Persuasive Essay On Shampoos

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Shampoo choices seem endless between drug stores, online shopping and your stylist. How do you narrow it down? How do you even begin to rule out the shampoos that simply do not make the cut? My first piece of advice is learn the pH of your shampoo. Just by doing that one simple step we can cut your shampoo choices into a manageable number before we start to look at the ingredients in our shampoos and conditioners. Most drug store and online shampoos will be eliminated quickly as well as several salon brand shampoos. pH the Basics pH means potential hydrogen the pH scale runs from 0-14 with 7 being neutral. Everything above 7 is alkaline or base and everything below 7 is acidic. Let 's take a look at a basic pH value scale. The first thing we should notice is that pH of our hair shaft is even lower then our scalp. But the thing I want you to notice next is the pH of tears, 7. Most tear free shampoo sit at 7 for that very reason. So, well it may be great to keep us from crying if it gets in our eyes it is not healthy for our scalp. Why does the pH matter? Our goal with both shampoo and conditioner is to bring the scalp and hair back to the ideal pH level. For hair that has received a chemical service the use of a good quality pH shampoo is even more important to keep from adding damage to the hair or scalp. When we raise the pH level above 5.5 we create a negative electric net which causes friction this friction creates.... FRIZZY

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