Shampoo compositions

A shelf stable shampoo composition consisting essentially of:

• (a) from about 10% to about 25% of a synthetic surfactant;
• (b) from about 0.5% to about 3.0% of ethylene glycol long chain (C.sub.16 -C.sub.22) diesters having a stearate to palmitate ratio of about 10% to about 42% stearate to about 90% to about 58% palmitate and about 55% to about 80% stearate to about 45% to about 20% palmitate;
• (c) from about 0.2% to about 2.5% of selenium sulfide;
• (d) from about 1% to about 10% of an alkanol amide of fatty acid having from about 8 to about 14 carbon atoms;
• and
• (e) the remainder water.