Abstract

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUVATION OF BETA VULGARIS STALK BASED HERBAL LIPSTICK

Shish Kumar*, Abhishek Soni, Anurag Goel and Shivam Kumar

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Abstract

With the rising of consumer‟s awareness of the adverse effect of synthetic dye on human health, lipsticks are frequently utilized by females for beautifying their lips. Mostly lipsticks are proposed by emitted dye. Recent studies have done on lipstick unwell that they contain traces of lead and heavy metals which may cause serious illness even cancer and may be fatal for life. This research aim is to produce an organic lipstick using battalias which is obtained from beta vulgaris stalks which having many health benefiting pigments. I.e., leafy top green of beet plant, but they are underutilized by many peoples due to lack of knowledge. Formulated lipstick was further evaluated for its melting point value, pH, softening point, homogeneity, spread ability, skin irritation test. Formulated lipstick result shows that values are near to marketed lipstick.

Keywords: Betalains, Beet stalk, Herbal cosmetics, Lipstick.