Shampoo is a hair care product primarily used to remove the oils, dirt, skin particles and grime that gradually build-up in the hair. Shampoo - History. The word shampoo in English usage dates back to 1762, with the meaning "to massage". The word was a loan from Anglo-Indian shampoo, in turn from Hindi champo, imperative of champna, "to press, knead the muscles, massage". During the early stages of shampoo, English hairdressers boiled soap in soda water and added herbs to ...

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There are shampoos available specifically for those who have dandruff. Such shampoos contain zinc pyrithione, selenium sulfide etc. These chemicals are fungicides, and reduce dandruff by killing Malassezia furfur. Coal tar and salicylate derivatives are often used as well. Some companies use "all-natural" or "organic" or "botanical" ingredients, such as flowers and the like, often combining these additions with a harsher base. The actual effectiveness ...

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(珊璞 Shānpú (Chinese), but usually シャンプー Shanpū) Japanese Seiyū: Rei Sakuma English Voice Actor: Cathy Weseluck Latin American Spanish Voice Actor: Aracelli de Leon (TV series), Isabel Martiñon (movies) Soon after getting cursed at Jusenkyo, Ranma (as a girl) defeats Shampoo, member of the Joketsuzoku ("tribe of women heroes," or "Chinese Amazons" in more culturally loaded English terms). This was a bad move, because, according to the Chinese Amazon tribal laws, if a female Amazon is ...

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Ranma ½ characters, Ranma ½ characters - Ranma Saotome, Ranma ½ characters - Genma Saotome, Ranma ½ characters - Akane Tendo, Ranma ½ characters - Nabiki Tendo, Ranma ½ characters - Kasumi Tendo, Ranma ½ characters - Soun Tendo, Ranma ½ characters - Ryoga Hibiki, Ranma ½ characters - Tatewaki Kuno, Ranma ½ characters - Kodachi Kuno, Ranma ½ characters - Doctor Tofu Ono, Ranma ½ characters - Happosai, Ranma ½ characters - Shampoo, Ranma ½ characters - Cologne, Ranma ½ characters - Mousse, Ranma ½ characters - Ukyo Kuonji, Ranma ½ characters - Pantyhose Taro, Ranma ½ characters - Pink and Link, Ranma ½ characters - Principal Kuno, Ranma ½ characters - Hinako Ninomiya, Ranma ½ characters - Nodoka Saotome, Ranma ½ characters - Akari Unryu, Ranma ½ characters - Ryu Kumon

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Shampoo - Detergents. Surfactants, also known as wetting agents, lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and the interfacial tension between two liquids. The term surfactant is a contraction of "Surface active agent". The major types of surfactants are used in shampoos include: Anionic (an-eye-ON-ick) Cationic (kat-eye-ON-ick) Nonionic (non-eye-ON-ick) ...

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Shampoo - Detergents. Surfactants, also known as wetting agents, lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and the interfacial tension between two liquids. The term surfactant is a contraction of "Surface active agent". The major types of surfactants are used in shampoos include: Anionic (an-eye-ON-ick) Cationic (kat-eye-ON-ick) Nonionic (non-eye-ON-ick)< ...

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Shampoo, Shampoo - History, Shampoo - Description, Shampoo - The Ingredients, Shampoo - Detergents, Shampoo - Dimethicone, Shampoo - Additives Useless and Otherwise, Shampoo - Specialized shampoos

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An antifungal drug is medication used to treat fungal infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm and candidiasis (thrush), as well as serious systemic infections like cryptococcal meningitis. Antifungal drug - List of antifungal drugs. Antifungals work by exploiting differences between mammalian and fungal cells to kill off the fungal organism without significantly harming the host. Unlike bacteria, both fungi and humans are eukaryotes. The basic structure of a fungal cells and human cells are near ...

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Coal tar is the liquid by-product of the distillation of coal to make coke. The gaseous by-product produced by this process is commonly known as town gas. Coal tar is very viscous brown or black liquid, with smell of naphthalene and aromatic hydrocarbons. Being inflammable, it is sometimes used for heating or to fire boilers. Like most oils, it must be heated before it will flow easily. It can be made into coal tar soap, and is used in medicated shampoo to kill and repel head lice ...

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A bottle is a small container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth." Bottles are often made of glass, plastic or aluminum, and typically used to store liquids. e.g. water, milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, oil for cooking and as fuel, medicine, liquid soap, shampoo, ink, etc. For some bottles a deposit is paid, which is returned after returning the bottle to the retailer. For other glass bottles there is often separate garbage collection for recycling. A device used to close ...

