Allah himself admires beuty, therefore,his viceroy on earth also does, that is, man. Since times immemorial, man has been preoccupied with beauty. The old and the new literature is full of admiration of beauty. An effective recipe for beauty is the cosmetics. However, its just recent that scientists have achieved success in developing safe and efficacious cosmetics.
WHAT EXACTLY COSMETICS ARE?
The UNITED STATES FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT 1938 defines cosmetics as “articles intended o be rubbed, poured, sprinkled on, introduced into, or otherwise applied on the human body or any part, for cleansing, beautifying and promoting effectiveness or altering the appearance”.
Cosmetics are basically chemical substances to improve the external looks of the body. Some cosmetics are classed as drugs for they alter the functioning of the human body. Infact, sunscreening formulations are now also being re-evaluated to determine whether they should also be classed as drugs. The cosmetics application may be ivided into the following groups.
TYPES EXAMPLES
1) Skin care Emollients, creams, suntan lotions, body
scrubs, masks, skin toners, sunblocks etc.
2) Decoration Lipstick, face powder, face bases, eye liner
eye shades, blush on, lenses in different
colors, nail polish, mascara, etc.
3) Odour control Deodorants, body sprays, perfumes,
Colognes, after shave lotions, etc.
4) Hair applications Permanents, bleaches, sprays, depilatories,
straighter, rollers, etc.
SKIN CARE
Skin is the largest organ of the body. Skin breathes and it is the out look of a human body which is the basic of depicting beauty.
It carries out many functions including temperature regulation, fluid maintenance and disease control.
Skin regulation is the softening of the upper layer of skin. The most common treatment is merely coating the skin with mineral oil or petroleum jelly. Nearly twenty billion Dollars are spent annually on skin care. Vaseline is the best known brand for the softening of the skin The first moisturizer and skin softener were developed in the dry and arid region of Near East around 3000 B.C.
EMOLLIENTS: are oil or fat based compounds that also soften the skin. Their examples are lanolin, cetyl alcohol, cocoa butter. Lanolin is ester in sheep wool. Cetyl alcohol was originally obtained from whale sperm. Cocoa butter another emollient is mixture of ester obtained from cocoa beans.
SKIN CREAMS: are oil in water emulsions. Creams include surfactants, herbs or plant extract include vitamins. These are natural effective agents for skin whitening and softening such as cold creams.
SUNTAN LOTIONS: come in dozen forms including creams, oils and lotions. Most suntan lotions now contain chemical sunscreens to block out ultraviolet light and help prevent skin cancer.
BODY SCRUBS: are used to peel off the dead skin cells of the body. It mostly contained apricot particles, dried orange, and a mixture of creams.
SKIN TOONERS: are used to polish the skin and protect it from the harmful effects of the sun and sunlight.
SUNBLOCKS: are used to block the harmful ultraviolet rays of sun. It provides a kind of coating and covering to avoid the effects of sun rays on skin. It is mostly used in countries with hot and dry atmosphere.
DECORATIVE COSMETICS:
Decorative cosmetics are basically used to promote beauty not the health.
LIPSTICK AND LIPBALM: Lips are the most sensitive area of the skin. They are especially susceptible to dryness and its effects. Lipstick and lipbalm have similar ingredients as emollient which are effective in preventing the skin from getting dry.
NAIL POLISH: Nails are designed to protect the fingers and toes. The cosmetic industry views the nails as perfectly designed for aesthetic application. The Egyptians were the first to paint the nails with red stain by 3000B.C. and the Chinese were using egg white, gumarabic beewax to formulate nail lacquers. Modern nail polish is still a lacquer used to paint the nails.
FACE POWDER: is used to cover blemishes or hide oily spots on face. The main ingredients of most powders are inexpensive inert organic compounds such as chalk or talc and soap binder helps hold the powder onto the face. The amount of dye or pigment varies with the specific type of face powder.
EYE COSMETICS: are basically used to enhance the effective look of eyes. Different color of eye shades and eye liner is used to prominent the shape of eyes. Mascara is used to amplify the size of eye lashes.
BLUSH ON: is used to give a glowing and vibrant color to the cheeks.
CONTACT LENSES: are used to give different colors to the eye and are temporarily used.
HAIR APPLICATIONS:
Different kinds of hair dyes are used to give the hair different styles and colors at regular intervals of time.
Streaks are also in trend now a day which give double or triple shaded streaks to the colors. It also provides a stunning look to the hair style as well.
Different kinds of rollers and straighter are also available in the market as well.
ODOUR CONTROLS:
Perspiring is a normal body function thats help regulate the body teperature and remove waste products. There exist three categories of odour-controlling agents:Deodorants, antiperspirants and perfumes.
DEODORANTS:Deodorants are chemicals that attempt to musk or absorb the body odour. They come in the form of powders, sticks, liquids and odours.
ANTIPERSPIRANTS:Antiperspirants are similar to deodorants, but they also add a chemical that prevent the formation of sweat. The most commonly used chemical is aluminium.
cholorohydrate.
