Whether you’re looking for a Mother’s Day gift or looking to jump-start your summer skin routine, we have two power-packed moisturizers that will make skin look refreshed and renewed for Spring. As an added bonus, for a limited time they come with a Free Skin Essentials Travel Set!

Super Repair^TM CoQ10 Moist

A concentrated blend of active botanicals, enzymes, antioxidants, and nutrients prevent and repair the signs of aging. Active ingredients including Peptides, Grape Stem Cells, CoQ10, and Bilberry Seed Oil help to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and improve skin’s tone, texture and firmness, while providing the right balance of moisture to the skin.

Ginkgo Lift® with Wrinkle Filler

A moisturizer and wrinkle filler which immediately reduces the appearance of lines and wrinkles and hydrates for a smooth, radiant complexion. Natural extracts, proteins and polymers are encapsulated in our Alphasomes® skin delivery system for targeted delivery of active ingredients. Active ingredients include Grape Stem Cells to boost skin stem cells, powerful Peptides to reverse the signs of aging, and Sodium Hyaluronate and Ceramides to plump skin. This power packed moisturizer gives skin an instant lift and smoothes wrinkles for a younger looking appearance.

Skin Essentials Travel Set

Great if you are new to the line and want to try the products or are looking for smaller sizes of your skin care essentials. Contains everything you need for your basic skin care routine on the go.

Includes:

Herbal Foam Cleanser | Botanical Age Defying Cleanser

A gentle foaming cleanser with anti-irritants that leaves skin feeling soft and refreshed.

Herbal Toner | For Optimally Balanced Skin pH

A refreshing blend of active botanicals which revitalizes pores and keeps skin pH balanced.

Cell Renewal Day Cream | Antioxidant Day Moisture

A luxurious daytime moisturizer with effective natural ingredients and powerful free-radical exchangers including Sodium Hyaluronate, Grape Stem Cells, Olive Leaf Extract, Ceramides, and Ginseng. Helps to regenerate damaged skin and improve skin texture as well as hydrates and softens skin.

Bamboo Cream Peel | Gentle Micro Exfoliator

A gentle, non-irritating skin smoother with natural bamboo, jojoba beads and crushed almonds. Exfoliates dead surface skin cells for soft, silky skin and a more radiant complexion.

As a follow up to our Skin Care Delivery Systems 101 blog post, we wanted to discuss our Alphasomes® Skin Care Delivery System more in depth.

Not long ago, skin care was as simple as soap, water, and sometimes, moisturizer. Today’s skin care involves effective, high-tech materials that not only cleanse skin, they also trap and hold moisture, clear skin, and reverse aging. However, the most effective materials become less effective if they can’t reach their intended target. The challenges of delivering these effective ingredients to the target area of the skin has led to skin care delivery systems which are a critical component in determining a product's effectiveness.

Alphasomes® Skin Care Delivery System Overview

Doctor D. Schwab’s Alphasomes® Complex created from Liposomes is an advanced soy-based Phospholipid delivery system that encapsulates active ingredients and enables them to reach the targeted cells for superior product performance. The development of this patent pending micro-emulsion skincare technology has led to the accurate and effective delivery of valuable active anti-aging ingredients that penetrate deep into the skin, releasing the ingredients where they can provide the most benefit.

Alphasomes® are from Natural Soy-Based Liposomes

Alphasomes® are created from Liposomes, which are tiny bubble-like structures made up of a lipid bilayer and are used to deliver effective ingredients at the cellular level. They are composed of naturally-derived phospholipids which mimic the properties of biological cells. These spherical structures are useful in skin care because they can encapsulate active ingredients and effectively deliver these active ingredients to the sites of action by fusing with the similarly structured biological cells.

The first patent application relating to Liposomes was applied for in 1974. By 1989, the excitement of this new technology caught on and there were more than 100 different Liposome cosmetic preparations on the market. Years of experience with these Liposomes led Doctor D. Schwab to create the next, more effective generation of Liposomes, initially introduced in 2004, called Alphasomes®. The heightened efficacy was made possible through the selection of compatible active ingredients.

Advantages of Encapsulation

40 years of research, formulation and manufacturing expertise has led to the refined selection of encapsulated active ingredients. Alphasomes® encapsulate active ingredients such as Apple and Grape Stem Cells, Peptides, Olive Extracts, Hyaluronic Acid, Niacin, Vitamins, Amino Acids, SOD (Super Oxide Dismutase), and stabilized Vitamin C.