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See also: 1974 in film 1975 1976 in film 1970s in film years in film film 1975 in film - Events. January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars. March - Production begins on Star Wars March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tomm ...

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Dandruff (Pityriasis capitis) is the excessive flaking of dead skin that forms on the scalp. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of flaking is normal and in fact quite common. Some people, however, either chronically or as a result of certain triggers, experience an unusually large amount of flaking, which can be not only a visual nuisance, but is also often accompanied by redness and irritation. Most cases of dandruff can be treated with spe ...

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A cosmetologist, sometimes called beautician or beauty specialist, is someone who specializes in giving beauty treatments, usually to women. A cosmetologist is proficient in hair treatments, facials and other skin treatments and nail treatments. Some cosmetologists specialize in just one of these areas. The sub-categories of cosmetologist are hair stylist, shampooer, manicurist, estheticians and electrologists. Often cosmetologists specialize in more than one of these categories. Cosmetologist - Hair ...

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• Cosmetologist - Shampooer
• Cosmetologist - Manicurist
• Cosmetologist - Esthetician
• Cosmetologist - Electrologist

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Cradle Cap (infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis) is a patchy, greasy, scaly and crusty skin rash that occurs on the scalp of recently born babies. Cradle cap can occur in any baby, and most commonly begins sometime in the first 3 months. The same rash is often prominent around the ear or the eyebrows. It may appear in other locations as well, where it is called seborrheic dermatitis rather than cradle cap. Cradle cap - Causes. The cause of cradle cap is not clearly defined but it is not caused by an in ...

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Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood. Naturally occurring "tar pits" (e.g. the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles) actually contain asphalt, not tar, and are more accurately known as asphalt pits. In English and French, "tar" means primarily the coal derivative, but in northern Europe, it refers primarily to the wood distillate, which is used in th ...

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Carrageenan (/IPA: kærˌəgiːˈnən/) is a family of linear sulphated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds. It is named after Irish moss (Chondrus crispus, also known as Carrageen moss), which is called carraigín in Irish. It was originally isolated from this alga in 1844. These chemicals are large, highly flexible molecules which curl around each other forming double-helical structures. This gives them the ability to form a variety of different gels at room temperature. They are widely used in the food ...

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General Ammonium chloride Physical Thermochemistry Safety SI units were used where possible. Unless otherwise stated, standard conditions were used. Disclaimer and references Ammonium chloride or Sal Ammoniac (chemically ammonium chloride (NH4Cl); also nushadir salt, zalmiak, sal armagnac, sal armoniac, and salt armoniack) is, in its pure form, a clear w ...

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Crab lice (singular, louse), scientific name Phthirus pubis and commonly called "crabs" due to their resemblence to the crab, are one of three kinds of human lice in the large group of lice families, the others being head lice and body lice, which live in clothing. They are wingless, about 1 to 3 mm long. They attach themselves to hair strands, and hatch out of pods with lids, or "nits", that are too tightly attached to be brushed off but must be removed by pulling with the nails or a fine-toothed comb. ...

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Blepharitis is an eruption producing inflammation of eyelids and eyelashes. It is characterized by white flaky skin near the eyelashes. Blepharitis usually causes redness of the eyes and itching and irritation of the eyelids. There are two types. One, anterior blepharitis affects the front of the eyelids near the eyelashes. The causes are seborrheic dermatitis (similar to dandruff) and occasional infection by Staphylococcus bacteria. Two, posterior blepharitis affects the back of the eyelids, the part that makes contact with th ...

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White sage (Salvia apiana), also known as Sacred sage, is an evergreen perennial shrub of the genus Salvia, the sages. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, being found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Stems and leaves are usually white from the presence of fine hairs. The leaves start out crinkly grey-green and become smooth and white. These plants typically reach 6 ...

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Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew met as teenagers at high school in Plumstead where they became best friends and partners in crime. In the early nineties they started writing 'Last Exit' the first fanzine for the Manic Street Preachers and later appeared in the video for 'Little Baby Nothing'. The track featured vocals from porn star Traci Lords, although she did not appear in the video. While still in their teens they formed Shampoo (according to their self-propelled urban legend the name derived from the schoolyard nickname 'the shampo ...

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Shampoo band, Shampoo band - History, Shampoo band - Discography, Shampoo band - Singles, Shampoo band - Albums

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