A Review on Formulation and Evaluation of travel-friendly Facewash Tablet using polyherbal ingredients

Herbal cosmetics have gained importance because of their safety, biodegradability, and fewer side effects compared to synthetic cosmetics. Facewash tablets are a new, travel-friendly, and eco-friendly solid dosage form that aims to minimize water content, plastic packaging, and microbial contamination. This review aims to provide information on the formulation and evaluation of polyherbal face wash tablets as an effective alternative to the conventional liquid facewash.

The article emphasizes the choice of herbal ingredients such as neem, aloe vera, lemon peel, Reetha, liquorice, rose petals, Multani-mitti, and orange peel, depending on their traditional and cosmetic values. The article also emphasizes the commonly used excipients such as surfactants, binders, disintegrating agents, moisturizers, preservatives, and pH adjusters. The formulation methods, especially direct compression, and the necessary pre-formulation studies such as flow properties and compressibility indices, are also reviewed to ensure the quality of the tablets.

The article also provides information on the standard evaluation parameters for face wash tablets, including physical properties, hardness, friability, pH, foaming capacity, cleaning efficiency, spreadability, and skin irritation tests. Polyherbal face wash tablets are a promising advancement in cosmetic dosage forms due to their improved stability, portability, and consumer compliance.