Patent ID: 7951762

Claim:
A skin or hair washing composition, comprising the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a compound represented by formula (1): R 1 O-(AO) n —R 2 (1) wherein R 1 represents a straight-chained or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group having 8 carbon atoms; AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; n, the average number of added moles, represents a number from 0.5 to less than 4.0; and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom; (B) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate, a polyoxyethylene alkenyl ether sulfate, an alkyl sulfate, a higher fatty acid salt, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether acetate, an alkyl phosphate, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether phosphate, a polyoxolkylene alkyl ether, an alkyl polyglucoside, a polyoxyalkylene C8-C20 fatty acid ester, a polyoxyalkylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, a polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, a fatty acid alkanolamide, a betaine-based surfactant, and an amine oxide surfactant; (C) a cationic polymer, wherein the weight ratio of the component (A) and the component (C), (A)/(C), is from 0.5 to 30.