Patent ID: 7918901

Claim:
A hair conditioning composition comprising by weight: (a) from about 0.2% to about 10% of a cationic surfactant which is a salt of: (i) a tertiary amidoamine having the following general formula: R 1 CONH(CH 2 ) m N(R 2 ) 2 wherein R 1 is a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl group of from about 20 to about 24 carbon atoms; m is an integer from 1 to 4; and R 2 is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyalkyl, or polyoxyalkylene; and (ii) acids selected from the group consisting of 1-glutamic acid, lactic acid, hydrochloric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 1% to about 15% of a high melting point fatty compound; (c) from about 0.00005% to about 0.5% of a direct dye; and (d) an aqueous carrier.