FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF LIP BALM BY USING HONEY AND SESAME OIL TO LIGHTEN THE DARK LIPS
Nishigandha Waykule*, Prachet Bagewadikar and Somasharan Kale
Abstract
The lip care products of day-to-day use contain heavy metals and
preservatives in their formulations. The heavy metals have adverse
effects on the lips that these leach through the pores of the lips and
may accidently get ingested internally. One of the heavy metal Lead
and its substitutes affects the nervous and cardiac functioning while
Cadmium and Chromium may lead to Carcinoma of various vital
organs. The rising global demand for natural products whose
production is harmless to the human body and environment has
developed the novel method of formulations of cosmetics. The image
of environment friendly formulation is one of the strongest attractions
of the organic or herbal cosmetics. While the lip balm is such a cosmetic product similar to
lipstick which prevents the dryness of lips, nourish the lips and protects against the
surrounding factors. The lip balm resist from the external temperature variations and other
factors. Lip balm is not gender specific product that is anyone can easily use this cosmetic.
The present formulations of lip balm cover all the criteria of the nourishment and protection
of lips.
Keywords: Herbal, Organic, Lip Balm, Sesame oil.
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