Classification of Cosmetics

According to their Use

Use for the

Use for the
Skin
Hair
Use for the Use for Teeth
Nails Use for the Eye
o & Mouth
Creams
o Powders o Shampoo
o Lotions o Nail Polish o Hair
o o Dentrifrices
Deodrants o Nail Polish Removers
o Eye creams
o Antiperspia- Remover o Hair Dyes
o Mouthwashes o Eye Lashes
nts o Manicure o Hair tonics
o Eye Linters
Preparations o Hair
Sprays
 According to their Functions

Curative or
Decorative
therapeutic
Functions
Functions
Protective Corrective
Functions Functions

o Antiperspirant o Lipsticks

o Hair o Face Powders o Face Powders o Nail Polishes

Preparations
o Eye Lashes
 According to their Physical Nature

Aerosols
Sticks

Cakes
o Hair Emulsions Pastes Soaps
Solutions o Lipsticks
Perfumes
Oils
o After o Rouge o Deodrant
Shave Compacts o Vanishing o Tooth sticks
Cream Pastes o o Shaving
Lotion After Shave
o Hair Soap
o Make up
o Cold Cream oils o Deodr Solutions
Compacts
ant o Hand Lotions
o Toilet
o Cleanising Pastes Soap
Cream o Astringent
Lotions o Shampoo
o All purpose
Soap
Cream
 DENTIFRICES
Dentifrices are the preparations meant to be applied to the teeth with a tooth brush for
the purpose of cleaning the surface of teeth . Dentifrices used in following cases:-

Reduce Polishing
Cleaning
incidence of of the
of Tooth
tooth decay Tooth

Prevention of
Reduction of formation or
periodontal DENTIFRICES Removal of
disease dental plaque

Prevention Removal of Reduction of

of formation Strains from mouth
of calculus the teeth odours
 Shold be Should be
Non-toxic Economical

QUALITIES OF Should give

Should clean
GOOD fresh & clean
the teeth
DENTIFRICES sensation

Should be Should be efficient

properly in removing food
sweetened & substances,
flavoured plaque
 Ingredients use in Formulation of Dentifrices
Abrasives :-
 These are also known as polishing agents.
 It is used to remove debris and residual strains from teeth surface
 Commonly used abrasives are precipitated calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate
calcium pyrophosphate, magnesium trisilicate and hydrated alumina etc.

Binders :-
 These are used to keep the solids and liquids in the united form and to maintain the
consistency.
 Commonly used are Gum tracgacanth, sodium alginate, methyl cellulose, etc.
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