A personal care composition, comprising: water; nonionic cellulose ethers having hydroxyethyl groups and being further substituted with one or more hydrophobic substituents with acyclic or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear hydrocarbon groups having at least 8 carbon atoms, and wherein the average number of moles of the hydrophobic substituent(s) per mole of anhydroglucose unit ("hydrophobe degree of substitution" or "hydrophobe DS") is at least 0.0003 to 0.012 moles of the hydrophobic substituent(s), wherein the cellulose ether has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000,000 to 2,500,000, and wherein the cellulose ether has at least one of the properties a), b) or c): a) a retained dynamic viscosity, %-η 80/25, of at least 30 percent, wherein %η 80/25 = [dynamic solution viscosity at 80 °C / dynamic solution viscosity at 25°C] × 100, the dynamic solution viscosity at 25 °C and 80 °C being measured as 1 % aqueous solution; b) a storage modulus of at least 15 Pascals at 25°C and a retained storage modulus, %G' 80/25, of at least 12 percent, wherein %G' 80/25 = [storage modulus at 80 °C / storage modulus at 25°C] × 100, the storage modulus at 25°C and 80 °C being measured as a 1 % aqueous solution; c) a critical association concentration of less than 15 ppm as measured by light-scattering; and at least one hair fixative polymer, moisturizer, conditioner, humectant, cationic conditioning polymer, antioxidant, anti-aging active, or sun care active. water; nonionic cellulose ethers having hydroxyethyl groups and being further substituted with one or more hydrophobic substituents with acyclic or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear hydrocarbon groups having at least 8 carbon atoms, and wherein the average number of moles of the hydrophobic substituent(s) per mole of anhydroglucose unit ("hydrophobe degree of substitution" or "hydrophobe DS") is at least 0.0003 to 0.012 moles of the hydrophobic substituent(s), wherein the cellulose ether has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000,000 to 2,500,000, and wherein the cellulose ether has at least one of the properties a), b) or c): a) a retained dynamic viscosity, %-η 80/25, of at least 30 percent, wherein %η 80/25 = [dynamic solution viscosity at 80 °C / dynamic solution viscosity at 25°C] × 100, the dynamic solution viscosity at 25 °C and 80 °C being measured as 1 % aqueous solution; b) a storage modulus of at least 15 Pascals at 25°C and a retained storage modulus, %G' 80/25, of at least 12 percent, wherein %G' 80/25 = [storage modulus at 80 °C / storage modulus at 25°C] × 100, the storage modulus at 25°C and 80 °C being measured as a 1 % aqueous solution; c) a critical association concentration of less than 15 ppm as measured by light-scattering; and a) a retained dynamic viscosity, %-η 80/25, of at least 30 percent, wherein %η 80/25 = [dynamic solution viscosity at 80 °C / dynamic solution viscosity at 25°C] × 100, the dynamic solution viscosity at 25 °C and 80 °C being measured as 1 % aqueous solution; b) a storage modulus of at least 15 Pascals at 25°C and a retained storage modulus, %G' 80/25, of at least 12 percent, wherein %G' 80/25 = [storage modulus at 80 °C / storage modulus at 25°C] × 100, the storage modulus at 25°C and 80 °C being measured as a 1 % aqueous solution; c) a critical association concentration of less than 15 ppm as measured by light-scattering; and at least one hair fixative polymer, moisturizer, conditioner, humectant, cationic conditioning polymer, antioxidant, anti-aging active, or sun care active.