Features of Functional Cosmetics What are the functions of functional cosmetics?
First, the characteristics of functional cosmetics and skin care products
Functional cosmetics, what kind of skin care products can be called functional cosmetics? What are the functions and characteristics of functional cosmetics? Functional cosmetics, also known as medical skin care products, refer to cosmetics used by doctors to solve skin beauty problems from a medical point of view. Cosmeceuticals, called cosmeceuticals abroad, are products between medicines and cosmetics, equivalent to domestic functional cosmetics. Functional cosmetics originated in Xia and Shang Dynasties in China, and then became popular abroad. With the opening of the skin care market, foreign functional cosmetics have also entered the domestic market, and the functional cosmetics industry in China has mushroomed.
A major feature of functional cosmetics is their strong pertinence, some of which are specifically aimed at acne, and some are specifically aimed at whitening, which refines the skin care function! Therefore, girls with skin problems can choose appropriate functional cosmetics according to their own needs. For people with sensitive skin and poor tolerance, there are also special functional cosmetic products, which will not irritate the skin and are very gentle. Another important function of functional cosmetics is to repair damaged skin, including sunburned and tanned skin, and people who have just undergone dermabrasion, laser surgery or skin replacement. The use of functional cosmetics can achieve the purpose of auxiliary repair and has good safety.
Functional cosmetics are between drugs and cosmetics, and have the functions of auxiliary medical treatment, repair and maintenance, postoperative care and so on. Therefore, functional cosmetics are suitable for all skin types. Functional cosmetics have an open formula, and compared with cosmetics, they contain no pigment, perfume, preservative and surface activity, which greatly reduces the possibility of skin allergy.
What are the functions of functional cosmetics?
1. Definition and characteristics of functional cosmetics
Functional cosmetics are skin care products produced according to the production process of skin external drugs and sold in pharmacies. Also known as medical skin care products, it is the main nutrition used to care for sensitive skin and sensitive skin period. Functional cosmetics and skin care products must be tested by dermatologists, without hormones and skin-dependent components, and have the characteristics of low sensitization and good tolerance.
(1) Functional cosmetics are products recommended by dermatologists. They are neither medicines nor ordinary cosmetics. Generally speaking, the formula of functional cosmetics is completely open and does not contain recognized allergens. The effective ingredients contained in functional cosmetics have been clinically tested by dermatology. Functional cosmetics must be produced in strict accordance with drug standards, and the quality of products will be safer.
(2) Generally speaking, functional cosmetics do not refer to cosmetics containing pharmaceutical ingredients, but refer to cosmetics produced according to pharmaceutical standards. Functional cosmetics are mostly available in major pharmacies or professional functional cosmetics stores. Different functional cosmetics choose different ingredients according to their different positioning and characteristics. For example, Yiquan, la roche-posay, Yang Ya and Vichy are all products with hot spring water as the core formula, while Ou Cui Bi and Fu Li Fang Si are products with plants as the core formula. Some functional cosmetics of domestic brands, such as raw flint flavor, Tongrentang, Yunnan Baiyao, etc., mainly use Chinese medicine as the core formula. Functional cosmetics products are divided into professional care and personal care, which are different from ordinary cosmetics. For example, postoperative repair products need to be purchased and used under the guidance of professional doctors, while daily maintenance care products can be purchased by ordinary consumers themselves in functional cosmetics stores, just like prescription drugs and OTC drugs.
2. Overview of foreign functional cosmetics market.
Looking around the world, in the United States, Japan, France, Britain, South Korea, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, buying cosmetics in pharmacies has become a living habit. Looking around the world, Europeans and Americans are used to buying efficacy skin care products and personal care products in pharmacies.
Functional cosmetics and daily necessities account for 70% of chain pharmacies in Japan. At present, there are16,000 shops called "functional cosmetics stores" in Japan, which combine medicines, cosmetics and daily necessities, and the number even exceeds that of professional pharmacies. According to media reports, in 2004, the sales of functional cosmetics chain stores in Japan exceeded 4.2 trillion yen (equivalent to RMB 323 billion), of which the sales of drugs accounted for less than 1/3.
Diversification is widely practiced in the United States, but it is based on specialization. People who have visited American pharmacies are surprised by their dazzling array of products. In the United States, cosmetics have been sold in pharmacies, and most cosmetic brands account for more than 20%-35% of the total sales of pharmacies. However, the diversification of American pharmacies is based on high specialization. The admission principle of American pharmacies stipulates that each pharmacy must be equipped with a registered pharmacist, and the prescription drugs sold must be checked and distributed by the registered pharmacist before being delivered to customers. In addition to reviewing doctors' prescriptions, registered pharmacists should also inquire, register and follow up new and old patients. Based on the professional services provided by American pharmacies, Americans trust pharmacists even more than doctors.
French pharmacies should actually be called functional cosmetics stores. The shelves are crowded with various brands of slimming cream, tanning oil, anti-wrinkle emulsion and other functional products. These cheap functional cosmetics are reliable allies for French girls to keep slim and smooth. Approaching the functional cosmetics stores in France, all the functional cosmetics for the "elderly" come face to face, mainly because the French attach great importance to anti-aging maintenance. On the one hand, because the climate is dry, on the other hand, because westerners are older than orientals, anti-aging and anti-aging market have become the hottest maintenance topics. The best-selling skin care products in French pharmacies are almost all anti-aging and antioxidant functional products.