FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL LIPSTICK BY USING AS SAMBUCUS COLOURING PIGMENT

The objectives of this work is to formulate and evaluate an herbal face pack for cosmetic purpose from herbal ingredients like Bees Wax, paraffin wax, Olive oil, Kokum Butter, Soap Nut, Elderberry, Rose Essence, Orange Essence, Green Tea, vanilla Essence were procured from the local market and were prepared by simple Molding method and were evaluated by Physical appearance, pH parameter, Skin irritation test, Perfume stability, Melting point, Breaking point, Force of application, Surface anomalies, Perfume stability, Aging stability Solubility test, Skin irritation, Thixotrophy character. Herbal products are medicines derived from plants. They are used as supplements to improve health and wellbeing, and may be used for other therapeutic purposes. Herbal products are available as tablets, capsules, powders, extracts, teas, shampoos, Lipsticks and so on has become more popular among the consumer herbal medicines represent the fastest growing segment to heal the various ailments. Herbal medicines are thought to be safe as it is natural, but in fact it can cause serious adverse effects and interaction with other drugs and supplements. In present days the use of such products has increased and choice of shades of color, texture and luster have been changed and become wider. This can be observed from the fact that lipsticks are marketed in hundred of shades of colours to satisfy the demand of women. The present investigation was done to formulate herbal lipstick, since lipsticks are one of the key cosmetics to be used by the women. Attempt was also made to evaluate the formulated herbal lipstick. Due to various adverse effects of available synthetic preparation the present work was conceived by us to formulate an herbal lipstick having minimal or no side effects.