Patent ID: 6218346
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
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.