WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Parikshit D. Shirure, Shraddha K. Birajdar, Supriya Y. Ingale, Sneha V. Jadhav, Nandini B. Bajaj, Namanand B. Kale

ABSTRACT

The word ‘Cosmetic’ derived from a Greek word – ‘kosmetikos’that means to adorn. From that time any materials used to beautification or promoting appearance is known as cosmetic. Cosmetics are used to enhance appearance. Makeup has been around for many centuries. The first known people who used cosmetics to enhance their beauty were the Egyptians. Makeup those days was just simple eye colouring or some material for the body. Now-a-days makeup plays an important role for both men and women. The importance of cosmetics has increased as many people want to stay young and attractive. Cosmetics are readily available today in the form of creams, lipstick, perfumes, eye shadows, nail polishes, hair sprays etc. Other cosmetics like face powder give glow to the skin after applying the base cream. Then we have lipsticks, which are applied by many women of all ages. They are made from wax and cocoa butter in the desired amount. Herbal cosmetics are widely used when compared to synthetic cosmetics. Herbal Cosmetics referred as Products, they are formulated, using various cosmetic ingredients to form the base in which one or more herbal ingredients are used to provide defined cosmetic benefits only, shall be called as “natural cosmetics”. The demand of herbal medicines is increasing rapidly due to their lack of side effects. Cosmetic products are used to protect exogenous and endogenous harmful agents and enhance the beauty and attractiveness of skin. Cosmetics are developed to reduce wrinkles, fight acne and to control oil secretion. For various types of skin ailments formulations like skin protective, sunscreen, antiacne, antiwrinkle and antiaging are designed using varieties of materials, either natural or synthetic. Both men and women use cosmetics like colognes, gels, and lotions on a daily basis.

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