Abstract:

As the attention of consumers to the “natural, green and safe” cosmetics is increasing, the development of fermentation cosmetics has made great progress in the past five years. Thanks to various research methods, domestic and foreign researchers have effectively improved the activity and content of active ingredients in fermentation products. With the help of bibliometric methods and knowledge graph visualization software named VOSviewer, this paper analyzed the literatures from 2018 to 2023 in CNKI database and Web of Science core database. A database in the field of fermentation-source cosmetic were established, taking “cosmetic” and “fermentation” or “fermented” as the key words. According to the knowledge graph, the results were summarized to introduce the development of fermentation cosmetics during the past five years. Diverse fermentation strains and products are classified, and so is the efficacy of raw materials after fermentation. While analyzing the visualization graph, more importance is attached to fermentation strains, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae for producing some relative cosmetic raw materials. In addition, other parts like fermentation production and product efficacy are mentioned to review the past-five-year achievements. Moreover, the development of future fermentation cosmetics is prospected in this paper. In the near future, fermented cosmetics raw materials will be used more and more frequently. With characteristics and advantages, green, eco-friendly and easy-to-obtain, fermentation cosmetics will eventually be developed during future researches.

Key words: fermentation cosmetics, strains, fermentation production, VOSviewer