© 2011, AJMPRAsian Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Researches Scienceline Publication Asian J. Res., 2(3): 58-60, 2012 www.science-line.com Formulation and Evaluation of Lipstick Containing Herbal Ingredients Pooja Mishra1* and Sumeet Dwivedi2 1ALPINE Institute of Technology, Ujjain, (M.P.), India 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Ujjain Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ujjain, (M.P.), India * Corresponding author’s Email: pmishra0708@gmail.com, herbal0914@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT: Coloring skin particularly skin of face and lips is an ancient practice going back to prehistoric period. In present days the use of such product 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 marked in hundreds of shades of colors to satisfy the demand of women. The present investigation was done to formulate lipstick containing herbal ingredients, since lipsticks are one of the key cosmetics to be used by the women. Attempt was also made to evaluate the formulated herbal lipsticks.

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From the present investigation it was found that that the HL, F-3 having promising results such as pH 6.89+0.12, melting point 59-62, thixotropy 10.5 etc. Keywords: Cosmetics, Herbs, Herbal lipstick, Formulation, Evaluation INTRODUCTION plant& plant only. However there is resurgence of use of herbs both as drug and cosmetics (Chattopadhyay, 2005).

Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance of the human body. Cosmetics include skin- Coloring lips in an ancient practice date back to care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, prehistoric period. In present days the use of product has fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, increased and choice of shades of colors textures, lustrous, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair have been changed and become wider.