Abstract

A REVIEW ON PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL COLD CREAM

Shital V. Sirsat*, Nikita M. Rathi, Anjali S. Hiwale and Punam B. Shelke

Abstract

Cosmetics are widely used by both men and women to impart beauty and to improve their appearance. Demand for herbal cosmetics is now a days increasing because they are harmless. Also they have less side effects as they are prepared by taking extract of natural herbs and shrubs. Because of its good convenience and economical with good quality standards it is highly accepted by many people. Herbal cosmetics are prepared in many forms like cold cream preparations containing natural extract of crude drugs like neem, turmertic, fruit extract like Bombax Ceiba Fruit Pulp etc., by adding variety of ingredients in formulation. Cold cream is an emulsion which when applied on the skin, a cooling effect is produced due to slow evaporation of water present in emulsion. These formulations can be evaluated by using various evaluation parameters like pH, viscosity, irritancy, spreadability, microbial growth, thermal stabillity, homogeneity, acid value, saponification value, accelarated stability studies, patch test, smear test, after feel, washability, physical properties, dye test, after feel, in vitro diffusion study etc. The objective of this review is to compile the information of different herbal formulations of cold cream and its evaluation. Herbal cold cream formulations studied by many researchers and this information can be used by many researchers for novel herbal cosmetic formulations with new herbs.

Keywords: Herbal cosmetics, Natural extract, Cold cream, Neem, Turmeric, Fruit extract.