Formulation and Evaluation of Conditioning Herbal Shampoo

Abstract

The study aimed to formulate a herbal shampoo and evaluate its physicochemical properties. The herbal shampoo was formulated by adding the extracts of amla, bhringraj, curry leaves, reetha and shikakaiin different proportions to water, methyl paraben was added and completely dissolved. To this 2% of carbopol-934 was added to form a gel. All extracts were weighed and dissolved to form a homogenous solution, lemon juice and citric acid was stirred properly with it. The evaluation parameters such as visual inspection, foaming ability, foaming stability, pH, dirt dispersion, measurement of surface tension, rheological evaluation and percentage of solid contents were performed to determine the physicochemical properties of formulated herbal shampoo. The formulated herbal shampoo was also evaluated for conditioning performance by administering a blind test to 30 student volunteers. It showed low surface tension, good foam stability after 5 min. The results indicated that the formulated shampoo was observed to be suitable for use and safe.