PREPARATION AND INVITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF NAIL POLISH PREPARED BY USING NATURAL DYE

Abstract

The global nail polish market size was estimated at USD 6.89 billion in 2015 and Itis expected to grow rapidly due to growing purchases by the teenage population who prefer beautiful designer nails. Nail paint is a kind of preparation which once applied on nails give aesthetic appeal, and it has been the part of cosmetic preparation since ages by using different form of dye and agents, In this work an attempt is made to formulate nail paint by using natural dye since artificial dyes and chemical have possibility of giving toxic effect while using finger in daily work having nail painted with different chemicals. Turmeric powder a plant processed material have yellow color which is used for the extraction of yellow dye and then this dye is finally used in the nail paint preparation .