One of the main advantages of encapsulating ingredients in the micro-emulsion delivery system is that there are many active ingredients, including plant extracts and vitamin that are difficult to stabilize. For example, there are some vitamins, such as Vitamin C, which are inherently unstable. Most cosmetics don’t feature stabilized Vitamin C, which then has a short shelf life since the efficacy of the Vitamin C degrades over time. However, when Vitamin C is encapsulated, it degrades more slowly since it isn’t exposed to oxygen. Such is the case with our stabilized Citrusome Vitamin C Night Time serum.

Created with Micro-Emulsion Technology for Advanced Delivery

Alphasomes® are created with a micro-emulsion technology which is a process that reduces the particle size of the key ingredients to the micron/sub-micron level. The drastic reduction in particle size allows the emulsion to spread in a thin, homogeneous layer across the skin therefore enabling these active ingredients to disperse evenly for advanced delivery and heightened results.

Time-Release Multi-Layer Delivers Active Ingredients Throughout the Day

The Alphasomes® also have a nest-like quality in that there are spheres within the spheres, which create a unique time-release system which releases active ingredients throughout the day as the layers of the delivery system dissolve. An example of this is Ginkgosome Day Time Serum which releases moisturizing ingredients throughout the day to keep skin hydrated and refreshed, significantly enhancing the moisture retaining capacity of the skin. We have found that this quality delivers a superior moisturizing action that can provide continuous moisturization around the clock with an effect that lasts at least 12 hours after the last application.

Makes Hard to Deliver Ingredients Possible

Besides enhancing penetration, Alphasomes® delivery system makes hard-to-use ingredients easier to formulate and deliver to the target area. Difficult to deliver active ingredients are numerous and include Peptides, Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamins, Collagen and Essential Fatty Acids, all important ingredients to the Doctor D. Schwab product line.

How do you know if the active ingredients in your skin care are doing what they're supposed to? The best way for ingredients to reach their full efficacy is through a skin care delivery system.

You may not have realized that the ingredients in many skin care products sit on the surface of the skin and don’t penetrate past the surface of the skin. Why is it important for your skin care to penetrate past the surface of the skin? The top layer of the skin is typically comprised of dead skin cells which are ready to be sloughed away. Your skin care can’t do anything for you if it only reaches these surface cells – you want it to penetrate to reach the newer skin cells where it can affect change. How good is an ingredient or product really if it can’t reach the area it is intended to reach?

One of the unique aspects about the Doctor D. Schwab products is that they utilize a proprietary patent-pending skin care delivery system called Alphasomes®.

Here we break down the benefits of this delivery system and what it means to you.

Alphasomes® Skin Care Delivery System

1. Soy Based:

Doctor D. Schwab’s Alphasomes® Complex is a natural Phospholipid delivery system which is made of soy based hollow spheres.

2. Encapsulates Botanical Ingredients:

In the lab, these soy-based hollow spheres are created to hold specific active botanical ingredients, encapsulating different ingredients depending on the product.

Some of the active botanicals which are incorporated into our Alphasomes® include Apple and Grape Stem Cells, Peptides, Olive Extracts, Hyaluronic Acid, Niacin, Vitamins, Amino acids, SOD (Super Oxide Dismutase), and stabilized Vitamin C.

3. Stabilize Ingredients:

Many active ingredients are inherently unstable when exposed to oxygen, light or other pertinent conditions. Therefore, encapsulating these active botanicals is also important in preserving their efficacy to ensure they perform well over time.

4. Time-Release Multi-Layer:

An added bonus to our Alphasomes® is that the spheres have a nest-like quality in that there are spheres within the spheres, creating a time-release system so that the active ingredients are released throughout the day as the layers of the delivery system are revealed. An example of this is in our Ginkgosome Day Time Serum which releases moisturizing ingredients throughout the day to keep skin hydrated and refreshed.

5. Transports Ingredients to the Target Cells:

These spheres are created with a micro-emulsion technology to reduce the particle size of the molecules to enable them to get past the surface cells to reach the targeted cells, resulting in superior product performance.
All of these attributes result in younger looking skin because the active ingredients are able to penetrate into the skin to deliver the ingredients where they can affect change.

Top Selling Products with the Alphasomes® Skin Care Delivery System

Ginkgosome Day Time Serum
Citrusome Night Time Serum
Alphasomes® RC Rejuvenate and Correct Moisturizer
Eye Intensive Moist
Puff Away Eye Gel

We get the question frequently from people who haven’t yet tried the brand: “What is unique about the Doctor D. Schwab product line?”

