Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Scrub using Guava

Abstract

The main objective of our research study was to prepare an herbal scrub. In day to day life for both women and men cosmetics plays an important role to beatifying and altering the appearance of the skin. Now a day consumer well aware about the product benefits and there side effects hence use of the herbal cosmetics get increases because herbal cosmetics has less or no side effects. Guavas are rich source of vitamin C and it contains 4 times vitamin C than any other citrus fruits. Vitamins C helps in Immunity improvement and also protect against common infections and pathogen. Guavas are rich in vitamin A vitamin c and anti oxidants like carotene and lycopene which help protect the skin from wrinkles. A guava helps the skin radiance and freshness and also has vitamin K helps in getting rid of skin discoloration, dark circles, redness, and acne irritation. Based on our research, it could be concluded that the pant possesses a broad spectrum of biological activities. Also, the selected plan are widely used in the treatment of skin disease s. the high amount of plant extract (0.5%) increase the microbial activity of the formulations, however the formulation was found to be unstable when kept for longer duration.