Shampoos are used to clean hair by stripping sebum from the hair. Sebum is naturally occurring oil that coats the hair and tends to collect dirt, styling products and scalp flakes. Surfactants clean hair by stripping sebum from hair shafts therefore removing the dirt attached to it. While both soaps and shampoos contain the cleaning agent surfactants, soap is specifically designed to clean t ...

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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 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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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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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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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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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 give the hair health and fragrance. Originally soap and shampoo were very similar products; both were often made from surfactants, a type of detergent. Shampoo became the logical ev ...

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

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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 hair stylists boiled soap in water and added herbs to give the hair health and fragrance. Originally soap and shampoo were very similar products; both were often made from surfactants, a type of detergent. Shampoo became the logical evolut ...

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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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