Mild cleansing compositions comprising an alkyleneoxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound and an anionic or amphoteric detergent such as a phosphobetaine

A cosmetic cleansing composition comprising a detergent component in admixture with an alkylene-oxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound component wherein said detergent component comprises at least one amphoteric detergent selected from the group consisting of ##STR13## wherein R.sub.5 is straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, arylalkyl or cycloalkyl containing from 6 to 26 carbon atoms;

• R.sub.6 is hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 may be the same or different and are straight or branched chain alkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene ether radical of the formula
• --(R'--O).sub.b --R"--.
• wherein
• R' and R" are alkylene and alkyl, respectively, containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and b is an integer from 2 to 10;
• R.sub.9 is straight or branched chain alkylene or hydroxyalkylene containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• M is straight or branched chain alkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, polyhydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or a substituted ammonium compound selected from mono-, or di- or triethanolamine;
• and a is an integer from 1 to 5;
• said alkyleneoxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound component contains one or more compounds represented by the formula ##STR14## wherein R.sub.1 is an aliphatic radical of from about 10 to about 26 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is methyl, ethyl, propyl or R.sub.1, X is an anion, n is 2 or 3, and x is an integer of from 1 to about 30;
• and said detergent component is present in an amount of from about 4 percent to 40 percent by weight of the composition and the weight ratio of said bisquaternary ammonium compound to detergent is from about 0.01:1 to about 0.3:1.