Conditioning shampoo

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The conditioning shampoo composition of the preferred embodiment includes the following ingredients in the ranges, preferred ranges and best modes indicated:
TABLE 1
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Preferred
Ingredients Range Range Best Mode
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Anionic Surfactants
8-20% 10-18% 14-18%
Nonvolatile Silicone
0.
1-8% 1-4% 1.
5-2.
5%
Cationic Surfactants
0.
1-5% 0.
5-3% 0.
5-1.
5%
N-alkylated-2-pyrrolidones
0.
5-5% 1-3% 1.
5-2.
5%
Miscellaneous 0.
5-10% 0.
5-5% same
Ingredients
Water - Balance to
100% same same
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A.
Synthetic Anionic Surfactants An essential component of the present compositions is the synthetic anionic surfactant which is present in the preferred embodiment at a level from about 8% to about 20% by weight, preferably from about 10% to about 18%.
Synthetic anionic surfactants useful in this embodiment include long chain alkyl sulfates and long chain alkyl ether sulfates.
These surfactants have good cleansing properties.
These surfactants have the respective formulas ROSO.
sub.
3 M and RO(C.
sub.
2 H.
sub.
4 O).
sub.
x SO.
sub.
3 M wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl of about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 10, and M is a water-soluble cation such as ammonium, sodium, potassium, lithium or triethanolamine.
Exemplary anionic surfactants that are useful in the composition and method of the preferred embodiment include, but are not limited to, the ammonium, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, isopropylamine, sodium, potassium, lithium or magnesium salts of lauryl sulfate, dodecylbenzenesulfonate, lauryl sulfosuccinate, lauryl ether sulfate, lauryl ether carboxylate, lauryl sarcosinate, cocomethyl tauride, and sulfosuccinate half ester amine; or combinations thereof