USE OF TRADITIONAL HERBS FOR THE FORMULATION OF HERBAL POWDERED SHAMPOOS AND THEIR EVALUATION

Abstract

The objective of the present research work is to formulate herbal shampoo using traditional herbs like Peppermint; Lemon & Hibiscus extracts as a replacement to synthetic surfactants and carryout a comparative analysis using marketed products. Herbal shampoos formulation was carried out using peppermint, Lemon & Hibiscus extract powders at different concentrations. Formulated shampoos evaluated for organoleptic evaluation, powder characteristics, pH, dirt dispersion, detergency, cleaning action, foaming ability and its stability and conditioning performance. Design Expert Statistical software used to optimize the formulations and to understand main effects, interaction effects on the properties of shampoos. All the herbal powder shampoo formulations pH closer to the skin pH. The shampoos containing higher concentration of peppermint shown higher detergency, lemon as well as peppermint showed significant effect on the foaming capacity and cleaning action and similar to marketed formulations. Higher quantity of Hibiscus concentration shown better conditioning behaviour. The formulated shampoos were uniform, denser and stable similar as that of marketed shampoo. Based on the Design expert statistical evaluation of results, formulations containing 15% of Peppermint, 1% - 3% of Lemon and 12.5% – 14.5% of Hibiscus herbal powder shampoos shown better performance compared with marketed formulations. PS19, PS20 & PS21 formulations were selected as the best formulations based on physicochemical properties. The selected herbal powder shampoos has an excellent cleansing, detergency, conditioning and foaming effect, is suitable for regular hair and has acceptable pH and organoleptic stability characteristics.