Helping Hands: Article for Cosmetics & Toiletries Magazine.
Last year, the pandemic pushed the importance of cleaning and caring for the hands to the forefront of everyone's minds.
Moving into 2021 hand care continues to be a key topic, with a lot of personal care brands interested in learning how to formulate high quality products for the hands, especially relating to improving the skin barrier.
We share our latest insights at Enkos Developments in our new article for Cosmetics & Toiletries.
You can read the full article on the C&T website.
Please get in touch if you are interested in learning more about how Enkos can develop high quality hand care products for your brand.
Excerpt from the article:
Soothing hand masks: Although dryness is the primary concern for consumers, when the skin barrier is compromised, this leads to itching and irritation, which will aggravate the damage even further if consumers scratch or abrade the skin. Currently, the British Association of Dermatologists and National Eczema Society both recommend using soap and water for hand-washing—even for those with eczema or other skin concerns, overriding the pre-COVID-19 advice to use mild soap substitutes.26, 27 To relieve the irritation this causes to sensitive skin, intensely soothing formulations such as overnight hand masks are soaring in popularity…