Abstract The aim of the study is to formulate a pure herbal shampoo and to compare its physiological properties with marketed synthetic shampoos. The herbal shampoo was formulated by adding the extracts of sapindus mukorossi, phyllanthus emblica and acacia concinna in different proportions to a solution. Shampoos are the cosmetics preparations that meant for cleansing the hairs by removal of the dirt grease from the hair shaft and scalp. There are different types of synthetic shampoos available in the market, but these shampoos shows many harmful effects on the hairs and scalp like dryness of hairs and hair fall. Due to these reasons herbal shampoos are formulated as an alternative to synthetic shampoos because of safe and traditionally used ingredients in them. Herbal shampoos are used for cleansing of the hairs, also smoothing of hair surface, good health of hairs, dandruff free hairs etc. therefore an attempt is made to formulate herbal shampoos that is safer in terms of health and is chemical free.
Keywords Herbal Shampoo,Sapindus mukorossi, Phyllanthus emblica, Acacia concinna.