Innovation and Application of Natural Organic Cosmetic Formulations: A Case Study of Bochu Cosmetics

Abstract

Amidst the global clean beauty market’s annual growth rate of 11.2%, natural organic cosmetics still face common bottlenecks such as the easy deactivation of plant actives, insufficient cleansing power of sulfate-free systems, and distortion of green processes during scale-up. This paper, using the continuous industrial data from Guangzhou Bochu Cosmetics Co., Ltd. from 2018 to 2024 as the sole sample chain, constructs a quaternary synergistic framework of “plant efficacy module - green surfactants - biopreservation - energy module.” The consistency of “activity - efficacy - scale-up” is verified at a 10 t scale. Low-temperature instantaneous cell disruption (≤40°C, 30 MPa) increases the yield of cinnamon polyphenols by 32%. The sulfate-free ternary micelle of “amino acids + APG + avena alkaloids” reduces MIT irritation by 62% with only an 8% decrease in foam height. The synergistic biopreservation system challenges a bacterial total count of <10 CFU g⁻¹ over 28 days, and the microbial ecology remains balanced within 60 days after opening, as confirmed by 16S rRNA.