WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

NitishaYuvraj Rangari*, Arfa S. Ahmed, Komal Vilas Yadav, Sonali Narayan Deshbhratar and Shaikh Muzammil Sageer

ABSTRACT

The objective of the present research work is to formulate herbal shampoo using traditional herbs like Castor, Henna, Reetha, Neem Tulsi as a replacement to synthetic surfactants and carryout a comparative analysis using marketed products. Herbal shampoos formulation was carried out using peppermint, Lemon & Hibiscus extract powders at different concentrations. Formulated shampoos evaluated for organoleptic evaluation, powder characteristics, pH, dirt dispersion, detergency, cleaning action, foaming ability and its stability and conditioning performance. Design Expert Statistical software used to optimize the formulations and to understand main effects, interaction effects on the properties of shampoos. All the herbal powder shampoo formulations pH closer to the skin pH. The shampoos containing higher concentration of Reetha & Tulsi shown higher detergency, Henna, Castor as well as peppermint showed significant effect on the foaming capacity and cleaning action and similar to marketed formulations. Higher quantity of Reetha concentration shown better conditioning behaviour. The formulated shampoos were uniform, denser and stable similar as that of marketed shampoo. The formulated herbal powder shampoos has an excellent cleansing, detergency, conditioning and foaming effect, is suitable for regular hair and has acceptable pH and organoleptic stability characteristics.