Hair conditioning composition and method

Claim 1

A human hair conditioner consisting essentially of an aqueous composition containing about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent of a static-reducing agent comprised of a nonionic, water-insoluble, non-oily organic material having a Brookfield viscosity at 26° C. of less than about 50 centipoises, that is a liquid at 20° C. and has a refractive index at 25° C. of about 1.4 to about 1.5, about 0.05 to about 1.0 weight percent of a cationic, film-forming polymer containing a plurality of quaternary nitrogen atoms, and about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent of a distearyldimethylammonium salt, the weight ratio of said static-reducing agent to said cationic polymer being about 2:1 to about 20:1.

Claim 13

A method of conditioning human hair in the presence of a hair set-improving cationic polymer to provide a reduced amount of combing-induced static charge when the conditioned hair in the dry state is combed comprising the steps of: providing a human hair conditioner consisting essentially of an aqueous composition of about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent static-reducing agent comprised of a nonionic, water-insoluble, non-oily organic material having a Brookfield viscosity at 26° C. of less than about 50 centipoises that is a liquid at 20° C. and has a refractive index at 25° C. of about 1.4 to about 1.5, about 0.05 to about 1.0 weight percent of a cationic, film-forming polymer containing a plurality of quaternary nitrogen atoms, and about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent of a distearyldimethylammonium salt, the weight ratio of said static-reducing agent to said quaternary nitrogen-containing polymer being about 2:1 to about 20:1; applying said conditioner in a substantially homogeneous form to human hair; maintaining said application for a time period sufficient for said conditioner to contact the hair fibers; rinsing the contacted hair fibers with water; and drying the water-rinsed hair.

Claim 14

A method of conditioning human hair in the presence of a hair set-improving cationic polymer to provide a reduced amount of combing-induced static charge when the conditioned hair in the dry state is combed comprising the steps of: providing a human hair conditioner consisting essentially of an aqueous composition of about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent static-reducing agent comprised of a nonionic, water-insoluble, non-oily organic material having a Brookfield viscosity at 26° C. of less than about 50 centipoises that is a liquid at 20° C. and has a refractive index at 25° C. of about 1.4 to about 1.5, about 0.05 to about 1.0 weight percent of a cationic, film-forming polymer containing a plurality of quaternary nitrogen atoms, and about 0.25 to about 4 weight percent of a distearyldimethylammonium salt, the weight ratio of said static-reducing agent to said quaternary nitrogen-containing polymer being about 2:1 to about 20:1; applying said conditioner in a substantially homogeneous form to human hair; maintaining said application for a time period sufficient for said conditioner to contact the hair fibers; rinsing the contacted hair fibers with water; and drying the water-rinsed hair.