What are cosmetics?
Cosmetics are products that are formulated for application on the external surface of body for the purpose of cleansing, beautifying, or altering appearance and enhancing attractive features. Cosmetics are generally fabricatedusing a mixture of chemical compounds derived from natural sources or created synthetically and have their own characteristics.
Consumerism of personal care products
Due to health awareness and desire for attractive appearance, modern cosmetics are growing in demand. They are available in the form of organic cosmetics, mineral cosmetics and even environmentally friendly cosmetics.
Increased cognizance about health led to the demand for natural and organic skin care products, making it a major sector in the cosmetics and wellness industry. Organic products are derived from natural resources and are free from harmful chemicals. Growing awareness regarding the adverse effects of synthetic counterparts has contributed to an increase in the demand for these products.Mineral cosmetics are also trend these days as they are composed of compressed minerals. These cosmetics are pure minerals and do not contain any other additive such are oil or wax.
Importance of Iron in cosmetic industry
Some kinds of natural minerals can have beneficial health results for the skin, combining health effects with cosmetic results. The claim that applying minerals directly to the skin in the form of cosmetics has health benefits. Iron is one such mineral widely used as a cosmetic ingredient because of its various benefits like help to increase iron content, magnetic nature, non-hazardous to health etc.
Iron is used in the form of pure form,which is an inorganic compound. These are used in the production of a wide variety of product types, including makeup and skin care preparations.
Iron impart a color to cosmetics and personal care products. Depending on the specific Iron Oxides or mixtures of Iron Oxides used, the color will vary from orange, red, yellow to black. Theytypically don’t cause problems even for people with sensitive skin.
Magnetic face mask combines traditional face maskingredients along with iron particles to create a micro-current in the skin when they’re used witha magnetenhancing the skin’s ability to heal itself.
IMP’s importance in cosmetics:
We at Industrial Metal Powder(I) Pvt Ltd, manufacture of food and pharma grades of high purity iron powders. Based on various trials and results, our newly developed Reduced Iron Powder Electro-Facial 200 is the most appropriate for this cosmetic application. Electro-Facial 200 is specially developed with controlled physical and chemical properties. Because of very low impurities, it is extremally effective to make magnetic face mask. The powder is made in a facility which is ISO 22000 certified along with HACCP & GMP practices. It meets the chemical properties of Food Chemical Codex (FCC), it’s used as an opacifying agent in cosmetics.
Benefits of IMP:
- Assurance of stable quality
- Assurance of product safety
- Assurance of business risk
- Assurance of green product
IMP is producing this special grade of magnetic facial mask with stringent guidelines given by international standards. Due to it stable chemistry and excellent magnetic properties, it is being use as major ingredient in making magnetic facial mask. It has excellent interaction with other elements and liquid form ingredient while formulating the mixture of facial mask. Because of its particle shape, it does not harm to skin and work smoothly to remove the dirt and impurities from skin. Excellent magnetic properties help to stick to magnet 100% and take out all the dirt & impurities on skin.
Since it is a green product, it is nonhazardous and working well for any type of formulation.
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