Hair conditioning compositions containing a non-irritating cationic surfactant

Abstract

Abstract Cationic surfactants are provided which are useful alone as the active compounds in creme hair rinse and in conjunction with anionic surfactants in other hair conditioning preparations based on anionic-cationic surfactant systems. Such cationic surfactants are non-irritating to the eyes and are compatible with the other conventional ingredients used in hair conditioning preparations. These cationic surfactants are also compatible with anionic surfactants without objectionably reducing or otherwise interfering with the foam normally formed by the anionic surfactants in hair conditioning preparations. Useful cationic surfactants of the present invention have the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is a fatty acid group containing from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and n 1 , n 2 and n 3 are the same or different integers not exceeding 3. Two cationic surfactants of the invention presently preferred are: isostearylamidopropylmorpholine lactate and stearylamidopropylmorpholine lactate.

Inventors

• 👤 Thomas G. Schoenberg

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