Oat Extract Beta 10 ml

Oat Extract Beta: Soothe and Nourish Your Skin with Fermented Power

Discover the calming and deeply hydrating benefits of our Oat Extract Beta, a premium cosmetic ingredient from Italy. This slightly viscous liquid boasts a clear appearance and is enriched with Leucidal Liquid, a plant-derived preservative, ensuring both efficacy and stability. With its water solubility and a recommended usage rate of 1-10%, Oat Extract Beta is an exceptional addition to a wide array of skincare and haircare formulations, bringing the traditional soothing properties of oats to a new level through fermentation.

Description and Key Features

Oat Extract Beta (INCI: Lactobacillus/Oat Ferment Extract Filtrate) is a cutting-edge active ingredient derived from the fermentation of oats. This innovative process enhances the bioavailability and efficacy of oats' beneficial compounds, including beta-glucans, avenanthramides, and essential amino acids. The result is a powerhouse extract that delivers superior skin-soothing, moisturizing, and protective benefits. Its pH of 5.0-7.0 makes it highly compatible with most cosmetic formulations.

Key features and benefits:

• Intense Soothing and Anti-Irritation: Rich in avenanthramides, Oat Extract Beta is renowned for its exceptional ability to calm irritated skin, reduce redness, and alleviate itching, making it perfect for sensitive and compromised skin.
• Deep Hydration: The fermented beta-glucans create a protective film on the skin, effectively locking in moisture and preventing transepidermal water loss, leading to long-lasting hydration and improved skin suppleness.
• Enhanced Skin Barrier Function: It helps to strengthen the skin's natural barrier, protecting it from environmental aggressors and supporting its overall health and resilience.
• Improved Skin Elasticity: Contributes to a smoother, more elastic skin texture, promoting a healthier and more youthful appearance.
• Natural Preservation: Contains Leucidal Liquid, a gentle, plant-derived preservative, contributing to the product's stability and extending its shelf life, aligning with natural and clean beauty trends.
• Water Solubility: Easily incorporates into aqueous phases of various formulations, ensuring seamless integration into your products.
• Italian Quality: Sourced from Italy, guaranteeing high-quality production standards and effective active compounds.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Cosmetics

Oat Extract Beta is a highly versatile and beneficial ingredient for numerous cosmetic applications, particularly in products designed for sensitive, dry, irritated, or mature skin, and for nourishing hair (not for use in candles). Its optimal working temperature is up to 70°C, allowing for flexible integration into various phases of product development.

• For Skin Care:
  • Creams and Lotions: An excellent addition to facial and body creams, lotions, and balms designed for daily hydration, barrier repair, and soothing irritated skin. Ideal for formulations targeting eczema, psoriasis, or general sensitivity.
  • Serums and Essences: Integrate into hydrating and calming serums, especially those aimed at reducing redness, inflammation, and discomfort for sensitive complexions.
  • Face Masks: Use in rinse-off or leave-on face masks for intensive soothing, deep hydration, and promoting skin recovery.
  • Cleansers (Facial Washes, Micellar Waters): Can be included in gentle cleansing formulations to prevent post-wash dryness and irritation, leaving the skin soft and comfortable.
  • Toners: Incorporate into calming and hydrating toners to prepare the skin for subsequent treatment steps, providing an immediate soothing effect.
  • After-Sun Products: Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, it's perfect for after-sun lotions and gels to soothe sun-exposed skin.
• For Hair Care:
  • Shampoos and Conditioners: Adds moisturizing and soothing properties to shampoos and conditioners, beneficial for sensitive scalps, dry hair, and improving hair elasticity and shine.
  • Hair Masks and Treatments: Enhances hair masks, providing deep conditioning, strengthening hair strands, and improving manageability, while also soothing the scalp.
  • Scalp Treatments: Ideal for leave-on scalp serums or treatments aimed at reducing scalp irritation, dryness, and flakiness.
• Baby Care Products:
  • Due to its gentle and soothing properties, Oat Extract Beta is an excellent ingredient for baby lotions, creams, and washes, helping to protect delicate skin from dryness and irritation.
• Soap Making (Melt & Pour or Cold Process):
  • Can be added to liquid soaps or incorporated into the trace in cold process soap to impart its moisturizing and soothing benefits, creating a gentler, more skin-friendly bar.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Calm & Hydrate" Soothing Facial Serum

Create a lightweight, deeply hydrating, and remarkably soothing facial serum, perfect for sensitive or irritated skin, utilizing the powerful benefits of Oat Extract Beta.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Sanitize: Thoroughly sanitize all your equipment (beakers, stirring rods, serum bottles) with isopropyl alcohol and allow them to air dry completely.
2. Prepare Phase A (Aqueous Phase): In a clean beaker, disperse xanthan gum into glycerin, stirring well to form a lump-free slurry. This helps prevent clumping when adding to water.
3. Form the Gel (Phase A): Slowly add the distilled water to the glycerin/xanthan gum slurry while continuously stirring with a mini-mixer or whisk until a clear, homogeneous gel forms. This might take a few minutes.
4. Cool Down: Allow the gel to cool to below 40°C (104°F). This is crucial for adding heat-sensitive active ingredients.
5. Add Phase B (Active Phase): Once the gel has cooled, slowly add the Oat Extract Beta, sodium hyaluronate, panthenol, and allantoin to the gel, stirring well after each addition to ensure complete dissolution and even distribution.
6. Add Preservative: Finally, add your chosen preservative. Stir thoroughly for at least 1-2 minutes to ensure it is fully incorporated.
7. Check pH (Recommended): Test the pH of your finished serum. For a face serum, an ideal pH range is typically 5.0-6.0. Adjust if necessary by adding a tiny drop of diluted lactic acid to lower pH or diluted baking soda solution to raise pH.
8. Bottle: Carefully transfer the finished serum into a clean, sterile serum bottle with a dropper or pump.

Recommendations for Application and Use:

• Usage Rate: The 10% concentration of Oat Extract Beta in this recipe provides maximum soothing and hydrating benefits for stressed skin. You can adjust this between 1% and 10% based on your specific product goals and the desired intensity of effects.
• Temperature Integration: Always add Oat Extract Beta to the cooled phase of your formulation (below 70°C) to preserve the integrity of its active compounds and the efficacy of its natural preservative. For this serum, it's added below 40°C with other active ingredients.
• Compatibility: Its water solubility makes it ideal for water-based products like serums, toners, gels, and shampoos.
• Storage: Store the finished serum in a cool, dark place, away from direct sunlight, to maintain its efficacy and extend shelf life. The included preservative helps ensure product stability.
• Application: Apply a few drops of the serum to clean face and neck after cleansing and toning, both morning and evening, before applying heavier creams or lotions. It's especially beneficial for post-peeling or irritated skin.
• Patch Test: Always perform a patch test on a small, inconspicuous area of skin (e.g., inner forearm) before widespread use, especially if you have sensitive skin or are new to an ingredient.