Annika Bautista, Martin Cruz, and Guia Peralta of the team Into Your Genes have emerged victorious at the recently concluded L’Oréal Brandstorm’s 2019 Philippine National Finals.
The University of the Philippines Diliman business students developed a skin patch called In Skin. The patch is an answer to issues such as acne and dry skin, and works by directly stimulating the user’s DNA. In Skin is directly applied to the skin and can be worn throughout the day.
“There are so many factors inside your body that can actually create the problems you feel now,” said Peralta. “Our solution taps into that and brings out the best in you by healing you from within.”
Over the course of six months, the team worked tirelessly on their Brandstorm pitch.
“It’s just surreal,” shared Bautista. “It feels like an entire journey was encapsulated in that one moment when we were announced as champions.”
Into Your Genes’ pitch impressed the L’Oréal jury panel, which included Thibault de Saint Victor (country managing director), Supriya Singh (general manager of consumer products), Luis Yanga (general manager of professional products), Tina Ampil (general manager of human resources), and Polly Malacad (scientific director).
The team is heading to Paris, France for the Brandstorm Worldwide Finals on May 22-23. They will compete against over 65 countries for the global championship. Should they bag the global championship, Into Your Genes will have the chance to work with L’Oréal experts to test the feasibility of In Skin as an actual product under the L’Oréal Active Cosmetics Division at Station F.
Bohol Wisdom School of Tagbilaran City took the coveted top spot in the recently concluded Bato Balani Search for the Best Science Investigatory Project.
BBSIP aims to recognize the creativity and ingenuity of Filipino junior high school students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
The team of Saimon Anino, Arthur Elman, and Dianne Lane Madaje bested other competitors with their project entitled “The Anti-parasitic Activity of Talisay (Terminalia catappa) Leaves Against Caligid (Lepeophtheirusspinifer) Parasites on Pompano (Trachinotusblochii) Fish.”
Their research revealed promising findings for a natural solution to lessening the parasitic and mortality rates of the Pompano, a popular fish in the Philippines known to be the country’s local salmon.