Shampoo method and composition
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsClarence Robbins, Charles Reich
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of removing mono-C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 alkyl quaternary ammonium hair conditioners from the hair by washing said hair with a cleaning composition containing a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alketh (1-5) sulfate salt as the principal detergent and to cleaning compositions for use in the inventive method.
Claims25
A method of removing a mono C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 alkyl quaternary ammonium hair conditioner from the hair having said conditioner thereon comprising the steps of (a) cleaning said hair having said conditioner thereon with an effective amount of a hair cleaning composition containing a water-soluble, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alketh (1-5) sulfate salt as the principal detergent, said sulfate being prepared by sulfating and neutralizing the condensation product of a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alkanol with an average of one to five moles of ethylene oxide and being at least 75% by weight of the total weight of anionic detergents present;
- and (b) rinsing the cleansed hair with water to remove said hair cleaning composition.
A hair cleaning composition for removing a mono C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 alkyl quaternary ammonium conditioner from hair having said conditioner thereon which consists essentially of 5% to 50% by weight of a water-soluble C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alketh (1-5) sulfate salt as the principal detergent, said sulfate being prepared by sulfating and neutralizing the base-catalyzed, condensation product of a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 alkanol with an average of one to five moles of ethylene oxide and containing less than 17% by weight of decyl monoethoxy sulfate salt and being at least 75% by weight of the total weight of anionic detergent present;
- and 50% to 95% by weight of a compatible, non-toxic cosmetic vehicle.
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