Mild cleansing compositions comprising an alkyleneoxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound and an anionic or amphoteric detergent such as a phosphobetaine

Claim 1

A cosmetic cleansing composition comprising a detergent component in admixture with an alkylene-oxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound component wherein said detergent component comprises at least one amphoteric detergent selected from the group consisting of ##STR13## wherein R 5 is straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, arylalkyl or cycloalkyl containing from 6 to 26 carbon atoms; R 6 is hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 7 and R 8 may be the same or different and are straight or branched chain alkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene ether radical of the formula --(R'--O).sub.b --R"--. wherein R' and R" are alkylene and alkyl, respectively, containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and b is an integer from 2 to 10; R 9 is straight or branched chain alkylene or hydroxyalkylene containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; M is straight or branched chain alkyl or hydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, polyhydroxyalkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or a substituted ammonium compound selected from mono-, or di- or triethanolamine; and a is an integer from 1 to 5; said alkyleneoxylated bisquaternary ammonium compound component contains one or more compounds represented by the formula ##STR14## wherein R 1 is an aliphatic radical of from about 10 to about 26 carbon atoms, R 2 is methyl, ethyl, propyl or R 1 , X is an anion, n is 2 or 3, and x is an integer of from 1 to about 30; and said detergent component is present in an amount of from about 4 percent to 40 percent by weight of the composition and the weight ratio of said bisquaternary ammonium compound to detergent is from about 0.01:1 to about 0.3:1.