August 5, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Armani has established itself throughout Europe and indeed globally as a premium brand. So what is the fuss all about?
The history of Armani
The Armani company was established in 1974 by Giorgio Armani and Sergio Galeotti. The company has, over the years, established a leading presence in the fashion world both in terms of haute couture, fine tailoring and designer street-wear. From a clothing perspective, the company currently designs various clothing ranges for men, for women and for children. Armani has established a global presence with a large network of retail stores and outlets all over the world. In addition to clothing, the company also designs and produces a range of other goods including accessories, watches, jewellery, interior design products, perfumes, cosmetics and eyewear which are marketed under various Armani brand names. The company even has a number of branded hotels within its portfolio.
Armani brands
Unlike some other premium designers, Armani offers a range of designs to suit different budgets, styles, lifestyle needs and preferences. The Armani brand name as a whole is extremely strong in both the clothes it produces and in the accessories and related products that are so often regarded as ‘must-have’ purchases. At the core of the company stands a principle established by Giorgio Armani himself that it should create the kind of style that everyone can have. Armani has thus established a strong reputation for designing and manufacturing clean, tailored lines and comfortable yet stylish leisure wear.
There are various brands and sub-brands that operate under the Armani umbrella from a clothing perspective. These include:
Giorgio Armani — this is considered to be the signature brand within the company range. The clothes on offer here are among the most expensive of all the Armani brand ranges that are available in high end retail stores.
Armani Exchange — this brand was formed in the early 1990s with the aim of bringing affordable and street-smart Armani design to the high street.
Armani Jeans — Armani jeans probably rank as one of the top designer label jeans in the world. This range has also extended to a range of other fashion items and accessories for both men and women.
Armani Junior — this range is targeted at kids clothing and accessories.
Emporio Armani — many people consider this to be the most appropriate of the Armani brands for younger people. It is probably the best known Armani brand on a global basis
Armani Collezioni — this range consists of more exclusive ranges for both men and women. The emphasis here is on clothes for professional wear.
Armani Prive — this is the company’s haute couture range. The clothing here is not available in retail outlets but is specially made to wear. This is probably the most expensive Armani option Conclusion
The fact that Armani has enjoyed such a strong presence in both exclusive designer circles and on the high street is down to the fact that the clothes appeal to people on all levels. Whatever the occasion there should be an Armani range to come up with something perfect to wear. Part of the success of the company is in the breadth of clothing products on offer. A man, for example, can buy an Armani suit for a special occasion, wear Armani underwear every day, buy Armani jeans and sweatshirts for the weekend and wear an Armani shirt to work. He can take Armani sunglasses on holiday, use an Armani holdall for a weekend break and wear an Armani beanie hat to football. The key thing here is that the company produces a range of designs and styles in high-quality materials aim to both look stylish and to be comfortable to wear.
August 1, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Asian Herbal Skin Care Products a Quiet Revolution
The original inspiration for the development of the Indochine Natural product range comes from the exotic Old Quarter of Ha Noi that has a history spanning 2,000 years. The narrow crowded streets with bustling commercial activity spilling onto the pavements is where you will find “Herb Street,” or more correctly Pho Lan Ong named after a famous 18th Century traditional medicine practitioner. This street is a sensual delight of textures and smells from the sacks of herbs in shops lined with rosewood herbal medicine cabinets. In narrow corridors, squatting workers grind and process herbs. Many of the raw materials we started to use in our original line of Indochine Natural products come from these traditional herbalists.
With the establishment of our production facility on Penang Island, Malaysia, this link to ancient Asian herbs has continued. Penang Island is located in the Straits of Malacca, which for many centuries has been a major shipping route to Europe. Penang Island has been associated with the spice trade to Europe since the 16th century. These exotic spices were to be had only in small quantities in Europe after long and dangerous voyages in seas beset by pirates and swept by terrible storms.
Today, in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgetown on Penang Island, traditional traders still trade in these highly prized commodities in markets where your senses are assailed by the odor of exotic spices. Our Indochine Natural products utilize traditional handmade methods and spices including cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, clove, ginger, and turmeric, to produce a range of exotic natural soaps and other skin products.
