RESULTS
The result table represents total viable counts for bacteria
and yeast from different cosmetic products. The
microbial evaluation of 20 cosmetic products showed that
results of most Cosmetics product samples tested
exhibited high bacteria count ranging between 0.2 ± 0.03
x 10
2
to 7.6 ± 0.07 x10
3
of baby powder and moisturizing
cream respectively. Yeast count ranged 0.5 ± 0.08 x10
2
to
6.0 ± 0.12 x 10
4
for coloured powder and styling gel.
60% viable bacterial growth was observed from the
samples tested while 65% tested showed no yeast growth.
About 35% of the tested products were showed microbial
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