Shaving &

Aftershave Preparations

By

Guruprasad Venkatakrishna Rao

&

Virendra Ambalal Jain

Introduction What is shaving ?Answer- Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other

kind of bladed implement, to slice it down to the level of the skin.

Why it is being carried out ?Answer – Shaving is just an effort of Human Being to improve his

Personal appearance. However it is often associated with religious Practice too.

e.g. A child Birth hair is being shaved as a practice in religion . More popular example is Tirupathi Balaji Temple. Is it necessary ( Scientifically ) ?Answer – No ,it is not Necessary . There are many peoples in the field

who have never thinked of shaving their hairs . Infact A lot of your body hair though is to help keep you cool, keep dirt out of certain areas, and can also help you to feel things when something moves or touches them.

Shaving Preparation History

It all started with Shaving Soap , first in the form of the cake or bar, then in the mug ,stick, or powdered form.

These in turn gave way to the cream-type products, both lather and brushless.

Shaving Preparation PropertiesEasy & rapid production of a copious lather.Resistance to rapid drying.Freedom from the possibility of skin irritation

(mucosa of eye, nose etc) .Rapid softening of beard & sufficient viscosity

to hold the hair erect to facilitate cutting the individual hair.

Lubrication to make the razor glide over the face more easily and painlessly.

CLASSES OF SHAVING PREPARATION

STICKS & POWDERS

SHAVING SOAPS

SHAVING CREAMS

SHAVING SOAPSCOMBINATION OF COCONUT OIL SOAPS &

PALM OIL SOAPS FOR QUICK & STABLE LATHERING.

WITHIN EACH THERE IS A COMBINATION OF POTASSIUM & SODIUM SOAPS TO GET QUICK LATHERING & MAINTAIN THE BODY OF SOAP

SUPPERFATTING AGENTS & TALC ARE ALSO EMPLOYED.

RECENT INNOVATION LIES IN THE USE OF HEMOSTATIC MATERIALS

SHAVING POWDERSPOPULAR WITH THE BARBERS.POWDER EASILY DISPENSED INTO

SHAVING MUG PRIOR TO ADDITION OF WATER AND PRODUCTION OF LATHER USING SHAVING BRUSH.

PRODUCT CLAIMED TO MORE SANITARY BECAUSE FRESH QUANTITY OF POWDER WAS USED EVERYTIME.

SHAVING STICKSGENERALLY NOT POPULAR AMONG

CUSTOMERS BUT IT EXIST FORMULATION LOGIC IS SAME AS THAT

OF SOAP BUT THIS ONE IS MORE ENRICHED IN SOAPS.

ONCE FORMULATION EXISTED IN 1939 WITH ALKALI PEROXIDE AS AN INGREDIENTS.

LATHER SHAVING CREAMHAVE SAME INGREDIENTS AS THAT OF

SOAP WITH INCLUSION OF GREATER AMOUNT OF WATER TO GIVE CREAMY CONSISTENCY.

PLAYING WITH THE RATIO OF Na / K SOAPS NOT ONLY AFFECT LATHER BUT ALSO CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY OF CREAM.

SUPPERFATTING AGENTS AND BORAX ARE ADDED TO MAINTAIN STABILITY.

BRUSHLESS SHAVING CREAMNOT MEANT TO PRODUCE FOAMIT IS O/W EMULSION.COMFARTABLE SHAVE IS BECAUSE OF

GREATER LUBRICATING ABILITY AND SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION IN RAZOR PULL OR DRAG.

LEAVES FACE WITH THIN COATING OF OIL.

WETTING AGENTS ARE EMPLOYED TO IMPROVE BEARD SOFTENING.

AquaStearic acidPalm kernel oilPropylene glycolPotassium hydroxideParfumTriclocarbanDisodium EDTA,menthol, preservativeTiO2

K/Na SOAP COCONUT OILGLYCERINEEMULSIFIERPERFUME

• MENTHOL• DISODIUM EDTA•PRESERVATIVES

AQUASTEARIC ACIDGLYCERINEKOHCOCODIETHANOL AMIDE

LAURIC ACIDMYRISTIC ACIDSLSVIT E ACETATECOCODIETHANOL AMIDE

PEG 7BORAXPRESERVATIVES

ILL EFFECTS OF SHAVING

CUTS ABRASIONS IRRITATIONS

Aftershave Preparation

WHAT IS AN AFTERSHAVE ???An astringent, typically scented lotion for

applying to the skin after shaving.

HOW DOES IT WORKS ??? IT RAISES THE PH OF THE SKIN AFTER THE USE OF ALKAINE SOAP.SINCE, IT ALSO CAUSES MILD COAGULATION OF SKIN PROTIENS AND PROTECT THE SKIN BY CLOSING THE PORES WHICH GOT OPENED DURING SHAVING.TO NUMB DAMAGED SKIN .TO PREVENT INFECTION OF CUTS.

PROPERTIESAnti- inflammatoryAntisepticMoisturizerAstringency

TYPES OF AFTERSHAVEAFTERSHAVE

LOTION GEL POWD

ER BALM

AFTERSHAVE LOTION WIDELY USED AFTERSHAVE

FORMULATION.AFTER LOTIONS ARE GENERALLY

ALCOHOL AND ESSENTIAL OIL BASED.

MENTHOL IS GENERALLY ADDED.GIVES ADDITIONAL COOLING EFFECTS.

GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN GLASS BOTTLES.

AFTERSHAVE GELIT IS ENRICHED WITH ALOEVERA AND

HERBAL EXTRACTIT SOOTHES AND CALM THE SKINHAS ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTISEPTIC

PROPERTIESREDUCES REDNESS AND RAZOR

BURNSLEAVES IT SOFT AND REFRESSED FOE

HOURS

AFTERSHAVE POWDERIT IS JUST NORMALLY

TALC POWDER BLENDED WITH ALOE

SOOTHES SKIN AFTER SHAVING

REDUCES CHAFING AND IRRITATION

PROVIDES ULTRA SILKY – SMOOTH SKIN

Aftershave creamMens who find alcoholic aftershave lotion

irritating and to overcome the exposure to sun,wind or inclement weather this type of formulation came into picture

It relieves tenderness , dryness , roughness of skin aftershaving .

PARK AVENUE AFTERSHAVEEthyl alcohol 50%Sorbitol 70% soln 2.5%Perfume oil 0.5%Menthol 0.1%Boric acid 2.0%Water 44.9%

REFERENCESCOSMETIC TECHNOLOGY BY BALSAMHARRY’S COSMETICOLOGY WWW.GILETTE.COMWWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COMWWW.GOOGLE.COMSODEOPEC

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