Patent ID: 8039425

Claim:
A method of cleansing the skin or hair, which comprises applying a hair or skin cleanser composition to the skin or hair; wherein the cleanser composition comprises the following components (A), (B), and (C): from 0.3 to 20 wt. % of (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I): R 1 O-(AO) n —R 2 (1) wherein R 1 represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n is the number of alkyleneoxy groups and stands for a number from 0.5 to 3.5 on average, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, from 5 to 30 wt. % of (B) a surfactant other than the component (A), and from 0.1 to 10 wt. % of (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of: (1) a dimethylpolysiloxane represented by the following formula: (Me) 3 Si—[(Me) 2 SiO] d —Si(Me) 3 wherein Me represents a methyl group and d stands for a number from 3 to 20000, (2) a branched polyglycerol-modified silicone, (3) a polyether-modified silicone, (4) an amino-modified silicone, (5) methylphenylpolysioxane, (6) a fatty acid-modified silicone, and (7) a cyclic silicone; wherein the component (A) and the component (B) are added at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 0.01 to 1.