Saturday, July 3, 2010

Shampoo

After finish working and back to sweet home, the most important thing to do is to have a shower. For girls, the most important thing is the skin care, and the next thing is the hair. Not even girls, boys also like this. But, if we use the wrong shampoo, it will make our hair not healthy and some more and make the hair falling out.

Shampoo usually contain Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Xylene Sulfonate, TEA Lauryl Sulfate, Sulfur, Selenium Sulfide, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Thiosulfate, Sodium C14-16 Olefin, Sulfonate, Alkyl Sodium Sulfate, Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate, TEA-Dodecylbenzene, Sodium C12-15 Alkyl Sulfate, and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfonate.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is the most common shampoo ingredient. SLES is a washing surfactant which also known as washing detergent. It is a powerful foaming agent. It can make the hair return the shine by removing the top layer of dust. SLS is more potent that SLES.

The chemical structure of SLES



The chemical structure of SLS

The effect of SLES and SLS is they will produce eye or skin irritation.

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