Functional and safe to use natural hygiene cosmetics based on waste material (pomace) from Polish vineyards

Tasks, activities to be carried out as part of the project:

The Project will develop technology to produce cosmetics that contain natural raw materials and bioactive compounds extracted from wine grape pomace.

The project will be implemented according to a concept developed by Prof. Tomasz Wasilewski and Zofia Hordyjewicz-Baran, PhD.

The research will use an innovative approach to cosmetic production. In traditional solutions, extracts are added during the main process of cosmetic mass production. In the proposed solution, the extraction process is one of the steps in the manufacture of the cosmetic, and the extraction medium is an aqueous solution of the chemical compounds that are the ingredients of the target cosmetic. The proposed cosmetic manufacturing method includes a key step referred to as “Loan Chemical Extraction” (LCE), defined as “extraction using ingredients borrowed from the final product”. With this pragmatic approach, the need for additional purification of the extract obtained is eliminated.

The project will be implemented in the formula of effective cooperation between the scientific unit Łukasiewicz-ICSO ‘Blachownia’ and Onlybio.life S.A. from bydgoszcz – one of the fastest growing companies in the natural cosmetics industry in Poland which is interested in implementing the research results in its own activities. It is an innovative cosmetics company with a strong position in the cosmetics industry. The company’s mission is to create cosmetics that are both effective and safe for health and the environment, by which the company declares the use of only natural, organically grown or recycled ingredients in its products.

The cooperation with the company was initiated by Professor Dr. habil. Eng. Tomasz Wasilewski, who co-created the cosmetics present on the market, served as R&D director for many years and is familiar with the company’s business profile and needs.
The work in the project is the result of an intensively developed scientific and research area related to cosmetics and detergents at the Institute. These activities are initiated by Prof. Tomasz Wasilewski, together with Zofia Hordyjewicz-Baran, PhD, Leader of the Analytical Research Group, they are carrying out scientific work on new technologies leading ultimately to extremely interesting solutions in the field of cosmetics and detergents.
The Team’s work to date has resulted in laboratory-scale full-fledged innovative cosmetics. The works resulted in patent applications, which constitute the IP background of the Project. The works foreseen in the Project in question constitute a kind of a link between the phase of laboratory works and their commercialisation.