FORMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF SEMI HERBAL ANTI ACNE COMPACT FACE POWDER BY ALLIUM SATIVUM AND MYRISTICA FRAGRANS EXTRACT
Pradnya Shinde*, Rohit Sapate, Seema Shinde, Akshaykumar Kadam, Ranjit Jadhav, Hanmant Mali, Nikita Gidde
Rajarambapu College of Pharmacy, Kasegaon, Maharashtra, India.
The aim of this work is to formulate and test a compact herbal powder from herbal ingredients for cosmetic purposes and anti acne use. Ingredients like Gum Arabic, Glycerol, Talc, Kaolin, Titanium dioxide, Zinc stearate, Garlic and Nutmeg are purchased from local store and then passed through sieve, preparation of binder, mixed thoroughly prepared and evaluated for its organoleptic, physicochemical characters and antimicrobial evaluation. The combined-form dried powder had a passable flow property appropriate for a compact face powder. Herbal compact powders are used as a base for your entire makeup routine and anti-acne activity as it contains garlic extract which is having prominent activity against Pseudomonas aureginosa and Escherichia coli. Thus in this present work, we found good properties of herbal compact powder and find the useful benefits.