Unlocking Beauty: The Process of Testing Colors, Face Packs, and Shilajeet

Are you sure the lip color or the face pack you use are safe for your skin? With a plethora of cosmetics available in the market, it seems a challenge to test their authenticity. Besides, the growing cases of chemically-laden cosmetics harming the skin makes it all the more important to test for the cosmetics in a stringent manner.

Testing of face packs, creams, and other cosmetics

Testing of cosmetics include a comprehensive toxicological assessment. Whether it is testing of face packs, creams, or any cosmetic like nail polish or lipstick, the testing process includes:

• Safety test: This ensures the ingredients in the formula are safe for the skin.
• Stability test: This ensures the formula is stable under varying conditions of temperature, humidity, light exposure, and others.
• Microbiological test: This ensures the formula has no presence of microbes in it. This step in the testing of face packs ensures they have a better shelf life and are safer to use.
• Efficacy test: This ensures the formula is as effective as it is claimed by the manufacturer to be.
• Packaging test: This ensures the packaging material used to package the formula does not react with the ingredients in the formula.
• Challenge test: This test is done to check the strength of the formula, especially that containing the most natural ingredients. The test checks how well a formula can endure exposure to external factors, including contamination.
• Colour test: This ensures the colours used in the cosmetic are not harmful to the skin.

Testing of colours

Colour testing is an important aspect when it comes to assessing the purity and the safety of cosmetics and products like Shilajeet.

Talking of Shilajeet, this Himalayan rock, too, has found its fake counterparts. That’s why testing of Shilajeet has become as important as testing of cosmetics and related products.

Testing of Shilajeet

In case of Shilajeet, the colour of the rock is a vital aspect. Real Shilajeet is dark brown with a tinge of black and golden or reddish streaks here and there. It shouldn’t be too shiny or bright, rather like a natural rock. Inconsistent colouring is a red flag.

Testing of colours is indispensable for Shilajeet. Then there is the flame test wherein a flame is brought closer to the rock. If it’s real, it will begin to produce bubbles and turn into ash eventually, indicating that it contains natural minerals. Impure one would catch fire instantly.

At Glarc, we are committed to testing cosmetics, Shilajeet, and a range of products at our national-recognized testing facility. Contact us for your products’ testing requirements.