PERFUMES, COLOGNES AND AFTER- SHAVE LOTIONS:These all are the presence of fragrance. Whatever man uses, cosmetics is basically his effort to enhance the beauty created by creator of this universe, the Almighty, but they do have harmful effects.
WHAT EXACTLY COSMETICS ARE?
The UNITED STATES FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT 1938 defines cosmetics as “articles intended o be rubbed, poured, sprinkled on, introduced into, or otherwise applied on the human body or any part, for cleansing, beautifying and promoting effectiveness or altering the appearance”.
Cosmetics are basically chemical substances to improve the external looks of the body. Some cosmetics are classed as drugs for they alter the functioning of the human body. Infact, sunscreening formulations are now also being re-evaluated to determine whether they should also be classed as drugs. The cosmetics application may be ivided into the following groups.
TYPES EXAMPLES
1) Skin care Emollients, creams, suntan lotions, body
scrubs, masks, skin toners, sunblocks etc.
2) Decoration Lipstick, face powder, face bases, eye liner
eye shades, blush on, lenses in different
colors, nail polish, mascara, etc.
3) Odour control Deodorants, body sprays, perfumes,
Colognes, after shave lotions, etc.
4) Hair applications Permanents, bleaches, sprays, depilatories,
straighter, rollers, etc.
SKIN CARE
Skin is the largest organ of the body. Skin breathes and it is the out look of a human body which is the basic of depicting beauty.
It carries out many functions including temperature regulation, fluid maintenance and disease control.
Skin regulation is the softening of the upper layer of skin. The most common treatment is merely coating the skin with mineral oil or petroleum jelly. Nearly twenty billion Dollars are spent annually on skin care. Vaseline is the best known brand for the softening of the skin The first moisturizer and skin softener were developed in the dry and arid region of Near East around 3000 B.C.
EMOLLIENTS: are oil or fat based compounds that also soften the skin. Their examples are lanolin, cetyl alcohol, cocoa butter. Lanolin is ester in sheep wool. Cetyl alcohol was originally obtained from whale sperm. Cocoa butter another emollient is mixture of ester obtained from cocoa beans.
SKIN CREAMS: are oil in water emulsions. Creams include surfactants, herbs or plant extract include vitamins. These are natural effective agents for skin whitening and softening such as cold creams.
SUNTAN LOTIONS: come in dozen forms including creams, oils and lotions. Most suntan lotions now contain chemical sunscreens to block out ultraviolet light and help prevent skin cancer.
BODY SCRUBS: are used to peel off the dead skin cells of the body. It mostly contained apricot particles, dried orange, and a mixture of creams.
SKIN TOONERS: are used to polish the skin and protect it from the harmful effects of the sun and sunlight.
SUNBLOCKS: are used to block the harmful ultraviolet rays of sun. It provides a kind of coating and covering to avoid the effects of sun rays on skin. It is mostly used in countries with hot and dry atmosphere.
DECORATIVE COSMETICS:
Decorative cosmetics are basically used to promote beauty not the health.
LIPSTICK AND LIPBALM: Lips are the most sensitive area of the skin. They are especially susceptible to dryness and its effects. Lipstick and lipbalm have similar ingredients as emollient which are effective in preventing the skin from getting dry.
NAIL POLISH: Nails are designed to protect the fingers and toes. The cosmetic industry views the nails as perfectly designed for aesthetic application. The Egyptians were the first to paint the nails with red stain by 3000B.C. and the Chinese were using egg white, gumarabic beewax to formulate nail lacquers. Modern nail polish is still a lacquer used to paint the nails.
FACE POWDER: is used to cover blemishes or hide oily spots on face. The main ingredients of most powders are inexpensive inert organic compounds such as chalk or talc and soap binder helps hold the powder onto the face. The amount of dye or pigment varies with the specific type of face powder.
EYE COSMETICS: are basically used to enhance the effective look of eyes. Different color of eye shades and eye liner is used to prominent the shape of eyes. Mascara is used to amplify the size of eye lashes.
BLUSH ON: is used to give a glowing and vibrant color to the cheeks.
CONTACT LENSES: are used to give different colors to the eye and are temporarily used.
HAIR APPLICATIONS:
Different kinds of hair dyes are used to give the hair different styles and colors at regular intervals of time.
Streaks are also in trend now a day which give double or triple shaded streaks to the colors. It also provides a stunning look to the hair style as well.
Different kinds of rollers and straighter are also available in the market as well.
ODOUR CONTROLS:
Perspiring is a normal body function thats help regulate the body teperature and remove waste products. There exist three categories of odour-controlling agents:Deodorants, antiperspirants and perfumes.
DEODORANTS:Deodorants are chemicals that attempt to musk or absorb the body odour. They come in the form of powders, sticks, liquids and odours.
ANTIPERSPIRANTS:Antiperspirants are similar to deodorants, but they also add a chemical that prevent the formation of sweat. The most commonly used chemical is aluminium.
cholorohydrate.
PERFUMES, COLOGNES AND AFTER- SHAVE LOTIONS:These all are the presence of fragrance. Whatever man uses, cosmetics is basically his effort to enhance the beauty created by creator of this universe, the Almighty, but they do have harmful effects.
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