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shampoo

[sham-poo] / ʃæmˈpu /






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They work to tackle hygiene poverty, helping people in 100 of the most deprived parts of the UK to have access to products such as shampoo, washing powder and toothpaste.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

In the pilot, for example, the family’s abuela rushes to Albertsons to stock up on avocados and realizes before leaving that she also needs a new bottle of P&G’s Head & Shoulders shampoo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Soon I was using prescription shampoo, two topical serums, monthly steroid scalp injections, and a pricey red-light therapy cap that made me look like an alien.

From Slate May 23, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

It must have been the shampoo she used.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

That leaves Unilever to focus on brands including Dove personal-care products, Nexxus shampoos and Olly vitamins.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Companies that made the cosmetics, shampoos, and other beauty products sold to teens and tweens, though?

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

Aluminium can manufacturer Ball, which already offers recyclable aluminium packaging for shampoos and lotions, has invested in Meadow and will offer the system to the big personal care brands it works with.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2025

Previously, the researchers determined that VFD's intense micromixing could produce clean biodiesel from used cooking oil and homogenize raw milk, but they hadn't used the platform to process more goopy liquids, such as shampoos.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

She learned, from women who posted long instructions, to avoid shampoos with silicones, to use a leave-in conditioner on wet hair, to sleep in a satin scarf.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In the People story, Steve Doocy, 68, joked that his son had actually been hit by “a stork” and that George had arrived shortly after his son shampooed out any bird goo.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Is it applied to the scalp prior to shampooing for a number of minutes, then shampooed out?

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

Last Thursday, she was finally able to schedule an appointment at the nursing home’s reopened beauty salon where she gets her hair shampooed and styled each week.

From Washington Times Apr. 18, 2021

A couple of hours later, showered, shampooed and laden with aftershave, Lewis for a moment looked as though he was going to bury the hatchet and give absolute best with a gracious chivalry.

From The Guardian May 25, 2012

She scrubbed hard with the washcloth and shampooed twice.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

If your hair or scalp are dry, you might limit shampooing to once or twice a week, Garshick added.

From Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2023

In the mornings, Rosa Andresen showers hurriedly before her daughter wakes up, worried the 24-year-old might suffer a seizure or tumble out of the bed while she is still shampooing her hair.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2022

There are many examples of companies creating problems they then solve, from the marketing of cosmetics to the origin of women's razors to how shampooing more frequently came about.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2022

With shampooing, the secret is less is more.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

By the time we’re done shampooing, Mami has spilled soapy water all over the floor and the bed.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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