FORMULATION OF COST EFFEC Rhea Jacob, Sakth Department of Biotechnolo ARTICLE INFO ABST Shamp functio Formu study ingred consis shikka evalua and su have b standa formu Copyright © 2015 Rhea Jacob et al. This is an open ac distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided INTRODUCTION Hair-care products may be defined as the pre meant for cleansing, modifying the texture color, giving life to the stressed hair, providi the hair and giving the healthy look to th revitalize truly symbolizes the term what is re-nourish or conditioning. The real technolo hair and scalp was developed in this introduction of cake soap which was production of shampoo products (Arora e English word shampoo is derived from Hind means head massage with some form of hair of shampoo is to remove the unwanted par oil, skin particles, dandruff, environmental p contaminant particles from hair without losin (oily secretion). Apart from the above men also includes lubrication, conditioning, s surface, anti-dandruff formulas etc., to sp color-treated hair (Deshmukh et al., 2012). for good hygiene and their concern for appe cause for the production of shampoo produc conditions the surface grease, dirt, and skin d shaft are removed by the shampoo without a the users. *Corresponding author: Guruvayoorappan, C. Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University, Karu Coimbatore-641 114, Tamil Nadu, India. ISSN: 0975-833X V Article History: Received 23 rd November, 2014 Received in revised form 25 th December, 2014 Accepted 07 th January, 2015 Published online 28 th February, 2015 Key words: Herbal shampoo, Synthetic shampoo, Formulation, shikakkai, Hibiscus, SEM. RESEARCH ARTICLE CTIVE HERBAL SHAMPOO POWDER: A C WITH MARKET SHAMPOOS hivel, K. M., Kannan, N. and *Guruvayoora ogy, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimb Tamil Nadu, India TRACT poo is a hair care product packed in a convenient way for us on of shampoo is to clean the hair, removal of oils, dirts, sc ulation of shampoo must be safe and efficient for long use. was to formulate an herbal shampoo powder by means dients and substitutse them with natural ingredients. Our f sts of fenugreek, hibiscus, henna, lemon, vettiver, neelia akai, karisilaankanni, thulsi, amla, brahmi and rose petals ation tests were carried out – pH test, solid content test dirt urface characterization analysis using scanning electron mic been used since long time in several formulations the presen ardization of good quality and purity of herbal shampoo pow ulate a complete herbal shampoo that is better than available ccess article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution L the original work is properly cited. eparation which are e, changing of the ing nourishment to he hair. The word routinely called as ogy of cleaning the century by the followed by the et al., 2011). The di “champo” which r oil. The main aim rticles such as dirt, pollutants and other ng much of sebum ntioned functions it smoothing of hair pecially styled and Individual’s desire earance is the root cts. Under specific debris from the hair adversely affecting unya Nagar, This is due to the presence o form like liquid, solid or powde when it (i) effectively and com and excessive sebum from t removed when rinsed with wa soft and manageable, (iv) imp hair and (v) cause no side eff (Jaya Preethi et al., 2013). Nowadays natural products products since it has no side ef herbal products are popular a hair products have chemicals growth and shine to hair, but term damages the hair which premature hair graying and ha used in synthetic shampoo inc (SDS), N-nitrosodiethanolamin formaldehyde, etc., (Arora et a The rationale of the study in thousands of year due to its me get cleansed and gets purify its natural botanicals may be used be extracted, purified or der suitable for cosmetic purpose plants which are reported to ha are commonly used in shampo Available online at http://www.journalcra.com International Journal of Current Research Vol. 7, Issue, 02, pp.12645-12649, February, 2015 I COMPARATIVE STUDY appan, C. batore-641 114, se to wash hair and scalp. The major calp debris and accumulated sebum. . The major objective of the present s of eliminating harmful synthetic formulated herbal shampoo powder amari, velvet flower, aswagandha, in appropriate ratio. The following test, foaming capacity, wetting time croscopy. As the selected ingredients nt investigation will certainly help in wder. From the study, it is possible to synthetic shampoos. License, which permits unrestricted use, of the surfactant in any suitable er. A shampoo is said to be ideal mpletely remove the dust particles the scalp and hair, (ii) easily ater, (iii) leave the hair non dry, part a pleasant fragrance to the fects or irritation to skin or hair dominate over the synthetic ffects. This is one reason that the among the consumers. Synthetic s which may give short term t definitely when used for long h may even lead to baldness, air loss. Some of the chemicals cludes sodium dodecyl sulphate ne (NDELA), disodium EDTA, al., 2011). nclude, herbs is been used for edicinal properties. Body starts to self when herbs are taken .These d in their crude form or they may rivatized to render them more es. There are large numbers of ave beneficial effects on hair and oos. Hence in the present study, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH