Dry shampoo mousse composition for hair

An aerosol mousse composition for simultaneously removing sebum and hair styling resins from hair, the composition comprising:

• a mousse concentrate and a propellant, where the mousse concentrate comprises:
• a sebum-absorbing rice starch, where the total amount of the sebum-absorbing rice starch, based upon the total weight of the mousse concentrate, is from about 10 to about 50 wt. %,
• from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % total cleansing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulphates, alkyl ether sulphates, alkaryl sulphonates, alkanoyl isethionates, alkyl succinates, alkyl sulphosuccinates, alkyl ether sulphosuccinates, N-alkyl sarcosinates, alkyl phosphates, alkyl ether phosphates, alkyl ether carboxylic acids and salts thereof, alkyl ethoxylates, alkyl alkanolamides, alkyl polyglycosides, alkyl amine oxides, alkyl betaines, alkyl amidopropyl betaines, alkyl sulphobetaines (sultaines), alkyl glycinates, alkyl carboxyglycinates, alkyl amphoacetates, alkyl amphopropionates, alkylamphoglycinates, alkyl amidopropyl hydroxysultaines, acyl taurates and acyl glutamates, and mixtures thereof,
• at least one anti-caking agent,
• at least one plasticizer, and
• from about 30 to about 70 wt. % water, all based upon the total weight of the mousse concentrate, wherein the aerosol mousse composition functions to remove sebum and hair styling resins when applied to hair.

A dry shampoo mousse concentrate consisting of:

• a sebum-absorbing rice starch, where the total amount of the sebum-absorbing rice starch, based upon the total weight of the mousse concentrate, is from about 10 to about 50 wt. %,
• from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % total cleansing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulphates, alkyl ether sulphates, alkaryl sulphonates, alkanoyl isethionates, alkyl succinates, alkyl sulphosuccinates, alkyl ether sulphosuccinates, N-alkyl sarcosinates, alkyl phosphates, alkyl ether phosphates, alkyl ether carboxylic acids and salts thereof, alkyl ethoxylates, alkyl alkanolamides, alkyl polyglycosides, alkyl amine oxides, alkyl betaines, alkyl amidopropyl betaines, alkyl sulphobetaines (sultaines), alkyl glycinates, alkyl carboxyglycinates, alkyl amphoacetates, alkyl amphopropionates, alkylamphoglycinates, alkyl amidopropyl hydroxysultaines, acyl taurates and acyl glutamates, and mixtures thereof,
• at least one anti-caking agent,
• at least one plasticizer,
• from about 30 to about 70 wt. % water, all based upon the total weight of the mousse concentrate, and
• optionally one or more of the following:
• antioxidants, essential oils, perfumes, waxes, emulsifiers, emulsion stabilizers, fillers, deodorizing agents, pediculicides, anti-dandruff agents, emollients, moisturizers, vitamins, essential fatty acids, sunscreens, herb extracts, plant extracts, dispersing agents, suspending agents, pharmaceutically active agents, anti-static agents, pearlescent aids, opacifiers, preserving agents, coloring agents, dyes, odor neutralizers, preservatives, and sequestering agents, and combinations thereof.