While making a quick Wal*Mart run for a couple of items, I couldn't remember whether or not we had enough shampoo

in the house to last us a week. So, I headed over to the hair care aisle and looked for something inexpensive to keep in the cabinet, just in case we ran out. A girl needs to be prepared, you know.

Lo and behold, Alberto V05 Sun Kissed Raspberry Herbal Shampoo was staring right back at me with a "roll back" tag on it for just 97 cents. Less than a dollar for a 15 fl. oz. bottle of shampoo? Fantastic! since raspberry is a favorite scent of my husband's, I snagged it without a second thought and head to the checkout counter.

Well, my dear reader, you get what you pay for.

After a couple of nights, we ran out of shampoo. Thinking quickly, I grabbed the bottle of V05 that I purchased from Wal*Mart and stuck it on the shelf in the shower. Since my husband was using the shampoo I bought him as a gift from Bath & Body Works (which, by the way, I promised not to use), I was on my own with the V05. I'm not really a girly-girl, so I was fine using it. After all, I don't like spending a whole lot of money on beauty products, believe it or not. My beauty routine (if you can call it that) is very low-maintenance.

The first night I used the shampoo, I was actually happy with it. It smelled nice, had a good gel texture, lathered very well and rinsed clean. The raspberry scent didn't linger as long as I would have liked it to after drying my hair, but my hair still smelled and felt clean.

The second night was a bit of a different story. I didn't do much different that day than I did the day before. Unfortunately, my hair didn't get clean after the first wash. So, I had to repeat. After washing my hair a second time, it felt clean and passed the "squeak" test. (If you pinch your fingers around a wet piece of hair and slide it down, it should make a squeaking sound if it's clean.) Again, I dried it and the scent didn't linger. My hair felt a little heavier this time.

The third night, even a second washing with the V05 shampoo didn't get my hair clean. I broke my promise to Craig and used his shampoo. Boy, did I feel guilty. However, I let him know that I used it and explained why. All he said was, "Well, I guess you get what you pay for."

My thoughts exactly.

The Alberto V05 Sun Kissed Raspberry Herbal Shampoo is for all hair types, which confuses me. Surely, a person with dry hair wouldn't use the same shampoo with someone with oily hair. The bottle is labeled "Normal Hair" on the front of the bottle, but reads "For all hair types" on the back of the bottle. Which is it?

This shampoo is not tested on animals, which is the best thing about this product (except for the price, of course). The smell is nice while you are taking a shower, but it goes away after your hair is dry.

Ingredients water, sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium chloride, juniperus communis fruit extract, chamomilla recutita extract, tocopheryl acetate, retinyl palmitate, thiamine HCL, ascorbic acid, panthenol, octoxynol-9, sodium laureth sulfate, propylene glycol, citric acid, tetrasodium EDTA, DMDM hydantoin, fragrance, red 33

Overall, I am not impressed with this shampoo. It's okay to keep at the cabana or pool house, as you wouldn't use it every day. However, for every day normal use, Alberto V05 Sun Kissed Raspberry Herbal Shampoo just doesn't get the job done.

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ABSTRACT A shampoo is a cleaning aid for the hair and is counted among the foremost beauty products. Today s shampoo formulations are beyond the stage of pure cleaning of the hair. Additional benefits are expected, e.g, conditioning, smoothing of the hair surface, good health of hair, i.e, hair free of dandruff, dirt, grease and lice and, above all, its safety benefits are expected. As the scalp is one of the most absorbent part of the body, products applied to the scalp go directly to the blood, without being filtered in any way. So it is very important to know and understand the effects of ingredients used in shampoo formulations. In the present review the shampoos based on synthetic ingredients and herbal ingredients are compared for their effectiveness and safety. Keywords: Shampoos, Synthetic shampoos, Herbal shampoos, Cosmetics, Formulation

SHAMPOOS BASED ON HERBAL INGREDIENTS Herbal drugs or their formulations are viable alternative to synthetic drugs. During the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of natural products in cosmetics. Natural botanicals may be used in their crude form or they may be extracted, purified or derivatized toeffects. Now-a-days, many herbal shampoos are available in the market which contains herbal ingredients such as plant extracts and essential oils. There are large numbers of plants which are reported to have beneficial effects on hair and are commonly used in shampoos. A list of plants which are commonly used in shampoos is given in Table

along with their common names and reported functions/uses.

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