| abstract |
A composition comprising an aqueous hair coloring, bleaching, reducing, oxidizing or permanent structure altering formulation and a conditioning amount of a quaternized compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein m is an integer having a value of from 1 to 4; R is linear alkylene having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and is optionally substituted with C 1 to C 4 alkyl; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently selected from the group of alkyl, alkyleneoxyalkyl, alkyleneoxyalkenyl, alkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, alkyleneamidoalkyl, alkylenecarbamoylalkyl, aryleneamidoalkyl and arylenecarbamoylalkyl radicals, and R 2 and R 3 , together with the quaternized nitrogen atom can form a heterocyclic radical containing from 1 to 2 heteroatoms selected from the group of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, in which case R 1 can represent a double bond in the heterocyclic structure or can be any of the aforementioned groups for R 1 , R 2 and R 3 ; said groups R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each having up to 30 carbon atoms and at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 being a radical having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms when R 2 and R 3 are not part of a heterocyclic moiety; and A -- is an anion derived from an oxylated sulfur compound, having the formula: n n R'SO.sub.3.sup.-- n n wherein R' is alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy, alkylenephenyl, alkylenephenoxy, phenylenealkyl or phenyleneoxyalkyl and wherein the alkyl moieties of said R' groups contain from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and said R' groups are optionally alkoxylated with from 1 to 20 units of ethyleneoxide and/or propylene oxide. |