Research Article Emerging Herbal Cosmetic Production in Sri Lanka: Identifying Possible Interventions for the Development of the Herbal Cosmetic Industry DehelGamageNadeeshaniDilharaGamage, 1 RathnayakaMudiyanselageDharmadasa , 2 Don Chandana Abeysinghe, 1 Rathnayaka Gamlathge Saman Wijesekara, 3 Gamika A. Prathapasinghe, 3 andTakaoSomeya 4 1 FacultyofAgricultureandPlantationManagement,WayambaUniversityofSriLanka,Makandura,Gonawila60170,SriLanka 2 Industrial Technology Institute, 363, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka 3 Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila 60170, Sri Lanka 4 ALBION Co., Ltd., Ginza 1-7-10, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Dharmadasa; dharmadasarm@gmail.com Received 27 November 2020; Accepted 27 February 2021; Published 15 March 2021 Academic Editor: Margaret A. Niznikiewicz Copyright©2021DehelGamageNadeeshaniDilharaGamageetal.isisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Although the herbal cosmetic industry has exponentially increased globally, manufacturing of herbal cosmetic products in Sri Lanka is still very limited. erefore, objectives of the study were to recognize plants used in commercialized herbal cosmetic productsandmajorconstraintsfacedbyherbalcosmeticmanufacturersandtoidentifypossibleinterventionsforthedevelopment ofherbalcosmeticindustryofSriLanka.Informationwasgatheredviaasemistructuredquestionnairebypersonalinterviewswith 11large-scalemultipleherbalcosmeticproductsmanufacturers.Collecteddatawereanalyzedviafrequencyindexforusageand descriptivestatistics.Atotalof115plantspeciesbelongingto56familieswereidentified.Extensiveusageof Aloevera (L.)Burm.f., Coscinium fenestratum (Goetgh.)Colebr.,and Santalum album L. (90.91%)wasreportedamongherbalcosmeticmanufacturers. e highest number of plants or plant materials was used for manufacturing skin care products (54.78%) followed by hair care (19.13%)andoralcare(6.96%).emajorityofplantswerereportedfromtheplantfamilyFabaceae(16species).Leaves(20.87%) were the widely used plant part, whereas 10 plant species were used as whole plants. Inadequacy of 7 plants/plant materials and importation of 8 plant materials for the production were also recognized. As major constraints faced by herbal cosmetic manufacturers, inadequate availability and poor quality of raw materials were emphasized. In conclusion, establishing proper cultivation system, implementing strategies for quality control of raw materials, and conducting ethnobotany, ethno- pharmacological surveys to identify cosmetic potential of medicinal plants and partnerships with universities to transfer technology for product development to industries are possible interventions for the development of herbal cosmetic industry of Sri Lanka. 1.Introduction Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island with an areaofapproximately65,610km 2 .Despiteitsrelativelysmall size,SriLankapossessesahighlevelofbiodiversityduetoits variedclimateandtopographicalconditions[1].Plantshave beenusedfortreatingillnessesoverathousandyearsbyfour systems of traditional medicine in Sri Lanka called Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Deshiya chikitsa [2]. As a biologically diverse country in Asia, Sri Lanka currently possesses 29.7% of forest cover [3], 4143 plant species dis- tributedwithin214families,and1522genera.Ofthese,1025 plant species are endemic to the country [4]. Among the nativefloraofSriLanka,morethan1,400plantsareusedin indigenous medicine [5]. Many formulae for medicinal preparations of Sri Lankan traditional system of medicine Hindawi Scientifica Volume 2021, Article ID 6662404, 12 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6662404