Harnessing Nature’s Hues: Preparation and Evaluation of Herbal Lipsticks with Natural Pigments

Adorning the skin, especially the skin on the face and lips, is an ancient technique dating back to prehistoric times.The use of such products has grown in recent years, as has the variety of colors, textures, and luster's available.This is evident by the fact that lipsticks are available in hundreds of different colors to meet the demands of women.This study was carried out to formulate herbal lipstick using Brassica oleracea var.capitata f. rubra (Purple Cabbage) and Tagetes erecta (Marigold), acknowledging that lipsticks are among the most widely used cosmetics by women.Due to the numerous detrimental effects of available synthetic preparations, the present study was carried out to develop an herbal lipstick with minimum or no side effects that will be widely utilized by the ladies of our communities with great confidence and satisfaction.Herbal lipsticks were evaluated for prescribed criteria.The results show that all of the herbal lipsticks were stable and had a good force of application, with the breaking threshold reaching 40gm.The melting point values for different formulations range from 51.8 to 61.6, and pH ranged from 5.3-6.7.The study stated that natural colouring pigment may be a preferable option to develop herbal lipsticks.