Conditioning shampoo compositions containing select hair conditioning

Abstract

Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions comprising an anionic detersive surfactant component; an organic, cationic, hair conditioning polymer, and from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of a water insoluble, synthetic ester having a viscosity of from about 1 to about 300 centipoise, and which conforms to either of the following formuls ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group, having from 7 to 9 carbon atoms; n is a positive integer having a value of from 2 to 4; R.sup.2 is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl group, having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms; and Y is an alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxy or carboxy substituted alkyl or alkenyl, having from about 2 to about 20 carbon atoms; and an organic, water insoluble, conditioning oil having a viscosity of from about 1 to about 300 centipoise, selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon oils, fatty esters other than the above synthetic esters, and combinations thereof. The organic conditioning oil is preferably a polyolefin. The shampoo compositions provide improved hair conditioning performance, and eliminates or minimizes the slimy, excessively conditioned, wet hair feel often associated with the use of a cationic hair conditioning polymers.