COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF ORGANIC HAIR SERUM FROM ORANGE PEEL
1Pritika, 1Dr. Shivani Guleria, 2Manmohan Singh Rawat
1School of life and Applied Sciences Maya Devi University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
2Scientific officer, Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract: The increasing need to have natural and environmental-friendly cosmetic products has led to the increase in interest in using herbal formulations in hair care products. The current research is on the development and comparative analysis of an organic hair serum with orange peel as one of the major bioactive agents of Citrus sinensis. Those phytochemicals present in orange peel include flavonoid, vitamin C, and essential oils which have antioxidant, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory effects that are useful in scalp and hair health. The orange peel extract in this study was prepared with the help of the appropriate extraction methods and was introduced in various serum formulations ( F1, F2, and F3 ) combined with carrier oils and natural additives. The ready-made formulations were tested on physicochemical characteristics such as pH, viscosity, density, and spreadability, and phytochemical screening and stability tests. The findings showed that all the formulations had acceptable levels of application to cosmetics, although formulation F3 demonstrated better properties in stability, phytochemical content, and effectiveness in general. The paper shows that orange peel, based hair serum can be used to enhance the texture of hair, decrease cases of dandruff and enhance healthy hair growth, all safe and environmental friendlies. The results indicate how natural waste resources such as orange peel can be utilized in producing cost and sustainable cosmetic products. It can be improved through more research and unification to be more commercially viable in the herbal cosmetic sector.
Keywords: Orange peel, Citrus sinensis, Herbal hair serum, Phytochemicals, Antioxidant activity, Organic cosmetics, Hair care formulation
VOLUME 10 ISSUE 04 2026: 40 – 56