DESIGNING AND OPTIMIZING OF MASK FORMULA FOR SENSITIVE SKIN FROM MINERAL MUD IN NINH HO

Abstract

Background: Skin care is one of the important steps to have beautiful skin. In recent years, the trend of using cosmetic products of natural origin has developed in countries around the world as well as in Vietnam. With that trend, this study selected the mineral mud taken in Ninh Hoa, Khanh Hoa province and the medicinal plant green tea as raw materials to make pharmaceutical products which meet testing standards

Objective: Research a pharmaceutical product for sensitive skin from mineral mud and green tea with cleansing and skin care effects made from natural ingredients which meet testing standards.

Subjects and methods: From mineral mud and medicinal plant green tea, research to prepare a pharmaceutical product as ointment using emulsifying method combined with distributed method.

Results: Designed and optimized the mask formula for sensitive skin and established the basic standards for this mask preparation according to regulations of the Ministry of Health.

Conclusion: The study has prepared cosmeceutical products for sensitive skin of natural origin using local ingredients quality meeting the basic standards. Currently, although mineral mud in Ninh Hoa, Khanh Hoa province has been studied and has great potential, it has not been widely applied. Therefore, it is highly important to study new cosmeceuticals with cleansing and skin care benefits from local mineral mud resources.