Head & Shoulders

Head & Shoulders shampoo

Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble. Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo is the top selling shampoo in the United States by dollar sales.

History

Procter & Gamble researchers first decided on making a new anti-dandruff shampoo in 1950. Nearly a decade of research went into making a new formula, which introduced the product pyrithione zinc into a shampoo.^{[citation needed]}

Head & Shoulders was first introduced to the U.S. market in November 1961, as a blue-green shampoo formula.

The brand's "Extra Strength" product had a cameo role in the 2001 film Evolution, where its startling copper orange color was shown. It should be noted that the active ingredient in Extra Strength Head & Shoulders is selenium sulfide, not pyrithione zinc.

An endorser of Head and Shoulders Shampoo is NFL Superstar Troy Polamalu, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ingredients

Active ingredient: Pyrithione zinc 1%
Inactive ingredients: water, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamide MEA, zinc carbonate, glycol distearate, dimethicone, fragrance, cetyl alcohol, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, magnesium sulfate, sodium benzoate, magnesium carbonate hydroxide, ammonium laureth sulfate, benzyl alcohol, sodium chloride, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, sodium xylenesulfonate