Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF POLYHERBAL LIPSTICK

Mohini Rathod*, Jay Bariya, Hawa Bibi Mulla, Khushi Chauhan, Shaba Shaikh and Vivek Patel

Abstract

In modern times, men and women both rely heavily on cosmetics to change how they seem. By using makeup, they could become more self-assured and attractive.[1] The study aimed to create herbal lipstick with natural components to cure, smooth, and provide cosmetic and medical benefits for chapped, dark, and other lip conditions caused by environmental elements like heat, humidity, and radiation. To create and assess herbal lipstick with significant smoothing action without impairing the natural structure of lips, the current study was devised. Natural elements will improve the appearance and lessen any negative effects on the lips. We attempted to create an herbal lipstick recipe utilizing natural herbs like dragon fruit, castor oil, and olive oil because our lips' surface needs constant smoothing and mending to remove dead cells, dryness, and chapped lips to keep them healthy. The flavonoids, vitamin E, and ricinoleic acid—all well-reported chemical constituents are present in formulation. Which will provided smoothing and exfoliation, respectively.[2] A variety of organoleptic measures, including color, odor, pH, and thickness, melting point, breaking point, spreadibility, stability, antimicrobial tests were used to assess prepared lipstick. The outcome demonstrates both a cosmetic and medical benefits on lips that are black, dry and affected by atmosphere. Three batches (F1, F2, F3) were formulated and evaluated using different combination of ingredients. The results indicate that formulation F1 has better satisfactory results than F2 and F3 making it an ideal candidate for an optimized batch. The selected final formulation F1 was also compared with the marketed product and observed a comparatively better effect along with an additional antimicrobial effect.

Keywords: Natural cosmetics, Polyherbal lipstick, Dragon fruit extract, Anti-microbial.