| abstract |
Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions comprising an anionic surfactant component; an organic, cationic, hair conditioning polymer; and from about 0.1% to about 1.0% by weight of a water insoluble, synthetic ester having a viscosity of from about 1 to about 300 centipoise, and which conforms to either of the following formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group, having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms; n is positive integer having a value of from 2 to 4; R2 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms; and Y is an alkyl, alkenyl, or a hydroxy or carboxy substituted alkyl or alkenyl, having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein the synthetic ester content of the composition represents from about 2.5% to about 100% by weight of the total liquid fatty ester content of the composition. The shampoo compositions provide improved hair conditioning performance, and eliminates or minimizes the slimy, excessively conditioned, wet hair feel often associated with the use of cationic hair conditioning polymers. |