What Makes Shampoo Work?

Shampoo may be your first defense against an environment that is continually dusty, grimy and full of particles that are harmful to your skin, eyes, especially your hair.

In the past, people used so-called ‘proto-shampoos’. Most of these proto-shampoos combined soapy herbs and fragrances. Records of these proto-soaps and shampoos can be traced back to the Egyptian empires, where commoners as well as royalty used these concoctions to make their baths more enjoyable.

The shampoo of today differs chemically and cosmetically from the Egyptian proto-soaps and shampoos, but their function remains essentially the same: to clean and to render fragrant the skin and the hair.

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