• Anil Vishnu Dusane

A shampoo is one of the primary beauty products with an ever-increasing market share. It is a cleaning aid for human hair. The shampoo is used for various purposes. There wide range applications of formulations of shampoo. These are hair cleaning, anti-dandruff, anti-lice, anti-dirt, hair conditioning, and smoothing of hair surface. The demand for herbal shampoo has increased due to its compatibility with the human hairs and skin. This shampoo is safe to human skin over synthetic shampoo. Though the lather formation is good in synthetic shampoos, these contain a chemical preservative that has harmful effects on human skin. In the present investigation, three herbal shampoo formulations and one market sample have been evaluated. The herbal formulation, with self-preserving property, has been given preference over chemical preservatives. Eight herbal powders have been used in the preparation of three different herbal formulations. The evaluation of the shampoo formulations has been done using parameters such as lather formation, pH, solids, viscosity, cleaning percentage, surface tension, and detergency. It is found that the shampoo that foams well does not clean well. In market samples, preservatives are the main cause of skin reactions besides fragrances. All the three formulations did not show redness, edema, dryness, and scaling. All the physical and chemical properties of formulations during the storage period evaluated, and it shown significant stability of products.

anti-dandruff, anti-lice, formulations, herbal shampoos, self-preserving property, and synthetic shampoo

"Formulations and Evaluation of Herbal Shampoo", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.1137-1140, December 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREB06134.pdf

"Formulations and Evaluation of Herbal Shampoo", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp1137-1140, December 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREB06134.pdf