When we think and solve problems, we usually fall into the quagmire of "one-sidedness", and systematic thinking is a practice of "seeing the whole". In fact, it is not easy to get teams to iterate effectively. While gathering information and feedback, we also need to make adjustments at the same time. To visualize the progress of integrating new ideas, we put together a timeline.
Apr 2022

market data graph

  • People are mainly concerned with skin care effects such as moisturizing, anti-aging, repairing, freckle removal, whitening, and skin microecology.
  • Based on the statistics of the market data map last year, we decided that we want to make live bacteria skin care products this year.

Watsons clerk

  • I understand that most of the products on the market have a single effect, and if you want to achieve multiple effects at the same time, you need to use a variety of skin care products at the same time;
  • Therefore, our team intends to make a multi-functional collection of live bacteria skin care products.

cosmetic consumers

  • We learned that cosmetic consumers are very concerned about "new concept skin care".
  • Cosmetics consumers mentioned that bacterial lysate has the effect of maintaining skin microecology.
  • And we plan to continue to use last year's Acetobacter xylinum just to have bacterial lysate, which makes us more sure that we want to continue to make live bacteria skin care products.
May 2022

Winkey Company

  • "Glutathione" is very mature in the market, but glutathione is easily decomposed and easily oxidized, so it is difficult to effectively use it in cosmetics.
  • "Glutathione" has anti-aging, repairing, freckle-removing and whitening effects.
  • We consider releasing GSH by bacteria only when the user uses it to ensure that it remains active during production, transportation and storage. After brainstorming, our team finally decided to start a project aimed at solving the difficulty of glutathione in cosmetics.

Dermatologist at Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital

  • Can GSH enter the skin?
  • Can it still be used when there is a wound on the skin?
  • Regarding the two doubts raised by the doctor, we have further improved the project, and will specifically indicate that it should not be used when there are wounds. And consulted the literature, concluded that GSH small molecules can enter the skin. Interviews with doctors gave us more confirmation that our program is feasible.

Plastic surgeon at Shenzhen University General Hospital

  • Antioxidant is very important to us.
  • Common medical aesthetic methods on the market include photorejuvenation and ultra-pulsed carbon dioxide fractional laser; although photorejuvenation can solve pigmentation, if the melasma is treated for multiple times in a row, it may lead to aggravation.
  • We found that anti-oxidation is actually very necessary, and also learned that the anti-oxidation medical and aesthetic methods on the market will cause secondary damage to the skin. This prompted us to understand the project context better.
june 2022

Bird Research

  • We have encountered difficulties in the experiment: Apple has been used to test the antioxidant effect, but the data is not ideal. They recommend that we either use HPLC or use a special glutathione kit.
  • We have listened to the suggestions provided by the experimental staff of Bird Innovation Research for our project, and decided to use the glutathione kit to obtain the content of glutathione. This helps our analysis.

Yakult Factory

  • Technical staff suggested that we should first determine the form of our product, whether it is bacterial liquid or emulsion. In the case of an emulsion, consideration should be given to the emulsion formulation, which determines the toughness of the final film.
  • After talking, we found that the product form is a lotion is very good, we will consider the problem of lotion formula in the follow-up.
july 2022

Dai Gaopeng, Xi'an Baimei Gene Co., Ltd.

  • It is suggested that we can consider squeeze mask in product form, using activation liquid and freeze-dried powder, which can improve bacterial activity.
  • We listened to the suggestions and decided on two product forms: 1、Emulsion 2、Squeeze Mask (Activating Liquid and Freeze-dried Powder)