| abstract |
A SHAMPOO COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CLEANSING AND CONDITIONING HUMAN HAIR, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A WATER-SOLUBLE NON-SOAP ORGANIC SYNTHETIC DETERGENT SALT HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC LONG CHAIN SUBSTITUENT CONTAINING AT LEAST 8 CARBON ATOMS IN ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND A NORMALLY LIQUID SATURATED BRANCHED-CHAIN HIGHER FATTY ACID MATERIAL CONTAINING ABOUT 12-24 CARBON ATOMS. PREFERRED COMPOSITIONS CONTAIN ABOUT 10-40% BY WEIGHT OF THE DETERGENT AND 0.5 TO 5.0% BY WEIGHT OF THE FATTY ACID MATERIAL IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM. |