Cosmetics have been incredulously in demand since historical times till today. Herbal cosmetics are gaining wide popularity because of their natural ingredients and less toxic effects. Aim of the present study was made to formulate lipstick and hand-lotion using mango butter extracted from Mangifera indica, as a substitute for cocoa butter. The prepared lipstick and hand lotion were evaluated for their organoleptic properties such as melting point, pH, surface anomalies, irritancy, spreadability, washability, and other parameters. The prepared herbal cosmetic formulations have shown promising results upon evaluation. The present work also highlights the value addition of agro-industrial waste of mango seeds by incorporating the mango butter into suitable cosmetic formulations.

Mango (Mangifera indica) is the main tropical fruit of Asia and has developed its prominence all over the world. Mango wastes such as peels and seeds generated from fruit are a good source of functional ingredients out of which important ones are phenolic compounds with potent antioxidant properties. The quantification of gallic acid (GA), protocatechuic acid (PCA) and mangiferin (MGF) in the seed and peel extracts of three different varieties of mango fruit was performed by a novel, simple, specific, linear, precise, accurate and economic RPHPLC (reversed-phase high- performance liquid chromatography) method. The chromatographic separation was achieved on the C18 analytical column with a flow rate of 1.2 mL/min in an isocratic mode using 0.2% orthophosphoric acid and acetonitrile in the ratio 90:10 as the mobile phase. The column temperature was maintained at 40 ℃ and observations were recorded at 242 nm. The retention time of gallic acid, protocatechuic acid and mangiferin was observed at 3.41, 5.50, and 14.6 min respectively. The developed method when validated as per ICH guidelines was found to be specific, linear, precise, robust and accurate