THE HARD-TO-FIND GETS EASIER

Longevity Magazine

 

  Late last year, when we reported on Nayad^®, an intriguing new "youth" ingredient in skin boosting creams, letters and phone calls flooded in. But at that time, the yeast

compound was available only in a few products sold by one small salon in California. Since our article appeared, however, things have been changing fast.

 

  Nayad^® made its department-store debut this spring in Elizabeth Arden's Immunage UV Defense Hand and Body Lotion. Christian Oresajo, Ph.D., manager of biosciences at Arden, believes Nayad's potential is enormous because of its reported ability to stimulate the skin's immune system into repairing sun- and age-weakened support systems. Clinical tests by Oresajo to determine whether Nayad also can protect sun-damaged Langerhan's cells- the skin's first line of immune defense- from ultraviolet light are under way, and early reports are positive. Look for more Arden products containing Nayad^® (labeled as yeast extract).

 

  John Paul Mitchell, the hair-care company, is launching DeJoria, a Nayad-based skin-care line this month. The day and night moisturizers (other products are in the planning stages) are being sold in beauty salons worldwide.

 

  Finally, the original source for products containing Nayad, Los Angeles-based facialist Louise Bianco, who has catered to such celebrity faces as Linda Evans, has expanded her skin-care line to 12 products.

 

  This certainly isn't the final news on Nayad^®. Other cosmetics companies are looking at using the yeast extract, drawn by its apparent ability to help repair sun-damaged skin cells. But to consumers craving skin-care products that actually live up to their claims, it-like the firming treatments above- is certainly good news.