Abstract

Irshad Ahmad Mohd. Salim*, Tapish V. Bele*, Shabnam Saher, Shrishthi S. Gawande, Siddesh Ingle and Tanaya Dhawas

ABSTRACT

Both men and women use cosmetics extensively to enhance their appearance andimpart beauty. Due to their safety, herbal cosmetics are becoming more and morepopular. Additionally, because they are made by extracting natural herbs andshrubs, they have fewer adverse effects. Many people find it to be highly acceptabledue to its good quality standards, affordability, and ease of use. Herbal cosmeticsare prepared in many forms like Moisturising cream preparations containing naturalextract of crude drugs like lemon grass oil, rose water etc. by adding variety ofingredients in formulation. Cream is an emulsion that, when applied to the skin, hasa cooling effect because the water in it evaporates slowly. These formulations canbe evaluated by using various evaluation parameters like pH, viscosity, irritancy,spread-ability, microbial growth, thermal stability, after feel, wash-ability, physicalproperties, after feel, study etc. The purpose of this review is to gather data onvarious herbal cold cream formulations and assess them. Herbal Moisturising creamformulations studied by many researchers and this information can be used by manyresearchers for novel herbal cosmetic formulations with new herbs.