| Abstrakt: |
Mankind uses a variety of cosmetic products to improve overall personality to look young and charming. Herbal cosmetics plays an important role in human being and are widely used because of the devotion that they have less side effects and superior safety as compared with synthetic products. Hair is an epidermal derivative which is one of the vital parts increasing the overall elegance of the body. Hair fall, dandruff, lice, spilt ends, grey hair are few problems involved with hair faced by human. Herbal oils are used to treat hair problems like thinning of hair and dry or flaky scalp. Apart from their moisturizing purposes they are also used to promote hair growth, improve blood circulation in the scalp and prevent dandruff. The aim of present work was to develop herbal hair oil from the Indian Gooseberry, Liquorice, Fenugreek, Curry leaves, Onion seeds, Parsley, Bahera and coconut oil. The formulated herbal hair oil was evaluated and various parameters such as acid value, saponification value, refractive index, pH, viscosity and specific gravity were determined and reported herewith. All the parameters were found to be good and within the standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