This focus by Indochine Natural on ancient Asian recipes and ingredients appears to be in contrast to the mainstream where the technological takeover of skincare that commenced in the United States during the1950s is now a global phenomenon. Even in most Asian countries these days the current Asian skin lines have opted for synthetic formulas with an unhealthy appetite for skin whiteners in almost every product line, and the total absence of the traditional ingredient richness of the past. If one takes a walk down Singapores Orchard Road for example, your senses are assailed by the abundance of products and advertising for skin-whitening products including moisturizers, cleansers, face masks, and even the humble soap bar.
However there is a quiet revolution taking place. While on the one hand the new digital technologies has largely driven the marketing of modern skin care products, these same technologies have given consumers access to increasing information on the dangers of many cosmetics ingredients. Additionally, there is rising awareness that many of these modern synthetic cosmetics fail to deliver what is promised, and this is now easily transmitted by disgruntled consumers via various social networking media. With consumers becoming better informed, there is now an increasing trend towards alternatives to the ever increasing availability of modern synthetic products, and many is Asia are now returning to the more traditional Asian ingredients.
At Indochine Natural we have found no shortage of natural Asian ingredients with long histories that we regularly formulate into our cosmetic recipes. For example, Rice Bran Oil has a long history in Japan as a base for soaps and skin creams, and is purported to reverse the effect of aging by slowing the formation of facial wrinkles as a result of its high concentration of vitamin E and gamma-oryzanol. Another ingredient we regularly use in our soaps is Turmeric, which for many centuries has been a very traditional cosmetic ingredient. Turmerics reported skincare benefits have been investigated scientifically, especially curcumin, which is the principal biologically active constituent of turmeric. Recognizing that curcumin acts as an antioxidant, a lot of scientific research has focused on ways that it can be incorporated as an ingredient in cosmetic and skin treatment products to reverse oxidative stress caused by free radicals in the skin which are a major contributor to the aging of skin.
Incorporated into all Indochine Natural products are 100% pure essential oils. These oils have a long and well-documented use in cosmetics, and their benefits to skin care are wide ranging. The fragrances of essential oils can positively influence your emotional and mental state, which in turn can assist in alleviating stress related skin problems. Many essential oils have the effect of stimulating and regenerating the production of healthy skin cells following sun damage for example. Other oils have the capacity to sooth sensitive skin, and many have anti-bacterial and ant-fungal properties.
So yes, there is a quiet revolution taking place as consumers turn their attention to more traditional and natural cosmetics ingredients. However the major cosmetics manufacturers are not taking on this challenge laying down, as we see packaging now taking on a more “natural” look, often with botanical images being featured. And many of these manufacturers now include botanicals with their largely synthetic ingredients to at least give the impression that the product has “natural origins.” This trend then places more pressure on consumers to read labels and understand the ingredients used, not an easy challenge in an environment where for example some products are labeled as “organic” but in fact only contain very small percentages of organic ingredients.
February 3, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Whether it is cosmetics or health foods, can be more effectively absorbed by the body, is the dream of consumer desire. It has long been mistakenly believed that the human body needs amino acids mainly in the form of the protein is absorbed. However, nearly two years of scientific discovery, absorbed by the body is not the main form of the protein amino acids, but peptides.
Peptides are two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds of compounds on the human body to effectively absorb the protein, astaxanthin play an irreplaceable role. There are thousands of peptides on the human body, related to people’s nerves, hormones, endocrine, reproductive and other areas, participants in the physiological process, regulation of human life. Therefore, scientists believe that life exists in the form of peptides.
Peptide is the existence of life forms, while the collagen tripeptide is present in the form of human skin. Collagen is the most abundant in the body of a class of proteins, is an extracellular protein to form insoluble fiber, high tensile strength, toughness of connective tissue is a major factor in the decision. Thus, collagen is an important part of dermis, accounting for 70% of the dry weight of the skin, the skin mesh to form the support body.
Health and appearance of the skin collagen skin conditions have a direct relationship. It is a three-dimensional helical structure of the protein, stabilizing the supporting role of the skin; experts call it “bone of bone, skin in the skin,” is backed by a strong dermal layer of skin;
Role of collagen in the acid-base, or in the biological role of the enzyme, biotin three-dimensional spiral structure will open, then cut into different pieces, including dozens of amino acid composition of the material known as collagen peptides. Collagen tripeptide of amino acids as Gly-x-y.
