Handbook for Cleaning/Decontamination of Surfaces

I. Johansson and P. Somasundaran (Editors)

92007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Shampoo Formulation

Ken Klein and Irwin Palefsky

Cosmetech Laboratories, Inc., Fairfield, New Jersey, USA

While consumers often choose their shampoo based on fragrance or mar-

keting hype/promises, the main reason they use shampoos is to clean
their hair! Surfactants (SURFace ACTive AgeNT) are used to provide
this functionality. Having said this, looking at a typical shampoo reveals
many additional ingredients that the marketer has added. Sometimes
these ingredients Table C.2.1 are added for functionality and sometimes
they are added for "marketing purposes" only.

Table C.2.1 An outline of shampoo components

Function % Active
Primary surfactant 9-15
Secondary surfactant 0-5
Viscosity control (suspending?) agent 1-5
Foam booster/stabilizer 0-2
Color qs
Actives As per anti-dandruff drug
monograph
Conditioning agents 0-1
Opacifiers / pearlizers 0-2
Humectants 0-2
pH adjuster 0-1
Preservative 0.05-1
Fragrance 0.1-2
Specialty additives 0-1

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