Patent ID: 7179452

Claim:
A liquid detergent and conditioning cosmetic hair composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium: (A) a washing base wherein said washing base is present in an amount ranging from 4% to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition and (B) at least one liquid ester chosen from esters of formula (I): R 1 COOR 2 (I) wherein: R 1 is chosen from branched (C 3 –C 5 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, monohydroxylated branched (C 3 –C 5 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, and polyhydroxylated branched (C 3 –C 5 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, and R 2 is chosen from linear (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, branched (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, monohydroxylated linear (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, monohydroxylated branched (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, polyhydroxylated linear (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups, and polyhydroxylated branched (C 12 –C 26 ) hydrocarbon-based groups.