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Abstract(s)
The cosmetic industry keeps growing, constantly pursuing to satisfy consumers' desire for
beauty. Nowadays, sustainability awareness is gaining relevance in the cosmetic sector. The increasing
market trend in favour of green cosmetic products, which use ingredients from natural inputs, portrays the
ecological and social weight of consumer choices when using products that contribute to nature in a
sustainable way. This study aims to analyze the user self-assessment effectiveness of a cream formulation for
daily moisturizing of the skin, with natural ingredients, including bee products, local plant material of the region
of Trás-Os-Montes, and vegetable oils. Twenty-two individuals aged between 24 and 74 years were
included in the product's effectiveness study. The pre-use self-assessment shows that most of volunteers
presented mixed skin type (at least three in five individuals). For dry skin individuals (one in five
individuals), skin jerking and the rapid absorption of the products are the main issues. The
assessment of product efficacy was measured based on a post-use questionnaire. The results obtained for nonplacebo
users in the assessments are presented in Figure 1. The product exhibits positive
performance for all the attributes under assessment. For products efficacy the highlight is for hydration and
skin smoothness. For products attributes, ease application scores the maximum of 3.3 points. Different,
wrinkles reduction and fragrance present less favourable results. When asked about the willingness to
buy the product only one in four users respond negatively, mainly because of the strong fragrance of
the preservative agent product. Users willing to buy/recommending the product to a friend mention the
satisfactory results obtained, hydration performance and natural product as the determinant for that
decision. The users willing to buy the product consider to do it at an average price of 10€ for a 50ml package.
Description
Keywords
Cream moisturizing Natural ingredients Trás-Os-Montes region Skin hydration Skin smoothness
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Jelidi, Sarra; Pereira, Olívia R.; Cabo, Paula; Sousa, Maria João (2021). Users self-assessment of a daily moisturizing of the skin with natural ingredientes. In 1st Natural products application: health, cosmetic and food: livro de resumos. ISBN 978-972-745-286-6
Publisher
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança