Abstract
The essential component of human attractiveness is hair. Since ancient time, people have used herbs to clean, adorn, and manage their hair. The aim was to formulate an shampoo powder containing natural ingredient with an emphasis on safety and efficacy, which will avoid the risk posed by chemical ingredients. It clears sebum, dirt, dandruff, promote hair growth, strengthens, and darkens the hair. Moreover, it also act as a conditioning agent and performs all these actions without affecting or damaging hair. The herbs brahmi, reetha, shikakai, amla, aloe vera gel, fenugreek, neem have been selected to formulate the herbal shampoo powder on the basis of the traditional system and scientific justification with modern uses.
Hair is one of the external barometers of internal body conditions. Shampooing is the most common form of hair treatment. The primary function of shampoo is aimed at cleansing of the hair necessitated due to accumulated sebum, dust, scalp debris etc. various shampoo formulations are associated with hair quality, hair care habit and specific problems such as treatment of oily hairs, dandruff and for androgenic alopecia. Nowadays natural sourses remain attractive primarily when compared to the synthetic one, so herbal shampoo are popular with the consumer when compared to the synthetic one. A shampoo is a preparation of surfactant in a suitable form- liquid, solid or powder – which when used under the specific conditions will remove surface grease, dirt and skin debries from the hair shaft without adeversely affecting the user. Hair-care products may be defined as the preparation which is meant for removal of dirt, excessive oil, dandruff from the hair and scalp. Hair cares products also provide nourishment to the hair and giving the healthy look to hairs. The real technology of cleaning the hair and scalp was developed in this century by the introduction of cake soap which was followed by the production of shampoo products. The shampoo is a world derived from the Indian subcontinent. According to the nature of the ingredients they may be simple or plain shampoo, antiseptic or antidandruff shampoo and nutritional shampoo containing vitamin, amino acids proteins hydrolysate. Hairs are integral part of human beauty. People are using herbs for cleansing, beautifying and managing hair since the ancient era.