Nanoparticles the pros & cons

It’s likely the moisturiser, foundation or eyeliner that you are currently using contains nanoparticles. And, given these are such tiny things you have probably given them nano thought.

Nanoparticles are nothing new, though their increased use and application by the cosmetics and skincare industry is, in some cases, causing alarm.

They’re everywhere, says Snowberry skin scientist Travis Badenhorst, though there is an unfair stigma associated with nanoparticles, much like parabens, in the skincare space today.

“It all comes down to what is the actual nanoparticle composed of. Water, for example, is 0.27 nanometres in diameter,”