unesa .ac.id Surabaya - Starting with concerns about cosmetics that contain chemicals harmful to the skin such as mercury and sulfuric acid on the market students majoring in Chemistry at Surabaya State University create new breakthroughs in cosmetics that use lemon extract as an ingredient activator at an economical price. Through a funding grant given by the Ministry of Technology and Higher Education Research (Kemenristekdikti) the proposed Student Creativity Scheme Entrepreneurship Program (PKM-K) is realizing the PKM proposal under the title Nidaycream Beauty ThoON as Daily and Night Cream.
"Due to the circulation of whitening creams using hazardous chemicals such as sulfuric acid and mercury. Besides that creams that are circulating in the market are sold separately between morning creams and night creams of course it makes spending uneconomical & rdquo; said the chairman of PKM Eko Sulistiowati.
Nidaycream beauty thoon is the name of this cosmetic product innovation which stands for night and daily beauty cream with lemon oil where this face cream has dual function that has been specially formulated to be used as a morning cream and night cream in one product at a time. The first production was carried out at the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Surabaya State University accompanied by Prof. Dr. Titik Taufikurohmah S.Si M.Sc. The selling price of this Unesa student innovation is quite affordable which is 37500 rupiah. The team consists of five students including Eko Sulistiowati study program S1 Pend. Chemistry 2017 (Chair of PKM) Cindy Kumala Sari study program S1 Pend. Chemistry 2018 Erinda Resta Selli Della Prodi S1 Pend. Chemistry 2018 Nova Christanty study program S1 Communication Studies 2016 and Nurul Nofi Aini study program S1 Pend. Mathematics guided by Prof. Dr. Titik Taufikurohmah S.Si M.Sc. The contents of this face cream include lemon oil a combination of sunscreen (anti-UVA and anti-UVB) aquades as a solvent lexemul CS-20 cosmowex with emulgent T as an emulgator between morning cream and night cream. Where this multifunctional cream can prevent acne reduce oil prevent exposure to UVA and UVB rays and brighten the skin. Before being marketed the PKM team has conducted organoleptic tests and market surveys to determine product viability. As for now the focus of marketing this product through online and offline media. Besides being more economical this product is free of hazardous chemicals such as mercury and other hazardous chemicals. Before being widely marketed the PKM-K team is currently in the process of filing patents and certifications from BPOM. In the future Eko as the team leader hopes to continue developing nidaycream so that he can compete and create jobs in the community . (vin / nov)
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