Hair treating composition

Claim 1

A composition comprising a liquid aqueous vehicle having dispersed therein from 0.25 to 30% by weight of a mixture comprising two types of polysiloxanes having the following average compositions: ##STR3## in which R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. R" is hydrogen or R B is --R or --OH or --OR or --TNHCH 2 CH 2 NHR" C is --OH or --OR D is --R, --OH, or --OR T is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms p, q and r are positive integers, the sum of p, q or r being from 10 to 300, ##STR4## in which R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R" is hydrogen or R, T is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, E is --OR or --T--NHCH 2 CH 2 NHR", s and t are positive integers, the sum of s and t being from 10 to 300, and t is at least 2, and the molar ratio of Type I to Type II being from 4:1 to and a cross-linking agent comprising a water-soluble compound containing at least two carboxyl groups, the amount of said agent being from 0.6 to 90% by weight of total polysiloxane.