Patent ID: 8956599
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A method of imparting superior conditioning to hair comprising applying a personal care product to hair, the personal care product comprising: (a) a polyquaternium compound having 100 or more quaternary nitrogen groups and having a weight average molecular weight of between 30,000 and 1,000,000; (b) at least one nonalkoxylated phosphate ester of fatty alcohols, wherein said nonalkoxylated phosphate ester is selected from the group consisting of dioleyl phosphate ester, monocetyl phosphate ester, and isostearyl phosphate ester, wherein a ratio of said nonalkoxylated phosphate ester to said polyquaternium compound is at least about 2:1 and wherein a total amount of said nonalkoxylated phosphate ester and said polyquaternium compound ranges from between about 0.5% and about 5% by weight of said personal care product, and (c) an additional ingredient, wherein said personal care product is capable of reducing a wet combing force of a hair sample treated therewith by at least about 10 Joules relative to water, and wherein the personal care product does not contain an alkoxylated phosphate ester.