This podcast is sponsored by: CLR-Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH
"Helping the skin to help itself" is the strategy behind many of CLR Berlin's skin care actives. CutiGuard CLR, for example, leverages the adaptive properties of the red alga Galdieria sulphuraria to activate selective autophagy and inhibit the buildup of senescent cells, in turn supporting skin's renewal and resilience. These effects improve skin tone evenness, radiance and firmness while reducing wrinkles.
What's more, to demonstrate the ingredient's effectiveness, the company explored a new perspective. "We wanted to be more creative with the studies," explains Jule Lexa Völzke, Ph.D., manager of product design and development at CLR Berlin, in this sponsored podcast. "To implement a new perspective, we performed a first impressions study – something from daily life that you really can't explain."
Per Völzke, 170 ninth graders were shown images from a clinical study of individuals before and after treatment with the active. Participants viewed the images for 3 sec and simply indicated which they liked most. Reportedly, 75% of participants rapidly and intuitively indicated they preferred the treated image.
Learn more about CutiGuard CLR's microalgae source, development and testing, and potential claims (e.g., evens skin tone similarly to makeup products) in this sponsored podcast. Register to listen; it's free!
