Who could lose money on anti-aging cosmetics? Given the maniacal pursuit of youth which according to popular media is an almost universal obsession, the RUSNANO investment in cosmetics is a no-brainer. From the Nov. 3, 2011 news item Nanowerk,

RUSNANO is joining a project that will produce cosmetics based on double encapsulation technology. Earlier, the project attracted financing from Russian Venture Company’s Seed Investment Fund. The project has a total budget of 65 million rubles. RUSNANO will receive an 18% interest in Nanoderm-Profi, the project company.

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The cosmetics are non-toxic and highly effective, thanks to the technology of double encapsulation. The active ingredient—uronic acid—is embedded in nanoparticles of cyclodextrin of less than two nanometers. Those particles are, in turn, surrounded by a spherical capsule of beta-cyclodextrin and plant-based lipids with diameters of 80 nanometers. When the nanostructures are applied to the skin, the external capsule dissolves and the nanoparticles of cyclodextrin transport the active ingredient through the transdermal barrier to the skin’s deep layers.

Project company Nanoderm-Profi is already producing and selling the first series of its nanocosmetics. Earlier, the agent passed organoleptic, physiochemical, microbiological, clinical-laboratory, and toxicological testing by Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare. As this project develops, Nanoderm-Profi plans to expand its assortment of active components.

I know there’s been lots of nanotechnology-enabled product developed by the cosmetics industry [see the Marketers put the buy in nano page on my wiki for more about Adorage, L’Oréal, and other cosmetics companies in the nanotech field]  and it’s nice to see some details for a change.