Development of formulation containing extract of orange peel and D-limonene

Nowadays finding personal cleansing products which have safe and natural based ingredients in their formulation is very hard. Most of cleansing products in the market have harmful chemicals. These chemicals can damage to hair and create skin irritation what can lead systemic illness and cancer. The purpose of this thesis is formulation dissolvable film personal cleansing product which contains natural ingredients such as citrus peel extract ( CPE ), virgin coconut oil ( VCO ), glycolipid ( GL ) and sodium hyaluronate (Na-HA). Different amount of glycolipid and CPE are used in different formulations to decide most effective optimized formulation. CPE (d-limonene (DL)) used because of its cleansing and stress relieving effects. GL used as natural surfactant and have no harmful effect to human hair and skin. Na-HA used as carrier to give conditioning effect. The reason of using dissolvable film form is increasing product stability and safeteness without using synthetic surfactants. The formulation which contains GL, CPE ( DL ), Na-HA and VCO is quite useful for cleaning and conditioning skin and hair such as reviving human hair and scalp from years of using product that contains harsh chemicals. Our formulation is better other many formulations because it is using benefits of natural oil and extracts and non-ionic natural surfactant like GL instead of using chemicals that is harmful for hair and skin. Final formulation ( F1 ) was determined by examining different formulations. The final formulation was choosen because of its low mechanical properties, efficient cleaning and conditioning actions, non preservative usage, containing natural origin surfactants and base and gives no skin irritancy. In addition to that properties, F1 formulation also has antimicrobial properties. More over dissolvable film formulation with natural ingredient gives user ease of carrier and help environment by letting biodegredable substances go down the drain instead of chemicals.