Patent ID: 7163675

Claim:
An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, in addition to water: i) an anionic surfactant, wherein the total amount of anionic surfactant in the shampoo composition is from 5 to 30% by weight based on the total weight of the shampoo; ii) a cationic surfactant which is a monoalkyl quatemary ammonium compound in which the alkyl chain length is C8 to C14; and iii) emulsified cationic particles of silicone, in which the emulsified cationic particles of silicone are added to the shampoo composition as a pre-formed emulsion of amino functionalized silicone with nonionic and/or cationic surfactant, or in which the silicone particles, irrespective of their own charge, have been emulsified with a cationic emulsifier prior to their incorporation into the shampoo composition, with the proviso that when cationic surfactant derived from the reformed emulsion is present, additional cationic surfactant is also included in the shampoo composition.