Claims
- 1. A method for cleaning, conditioning and styling hair comprising:(i) applying to wet hair a composition comprising: (a) from about 8 percent to about 25 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition, of a surfactant mixture comprising at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one amphoteric surfactant; (b) from about 1 percent to about 3 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition, of a cationic surfactant selected from the group consisting of di- (hydrogenated tallow) dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, stearyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, dicetyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, tricetyl methyl ammonium chloride, methyl bis- (hydrogenated tallowamidoethyl) 2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, and mixtures thereof; (c) from about 0.3 percent to about 2 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition, of an anionic polymer selected from the group consisting of polymeric condensation products of methyl vinyl ether and maleic anhydride, and salts, half acid esters, half acid amides, salts of the half acid esters, and salts of the half amide esters thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the anionic polymer and the cationic surfactant are capable of combining to form a complex; (ii) forming a lather of the composition on the wet hair; (iii) rinsing the lather from the hair; and (iv) arranging the hair into a desired configuration whereby the hair will maintain the desired configuration.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, where the hair care composition further comprises from about 0-1 percent to about 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition, of a swellable polymer thickening agent.
- 3. A method according to claim 2, where the hair care composition comprises from about 0.2 percent to about 3.0 percent by weight based on the total weight of the hair care composition of the swellable polymer thickening agent.
- 4. A method according to claim 3, where the hair care composition comprises from about 0.2 percent to about 2.0 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition of the swellable polymer thickening agent.
- 5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the swellable polymer thickening agent is selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, xanthan gum, gum arabic, gum karaya, guar gum, locust bean gum, ghatti gum, hydrolyzed starches, low molecular weight ethylene oxide polymers, low molecular weight propylene oxide polymers and mixtures thereof.
- 6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition comprises from about 10 percent to about 25 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the hair care composition, of the surfactant mixture.
- 7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethyleneated straight chain alcohols, primary alkanolamides, ethoxylated primary alkanolamides, alkylpolyglycosides, alkylpolysaccharides, polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, and amine oxides and mixtures thereof.
- 8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the nonionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethyleneated straight chain alcohols, primary alkanolamides, alkylpolysaccharides, and amine oxides and mixtures thereof.
- 9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from the group consisting of betaines, sulfobetaines, amidopropyl betaines, cocobetaines, cocoamidopropyl betaines, lauryl betaines, lauramidopropyl betaines, and sultaines and mixtures thereof.
- 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from the group consisting of cocoamidopropyl betaines, and sulfobetaines and mixtures thereof.
- 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the surfactant mixture further comprises a semi-polar nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of long-chain amine oxides having the formula wherein R3 is an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, acylamidopropyl or alkyl phenyl group; each R4 is independently an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group; x is from about 0-3; and each R5 is independently an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group; and wherein the R5 groups can be attached to each other, either by an oxygen or nitrogen atom to form a ring structure and mixtures thereof.
- 12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the amine oxide is selected from the group consisting of C10-C18 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides, a C8-C12 alkoxy ethyl dihydroxyethyl amine oxides, and dimethyldodecylamine oxides and mixtures thereof.
- 13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the cationic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of stearyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, dicetyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and mixtures thereof.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of International Application PCT/US96/14358, with an international filing date of Sep. 5, 1996, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/632,013 filed Apr. 15, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,017,860.
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