Patent ID: 8609077

Claim:
A method of conditioning human hair which comprises applying to the humen hair a cosmetic composition comprising a flowable, non-cross-linked polysiloxane of the formula (CH 3 ) 3 Si—O—[Si(X)(CH 3 )—O—] x —[Si(Z)(CH 3 )—O—] y —[Si(CH 3 )—O] z —Si(CH 3 ) 3 , in which (101) X is —(CH 2 ) 3 —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) d H) in which d is 10 to 14, Z is —(CH 2 ) 3 N ⊕ (CH 3 ) 2 —(CH 2 ) 2 —N ⊕ (CH 3 ) 3 , x has a value of about 1; y has a value of about 10; and z has a value of about 500, or (CH 3 ) 3 N ⊕ (CH 2 ) 3 Si(CH 3 ) 2 —O—[Si(CH 3 )(Z)—O—] y [Si(CH 3 ) 2 —O] z —Si(CH 3 ) 2 —N ⊕ (CH 3 ) 3 , wherein (102) Z is as defined above, y has a value of about 40 and z has a value of about 600, or HO—(CH 2 ) 3 Si(CH 3 ) 2 —O—[Si(CH 3 )(Z)—O] y —[Si(CH 3 ) 2 —O] z —Si(CH 3 ) 2 (CH 2 ) 3 —OH, wherein (103) Z s as defined above, y has a value of about 41 and z has a value of about 600, and wherein, in each case, the anions associated with the quaternary nitrogens are the anions of p-toluene sulfonic acid or other cosmetically acceptable inorganic or organic acids.