Disclosed are the skin care applications of a composition containing thepartially purified extracellular metaboliteisolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856. More specifically, the inventiondiscloses the ability of the partially purified extracellularmetabolite isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 to confer protection tothe skin fibroblasts against UV induced cell damageand apoptosis, oxidative stress and inflammation.