The three peptides derived from deep-sea fish skin, x and y are mainly proline and hydroxyproline, which are characteristic of amino acid composition leather. Therefore, the collagen tripeptide is present in the form of the skin. Skin care, supplement collagen tripeptide from the beginning.
Collagen peptides could effectively penetrate into the skin is the key to its role. To identify collagen tripeptide transdermal absorption, scientists tritium labeled tripeptide Gly-pro-hypro applied to the skin of mice, glutathione eight hours by mini-map observations of autoradiography, tritium labeled tripeptide black particles not only distributed in the stratum corneum, also located in the epidermis and dermis, and even penetrate to the dermis and the follicle in the deep. The experimental results show that the collagen tripeptide its unique molecular structure and small molecular weight, good compatibility with the skin, the skin can be accepted into the epidermis and dermis, collagen tripeptide which is to be effective in the skin ready.
Small molecule collagen tripeptide quickly penetrate the skin surface, repair and replenish skin tissue collagen. It is widely used for the purpose of skin care cosmetics, skin care products. The study found that even 0.01% collagen solution have good radiation resistance to a variety of roles and good water retention.
In general, the oily secretion of skin oil than the larger, API supplier prone to acne and pock. Collagen peptides penetrate into the dermis layer to add moisture, can increase the skin’s water retention, reduce the oil secretion. Moreover, the collagen tripeptide itself has anti-inflammatory and regenerative capacity of the cells, so you can remove facial pock through metabolism to generate healthy skin.
Touched the baby’s skin is so smooth, supple, flexible, full of life, minoxidil moist atmosphere. However, as time goes by, people’s skin more relaxed, less flexible, quietly climbed the forehead wrinkles. Thus, a variety of foods rich in vitamin A, C, E will be filled with beauty cosmetics, Ms. dresser, but these can only remove facial cosmetics and skin of some fine lines, but it can stop the loose skin, sagging. Science so that people are surprised to find that, through the role of collagen tripeptide, can erase the face of ten years of vicissitudes years.
Who used the collagen tripeptide can be seen in a few months changed the young, not only the face of fine lines disappear, and the deep wrinkles have begun to fade, face began to change when young, the elderly, the bags under the eyes began to disappear.
Collagen tripeptide Why is there such a good effect? This is because the most important to keep the skin smooth and delicate composition, are two proteins, namely collagen and elastin and moderate moisture.
Although collagen only 3-5% of total body protein, but it is human skin is smooth and elastic critical factor, once the body sufficient collagen, which can quickly repair the injured tissue, improve cell metabolism, to stay young healthy skin. Scientists found that collagen tripeptide can fill in the skin dermis, increasing skin tightness, tretinoin resulting in skin tone, reduce pores and make skin tight and elastic.
As the collagen tripeptide with the structure similar to human skin collagen, compatibility is good, there are ionic bonds, hydrogen bond interactions, can spread deep into the skin, human skin has good nutrition. At the same time, the molecule contains a large number of hydroxyl, Cosmetics material has a very good moisturizing effect. The amino and hydroxyl molecules also gives it a certain degree of surface activity, which makes her a good compatibility with other materials, and skin irritation. Therefore, to achieve long-term collagen tripeptide troubled cosmetics industry, by way of topical cosmetic skin collagen supplement the problem, creating a new era in cosmetic industry. Currently in Europe, some Asian biotechnology developed countries and regions, the collagen tripeptide technology for the cosmetics industry has become the fashion!
August 11, 2015 / como / 0 Comments
Dabao
“Great Treasure” series Cosmetics was born in 1985;
During the period 1985 to 1990 consumer launch of the speed honey eyes wrinkles, age spots cream, bags under the eyes cream and other products sold at home and abroad is not a long decline, is known so far;
So far in 1993, best-selling beauty day cream, night cream, and honey, like SOD household, with an annual sales volume of about 14 million bottles;
In 1994 to market the MT series of cosmetics in the country opened up to metallothionein (English short MT) such substances used for cosmetics set a precedent for accelerated penetration of nutrients into the skin and the internal rate to prevent skin aging effect is more obvious, has opened up new areas of application of cosmetic raw materials.
Consumer Hot Zan products: canthus wrinkle honey (main ingredient of pollen), bags under the eyes cream, eye cream (nourishment, but can not afford to Zhifang Li), hand, foot care cream, SOD honey, beauty night cream, beauty facial cleanser (North Shadow girls favorite)
Note: The Great Treasure of products basically contain ginseng and astragalus.
