Cosmetics play an important role in  everyday life for both men and women. Many people have a desire to look good and feel good, and so they rely on cosmetics to achieve this. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating consumers on the content of cosmetic products, states that women use an average of about 12 personal care products in a day, and men use about half that. So in this article we have tried to discuss the skin care products, their chemical composition and many more things related to it.

Skin Care 

Skin care represents a wide range of practices that supports skin integrity, enhances its appearance and relieves skin conditions. They might involve nutrition, avoidance of excessive sun exposure and proper use of emollients. Practices that help in enhancing the appearance involves the use of cosmetics, botulinum, exfoliation, fillers, laser resurfacing, microdermabrasion, peels, retinol therapy and ultrasonic skin treatment. Skin care is a routine daily procedure in many settings, like skin that is either too dry or too moist, and prevention of dermatitis and prevention of other skin injuries.

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) represents the medications that are generally used in cancer treatment. These medications mainly cause skin and nail problems, including rashes, dry skin and paronychia. Preventive intensive moisturising with emollient ointments many times, avoidance of water-based creams and water soaks (however in certain circumstances white vinegar or potassium permanganate soaks might help), protecting the skin from excessive exposure to sunshine, and soap substitutes that are less dehydrating for the skin than normal soaps, also the shampoos that reduce the risk of scalp folliculitis, are suggested. Treatment measures with topical antibiotic medication might also be helpful.

Procedure and Radiation

Skin care procedures generally involve the use of botulinum;; fillers; laser medicine in cosmetic vitiligo, hair removal, exfoliation, resurfacing , photodynamic therapy; microdermabrasion; retinol therapy. Radiation induces various skin reactions in the treated area, particularly in the axilla, head, neck, perineum and skin fold regions. Various formulations along with moisturising, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and wound healing properties are commonly used, but no preferred approach or individual product has been identified as best practice. Soft silicone dressings that serve as a barrier to friction might also be helpful. In breast cancer, calendula cream is proven to be very helpful in reducing the severity of radiation effects on the dark spot corrector. Deodorant use after completing radiation treatment has been proved controversial but is now recommended for practice.

Cosmetics

Cosmetics are composed of a mixture of chemical compounds that are derived  either from any natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics possess various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care may be used to cleanse or protect the body or skin. Cosmetics that are designed to enhance or alter one’s appearance (makeup) may also be used to conceal blemishes, enhance one’s natural features (like those of the eyebrows and eyelashes), add colors to a person’s face, or change the appearance of the face entirely to look like a different person, creature or object. Cosmetics can also be designed to add some fragrance to the body.

Ingredients

A variety of organic compounds and inorganic compounds composed of typical cosmetics. Typical organic compounds are generally modified natural oils and fats as well as a variety of petro chemically derived agents. Inorganic compounds are processed minerals like those of iron oxides, talc, and zinc oxide. The oxides of zinc and iron are mainly categorised as pigments.

Natural

Handmade and certified organic products are becoming more mainstream, because of the fact that certain chemicals in some skincare products might be harmful if absorbed directly through the skin. Products that are claimed to be organic should be certified  as “USDA Organic”. One of the most common traditional Chinese medicines is the fungus tremella fuciformis, which is used as a beauty product by most of the women in China and Japan.

Mineral

The word “mineral makeup” refers to a category of face makeup, which involves the use of foundation, eye shadow, blush, and bronzer, composed of loose, dry mineral powders. These powders are mainly mixed with oil-water emulsions. Lipsticks, liquid foundations, and other liquid cosmetics, along with compressed makeups like those of eye shadow and blush in compacts, are usually known as mineral makeup if they possess the same primary ingredients as the dry mineral makeups. Liquid makeups should possess preservatives and compressed makeups should also contain binders that dry mineral makeups do not contain. Mineral makeup generally does not contain synthetic fragrances, preservatives, parabens, mineral oil, and chemical dyes. Mainly because of this reason, dermatologists consider mineral makeup to be gentler on the skin than makeup that contains those ingredients.

Conclusion

Cosmetics and skin care products are designed for skin care and can be used to cleanse, exfoliate and protect the skin, as well as replenish it, with the use of cleansers, toners, serums, moisturizers, and balms. Cosmetics are designed for more general personal care, like shampoo and body wash, and are used to cleanse the body.

Nowadays cosmetics are used to enhance a person’s appearance (makeup) it can also be used to conceal blemishes, enhance person’s natural features (like the eyebrows and eyelashes)and—in such case, more extreme forms of makeup are used for performances, such as fashion shows and people in costume—can be used to change the appearance of the face entirely to look like a different person, creature or object.