FORMULATION OF HERBAL LIPBALM CONTAINING BANANA PEEL, PAPAYAAND ALOEVERA EXTRACT FOR MOISTURISING LIPS

K. Deekshitha* , U. Srinivas, Vikyathi, A. A. Mishra and H. Ramya

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ABSTRACT

Lip balm formulations are most widely used to enhance the beauty of lips and add glamour touch to the makeup.
This study was aimed to formulate and evaluate herbal lip balm containing banana peel, papaya and aloevera
extract. Beeswax, Banana peel, Papaya, aloevera extract, glycerol Melted together in Chinadish A on Water bath.
Cocoa butter, Vitamin E Melted together in China dish B on Water bath. After melting, china dish B is Poured into
china dish A and mixed together to obtain homogeneous mixture Homogeneous Preparation was poured into balm
stick mould and was kept in ice bath and allowed to solidify. After removing it from the mould, sticks were kept at
refrigerator. those products were subjected to tests such as physical appearance, melting point, spreadability, pH
determination, stability test. The prepared Herbal lipalm was Pale yellow in color and had characteristic pleasant
odor of Rose oil. Melting point of lip balm was found to be in the range of range 68 o6 to 69 oC. Test of
spreadability was found to be Good, uniform, does not leave fragments, perfect application, without any
deformation of the lip balm at room temperature. The formulation was subjected to various evaluation tests, the
results obtained indicate that the herbal lip balm had optimum pH, melting point and spreadability.

Keywords: Herbal Lip Balm, Extract, Moisturising, Spreadability, Stability.