Transparent hair rinsing composition

Claim 1

A transparent liquid hair rinsing composition consisting essentially of (A) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts having the formula (I): ##STR4## wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each is alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or benzyl, with the proviso that one or two of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is long-chain alkyl or hydroxyalkyl having 8 to 20 carbon atoms and the remaining groups are selected from alkyl and hydroxyalkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and benzyl, and X is halogen or alkyl sulfate having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, (B) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of non-ionic surface active agent having the formulas (II) or (III): ##STR5## and mixtures thereof, wherein R 5 is an alkyl or alkenyl having 7 to 10 carbon atoms and R 6 is hydrogen or alkyl or alkenyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the sum of the numbers of carbon atoms of the groups R 5 plus R 6 is in the range of from 7 to 19, R 7 is linear or branched alkyl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and n is the average value of the number of moles of added ethylene oxide units and is in the range of from 1 to 7, with the further proviso that the content of compound in which n is zero is lower than 3% based on the total weight of ingredient B, (c) 5 to 30% by weight of a solvent selected from the group consisting of lower monohydric alcohols, polyhydric alcohols and glycols, and (D) the balance is essentially water.