A method of forensic identification of lipsticks: for future database
Tejas Prajapati, Kartik Prajapati, Saumil P. Merchant · International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine · 2014
Lipstick residue and smears are the most often encountered cosmetic smears at crime scenes and therefore our research centers analysis the major constituents of lipstick. There is no existing national database through which lipstick can be compared and associated to one manufacturer. Therefore, it is necessary to seek similarities in composition and color between lipstick at a crime scene and lipstick found in the possession of a suspect.