In Japan, many products have a Made in China logo. Previously, such a sign of just being seen as a bargain or a symbol of inferior goods, but now, many international top brands which also appeared more and more Made in China. Many Japanese from China back to Japan that it will take a lot of “great treasure.” Cosmetics shop in Japan, “Da Bao” in China, but worth the price of more than 10 times oh.
2, Pulanna (Miss World Finals is the only designated skin care)
Brand Description: Pulanna, from French, “les plantesnaturelles (natural plant)” in Chinese transliteration, she uphold the essence of Chinese classical Yang Fu school, integration herbal essence and the latest achievements of modern biotechnology, through 20 years of carefully orchestrated , so that the ancient beauty Kampo shine, the creation of Pulanna Oriental beauty of the Kingdom. Is China’s first high-tech exports of cosmetics. Over the years, Pulanna in the international community has won the French “Beyond Beautiful” International Beauty Show gold medal awards at home and abroad, etc. 85. In 2005, Pulanna skin care brands to rewrite the Western monopoly of the history of the Miss World event, becoming the 55th Miss World Final is the only designated skin care products, and was awarded the Special Contribution Award. At present, cosmetics, natural vegetation has been marketing Pulanna 98 countries and regions in the world as the world’s hundreds of millions of the public, “skin care experts.”
3, Nanjing Golden Ballet (the first veteran to enter Europe and the United States)
Brand Description: ballet, was born in 1933, with the experience of centuries of Perfumery, as early as 70 years entered the Europe and America, Southeast Asian market, many in the international counterparts to get the praise, is China’s Hong vice president of the Association of the governing unit.
The seventies, China’s first natural-based cosmetics, nutritional “pearl cream” In the hands of people from the ballet, and “a hero to enter the Hong Kong market” has become China’s first cosmetics export enterprises inside and outside a sensation in one fell swoop. Eighties, the first natural mink oil and silk protein as the main raw material a series of cosmetics, in order to crack cold rule, a unique skin nourishing moisturizing effect, well received by the consumer’s love and salable.
Even today, “ballet mink ointment” still dominate the cosmetics market dominance.
Consumer Hot Zan Products: Ballet Pearl Cream (still popular favorite), ballet mink ointment
Mink oil and human skin has excellent permeability and compatibility. Nutrition, moisturizing, easily absorbed. Frequent use, nutrition, skin moisture, so resilient and has good cold crack effect.
4, deeply love Royal Empress mud Square
Brand Description: In the Qing dynasty Qianlong “beachhead powder paper” has come out. Locally they are called “Pak Nai.” This “Nai,” dozens of kinds of rich minerals, in the human skin has a physiotherapy role in Beauty and skin care and has a magical effect. Historical records from the current world has not yet been found to have a second place of origin, can be described as unique in the world of rare and unique mineral mud.
The Qing dynasty period (1875-1909) to the unique Nai powder as raw materials of paper popular among women. Tribute tribute to the imperial court had won the popular Empress Dowager Cixi, so mud is called “Royal mud”! In the initial stage, are exported to Europe and the United States and Japan; have skin is still semi-finished products exported to Japan and other countries. CCTV and Hunan Satellite TV have reported to the company.
Consumer Hot Zambia Products: Imperial Square Revitalizing Mineral Mud Mask Mud (used people say that the green clay than Begas easy to use, effective cleaning without stimulation)
5, Herborist
Herborist Han Fang beauty concepts are gradually enjoys popular support, in particular about the national character of modern times, Chinese people need not to over-dependence on foreign cosmetics. Our skin care brand purchased from foreign countries when in fact a lot of foreigners are to Kampo beauty for foreign use. Japan is now the best-selling beauty book is neither a “cosmetic king” is not “beautiful people up,” but rather by the Japanese Yuko Takagi, senior beauty experts to write “Chinese cosmetic adventure.” Ginseng, astragalus, Chinese angelica, pearl, aloe, pollen, sandalwood, Poria, beauty beauty UFA Toothpaste. Do not forget, they are precious to our ancestors.
Consumer Hot Zan products: Herborist tender skin whitening mask 500g, Herborist Balance Lotion 50ML