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molecules names and code numbers. Is this something that everyone of us is expected to read and understand?  
 
molecules names and code numbers. Is this something that everyone of us is expected to read and understand?  
 
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<p>Of course to find out what's in your shampoo, you can open your bottle of shampoo. There's shampoo in it. But what's inside the shampoo?</p>
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<p>Rosanna Van Hespen, a student at the University of Melbourne took the time to find out <a href="http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2014/10/23/whats-in-my-shampoo/">what are the 29 ingredients of her shampoo</a> (Fructis / Garnier) and what their purposes are. It is a very interesting and funny read.</p>
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<p>The Guardian also made a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/feb/10/shampoo-ingredients-label-chemicals-interactive">What's in your shampoo?</a> interactive site that tells you what 9 common shampoo ingredients are, if there is a risk associated with them, and in that case how to avoid them.</p>
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<p>What's in your shampoo?</p>
 
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<h3>Adding more shampoos</h3>
 
<h3>Adding more shampoos</h3>
<p>To add more products, you can use the iPhone, Android or Windows Phone mobile apps. Then go to your local store or open your cosmetic cupboard, scan the barcode of a shampoo, and take some pictures of the
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<p>To add more products, you can upload pictures of your cosmetics on the Open Beauty Facts web site or with our Android mobile app (iOS app in progress, if you are an iOS developer, your help would be very useful!). Then go to your local store or your bathroom, scan the barcode of a shampoo, and take some pictures of the
 
ingredients list and packaging.</p>
 
ingredients list and packaging.</p>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/open-food-facts/id588797948"><img src="http://en.openbeautyfacts.org/images/misc/Available_on_the_App_Store_Badge_EN_135x40.png" alt="Available on the App Store" width="135" height="40" /></a>
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<img src="http://static.openbeautyfacts.org/images/misc/android-apk.112x40.png" alt="Android APK" />
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openbeautyfacts.scanner"><img src="http://en.openbeautyfacts.org/images/misc/android-app-on-google-play-en_app_rgb_wo_135x47.png" alt="Available on Google Play" width="135" height="47" /></a>
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  and <a href="http://openbeautyfacts.org">on the web</a> !                 
 
  and <a href="http://openbeautyfacts.org">on the web</a> !                 
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<h3>Become a shampoo hunter!</h3>
 
<h3>Become a shampoo hunter!</h3>
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<p>The What's in my shampoo? project will officially launch on <a href="http://opendataday.org">Open Data Day</a>, Saturday February 22nd 2016. Our goal for this day is to open the data for at least one shampoo sold in each
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<p>The What's in my shampoo? project will officially launch on <a href="http://opendataday.org">Open Data Day</a>, Saturday March 5th 2016. Our goal for this day is to open the data for at least one shampoo sold in each
 
of the 250 countries and dependent territories.</p>
 
of the 250 countries and dependent territories.</p>
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(yes, including North Korea and the Antartic bases) to convince them to rummage their bathroom, take a shampoo, and send us some photos of the ingredients list and packaging.</p>
 
(yes, including North Korea and the Antartic bases) to convince them to rummage their bathroom, take a shampoo, and send us some photos of the ingredients list and packaging.</p>
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<p>Are you up to it? Join us on the <a href="http://okfnpad.org/p/whatsinmyshampoo_opendataday2016">What's in my shampoo? - OpenDataDay pad</a> to coordinate our hunting efforts and celebrate our victories!</p>
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<p>Are you up to it? Join us on <a href="http://slack.openfoodfacts.org">Slack</a> (#opendataday2016 channel) to coordinate our hunting efforts and celebrate our victories!</p>
 
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<p>We also have a <a href="http://okfnpad.org/p/whatsinmyshampoo_announcement">ready to publish/adapt/translate launch announcement</a> in multiple languages that you can publish on your site, blog, favorite mailing list etc.</p>
      
<h3>Become a shampoo team coordinator!</h3>
 
<h3>Become a shampoo team coordinator!</h3>
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<h3>Join the conversation!</h3>
 
<h3>Join the conversation!</h3>
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<p>We use the <a href="http://en.wiki.openbeautyfacts.org/">Open Beauty Facts wiki</a> to coordinate the <a href="http://en.wiki.openbeautyfacts.org/Project:What%27s_in_my_shampoo%3F">What's in my shampoo? project</a>, you can participate with your Open Beauty Facts account.</p>
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<p>You can join us:</p>
 
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<li>on Slack: <a href="http://slack.openfoodfacts.org">Slack</a>, channels #openbeautyfacts and #opendataday2016.</li>
 
<li>on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/OpenBeautyFacts">@OpenBeautyFacts</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23whatsinmyshampoo">#whatsinmyshampoo</a></li>
 
<li>on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/OpenBeautyFacts">@OpenBeautyFacts</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23whatsinmyshampoo">#whatsinmyshampoo</a></li>
 
<li>on Facebook: <a href="">Open Beauty Facts contributors group</a>, <a href="">Open Beauty Facts page</a></li>
 
<li>on Facebook: <a href="">Open Beauty Facts contributors group</a>, <a href="">Open Beauty Facts page</a></li>
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<p>Having most products from a category makes it possible to compute averages, to compare products, to create top lists (shampoos with natural ingredients, without paraben etc.) and other cool applications and infographics.</p>
 
<p>Having most products from a category makes it possible to compute averages, to compare products, to create top lists (shampoos with natural ingredients, without paraben etc.) and other cool applications and infographics.</p>
 
<p>And having most products from a category in a number of different countries also allows interesting analyses of the data. Is there a correlation between differences in shampoos and differences in other things like  
 
<p>And having most products from a category in a number of different countries also allows interesting analyses of the data. Is there a correlation between differences in shampoos and differences in other things like  
the prevalence of some affections like diabetes or obesity for instance? It's interesting that shampoo started to become popular in Western Europe and then America in the early 1900s because a Russian Nobel Prize in Biology
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the prevalence of some affection for instance?</p>
"hypothesized that regular consumption of shampoo was responsible for the unusually long lifespans of Bulgarian peasants" (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt#History">the history of shampoo</a> in Wikipedia).</p>
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<p>We chose shampoos first because they are consumed in most parts of the world, but their composition varies greatly across countries.</p>
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<p>So shampoos are our Trojan Horses to open data for all cosmetic products, a way to put our foot in the fridge's door and then open fruit juices, breakfast cereals, cookies, canned vegetables, prepared meals, frozen food and
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<p>So shampoos are our Trojan Horses to open data for all cosmetic products, a way to put our foot in the bathroom's door and then open soap, toothpaste, perfume, make-up and
 
everything else! Once you are done adding your local shampoos, you are more than welcome to add other cosmetic products as well! :-)</p>
 
everything else! Once you are done adding your local shampoos, you are more than welcome to add other cosmetic products as well! :-)</p>
  
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