Trends in the forensic analysis of cosmetic evidence

Abstract During the past four decades (1970–2018), many papers on forensic analysis of cosmetics have been published. In an active pursuit to find a suitable technique for the analysis of cosmetic evidence which is complex in nature, newer methods and techniques have emerged over time. To the best of authors’ knowledge, no review article has been published to keep a track of technical developments in the analysis of cosmetic evidence. Therefore, in the present paper we have compiled the works done on forensic analysis of cosmetics to provide an overview of significance of cosmetic as evidence, types of cosmetics likely to be encountered, different substrates on which it could be present, and different techniques employed in the examination of cosmetic samples.

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