Shampoos with behenyl-alcohol

A pearlized cleansing composition for personal care comprising:

• (a) 4.00-30.00 weight % of an anionic material selected from the group consisting of water soluble lipophilic sulfates and sulfonates having 8 to 22 carbon atoms;
• (b) 0.25-4.0 weight % behenyl alcohol;
• (c) 0-10.00 weight % of a non-ionic material selected from the group consisting of a higher fatty alkanolamide having 8-22 carbons;
• (d) 0-10.00 weight % of an amphoteric material selected from the group consisting of derivatives of aliphatic quaternary ammonium, phosphonium or sulfonium compounds in which the aliphatic radicals can be straight chain or branched, and wherein one of the aliphatic substituents contains from 8-22 carbons and one contains an anionic water-solubilizing group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate and phosphonate;
• C8-C18 alkyl betaines;
• C8-C18 sulfobetaines;
• C8-C18 alkyl amphoacetates;
• and C8-C18 alkyl amphopropionates;
• (e) optionally a cationic material which is a cationic surface active fiber conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of
• (i) 0-5.0 weight % of one or more quaternary ammonium salts of formula:
• wherein R9 is a lower alkyl having 1-4 carbons;
• R10 and R11 may be the same or different and are each selected from the group of higher alkyls having 10-40 carbons;
• R12 is selected from the groups defined for R9 and R10;
• X− is a salt forming anion selected from the group consisting of a halide, lower (C1-C3) alkylsulfates, lower (C1-C3) carboxylic acid radicals, and citrate;
• and
• (ii) 0.0-2.0 weight % water soluble cationic cellulosic polymers selected from the group consisting of hydroxy alkyl celluloses, alkyl hydroxy alkyl celluloses, and galactomannan gums;
• (f) 0.1-10 weight % of a silicone selected from the group consisting of water insoluble organosilicone compounds selected from the group consisting of:
• (i) dimethicones, dimethicone derivatives and mixtures of the foregoing having a viscosity in the range of 5-100,000 centipoise (cps) and which are of Formula I:
• wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, and R7 may be the same or different and are each independently selected from the group consisting of alkyls of 1-6 carbons and z is selected so that the viscosity of 5-100,000 is achieved;
• and
• (ii) aminosilicones of Formula II
• wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, and R7 may be the same or different and are each independently selected from the group consisting of are alkyls of 1-6 carbons;
• and R4 is R8—NH—CH2CH2—NH2, R8 is an alkylene of 3-6 carbons;
• x=is an average value and is a number in the range of 500-10,000;
• and
• y=is an average value and is a number in the range of 1-10;
• (iii) mixtures of (f)(i) and (f)(ii);
• (g) optionally, one or more members selected from the group consisting of an effective amount of a pH modifying agent;
• an effective amount of a viscosity modifying agent;
• an effective amount of a preservative;
• fragrance;
• and a coloring agent;
• and
• (h) the remainder water;
• provided that a sufficient amount of behenyl alcohol or behenyl alcohol in combination with an additional suspending agent is used to stabilize the composition.