What is Unique About the Doctor D. Schwab Product Line

In a nutshell: we have been researching natural ingredients over the past 25 years and have been creating natural products since before they were popular; all of our products continue to be made with pure, non-irritating, natural botanical ingredients, most of which are now certified organic. Not only do we use effective natural ingredients, we also incorporate the latest natural ingredients in our products such as plant stem cells. We take our Science + Nature stance one step further by creating our own peptides for the ultimate in purity and efficacy, as well as create our own soy-based skin care delivery system which encapsulates active ingredients and allows them to penetrate deep into the skin where it has the greatest effect. The result of all of this is organic products with salon quality results – products that are effective in reducing wrinkles, clearing blemished skin, and calming irritation.

Our Knowledge Based on Years of Research

Our scientists have researched the effects of sea extracts, plants, herbs and vitamins, utilizing the knowledge to create “one thousand different products from more than nine hundred ingredients.” The botanicals, herbal extracts, and natural vitamins provide exceptional results, improving skin health and appearance by revitalizing and regenerating. Powerful free radical exchangers enhance skin moisture and encourage the growth of new, healthy cells.

Certified Organic Ingredients

Our products feature Certified Organic ingredients along with natural peptides and vitamins. We are one of the few companies with a NOP certification to create organic products. Since we manufacture our own products, we can ensure the quality and efficacy.

Plant Stem Cell Technology

Many of our products (currently 14 and counting!) now contain breakthrough grape and apple plant stem cells. Grape Stem Cells, cultivated from the French Gamay Teinturier Freaux grape, and Apple Stem Cells, cultivated from the Swiss Uttwiler Spätlauber Apple, help to maintain and repair cells, protect against UV radiation, and slow and reverse the signs of aging. The extracts are all natural and the method of extracting them doesn’t harm the plants, which are rare varieties. Watch for further posts discussing this new technology!

Alphasomes® Skin Care Delivery System

Finally, one of the things that really makes our products unique is our natural soy-based Alphasomes® Complex, which is a Phospholipid based delivery system that encapsulates active ingredients and enables them to reach the deepest layers of the skin to affect change where it is needed.

Doctor D. Schwab Brand Under D. Kuster’s Lead

The quality, efficacy, and success of the Doctor D. Schwab product line, which bears the name of the homeopathic doctor whose practices formed the basis of the products, can be credited to Dr. Kuster, co-founder of the brand.

Dr. Kuster’s vast knowledge of botanics and his world-renowned, pioneering efforts in liposomal technology have earned him the reputation as “the Einstein of emulsion technique”; he is a leader in combining nature and science to create advanced, results-oriented beauty products.

The company’s philosophy—and that of Dr. Kuster—has always been to research, develop and manufacture products based on the purest naturals harvested under the strictest conditions in the world.

Primed from an Early Age for the Natural Skin Care World

As a young child forced to learn how to survive and fend for himself in war-torn Germany, Dr. Kuster and his classmates were commissioned by their schools to harvest herbs such as Chamomile, Peppermint and Rosemary. He has always credited this experience, along with his affinity for the outdoors, for his lifelong passion for nature which helped cement his conviction that medical science and nature must be combined for ultimate healing and longevity. The botanical gardens around the world were always his interest of research.

A native of Cologne, Germany, Dr. Kuster studied at the University of Heidelberg and received his PhD in Philosophy and Biochemistry from the University of Victoria and London.

Dr. Kuster then entered the field of cosmetic science because he could foresee technological advances in the area of cellular regeneration. Having worked with leading European skin care manufacturers since 1968, he established the research company CA Botana International Inc., Doctor D. Schwab’s parent company, in 1972 to research and manufacture unique effective skin care products based on plants, extracts and herbs. The company began manufacturing products under his direction in 1976.

Future Oriented Philosophy

Dr. Kuster has a future-oriented philosophy that leads him to think always of what can be attainable tomorrow. “If you are a good scientist, you always strive for more perfection,” he states, emphasizing, “If you stand still, you go backward.”

A true visionary in the research and formulation of anti-aging skin care products, he has now researched and developed more than 2000 effective skin care formulations over the course of his 35+ years as a cosmetic scientist. The products have never used animal by-products, only regrowable and renewable ingredients are used.

His development of the patent-pending micro-emulsion skin care delivery system Alphasomes® has led to the delivery of effective anti-aging ingredients.

What does Kuster see as he looks forward? “A healthy life expectancy of 120 years.” Thanks to the continuous development of innovative products, Kuster believes those additional years can be years of botanical beauty.

Credits:

Skin Effects, Online Article, 2003, http://www.skineffects.com/cabrelease.htm

San Diego news article, Cream of the Crop

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