Abstract

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL LIPSTICK COMPRISING NATURAL COLOURING MATERIALS FOR ENHANCED ELEGANCE AND SAFETY

V. Anusha*, P. Moulika2, B. Swathi, Aruna Kuthani, N. Rajani

Abstract

The Present study aims at developing herbal lipsticks using natural ingredients from plant sources which helps in reducing toxicity and supports in improving safety of formulation. The trend of using herbal cosmetics has been increased due to various advantages like natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effects, improved moisturization, natural elegance and shine, etc. Herbal lip beautifying products are made-up of natural plant extracts that rejuvenate lip skin with original freshness. The objective of the present research involves formulation and evaluation of herbal lipsticks using natural coloring material from natural sources such as beetroot, pomegranate, litchi, strawberry and grape fruit. The composition includes natural ingredients such as beeswax, carnauba wax, coconut oil, olive oil, vitamin E, Vanilla essence, lemon juice were used to formulate herbal lipstick. All the formulated herbal lipstick were evaluated for different evaluation tests like color, texture, pH, melting point, breaking point, surface anomalies, aging stability, skin irritation. The results revealed that evaluation parameters of prepared herbal lipstick were in standard limit values. It can be finally concluded that the F3 was found to be good concerning all the evaluation parameters like melting point, aging stability, breaking point and the colour produced. The F3 formulation meets with all the ideal requirements of good lipstick and it was best with stability based on the composition. The research concludes that herbal lipsticks are safe to use with fewer or no toxicities as compared to lipsticks comprising synthetic colouring materials.

Keywords: Natural, extracts, safety, toxicity and beetroot.