have shown that premature aging and extreme irritation are common complaints. Thus, as the organization has scrambled to counter these symptoms, commercial brands like Lab Series have taken notice.
So has C2, which is cofounded by Christine Falsetti, a former internet program manager at NASA who worked with its space and life scientists. Devoted to maximum yet clean hydration (of the sort that could keep astronauts’ skin healthy), Falsetti believes that NASA’s space skincare research could be the next frontier for on-ground brands.
