Abstract

A REVIEW ON NATURAL ADDITIVES USED IN COSMETIC PREPARATIONS

Joshi Anjali* and Singh Nardev

ABSTRACT

The concept of beauty and cosmetics is as ancient as mankind and civilization. Women and men are obsessed with looking beautiful. The cosmetics are the utility product used extensively throughout the world for maintaining & improving general appearance of face and other parts of body e.g. mouth, hand, finger, hair etc. Cosmetics alone are not sufficient to take care of skin and body parts, it require association of active ingredients and additives to check damage and ageing of skin. So, they use various beauty products that have significant herbs and additives to look charming and young. Indian herbs and its significance are popular worldwide. An herbal cosmetic have growing demand in the world market and is an invaluable gift of nature. Herbal formulations always have attracted considerable attention because of their good activity and comparatively lesser or nil side effects with synthetic cosmetics. Indian women have long used herbal plant such as Sandalwood and Turmeric for skin care, Henna to colour the hair, palms and soles and natural oils to perfume their bodies. Not too long ago, elaborate herbal beauty treatments were carried out in the royal palaces of India to heighten sensual appeal and maintain general hygiene. The herbal cosmetics manufactured and used commonly for daily purpose include herbal face wash, herbal conditioner, herbal soap and herbal shampoo.

Keywords: Herbal cosmetics, Skin care, Hair care, Herbal soaps, Herbal perfumes, Miscellaneous additives.