Hair conditioning composition and method of using the same

Claim 1

A cosmetic composition in lotion, cream, gel or emulsion form for conditioning the hair comprising (1) in combination at least one crosslinked polyaminoamide and at least one cationic polymer having recurring units of the formula ##STR14## wherein R 3 and R 4 each independently represent alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms or hydroxyalkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, or when R 2 =R 4 =CH 3 and R 1 =R 3 , R 1 and R 3 can represent alkyl having 4-8 carbon atoms, or when R 2 =R 4 =R 1 =CH 3 , R 3 can represent benzyl, cyclohexyl or alkyl having 4-12 carbon atoms, A and B, each independently, represent linear or branched alkylene having 2-20 carbon atoms in the chain, --(CH 2 ) n --(CH 2 ) n --, --CH 2 --C 6 H 4 --CH 2 -- or --CH 2 --CH(OH)--CH 2 --, n being a whole number equal to 2 or 3, X.sup.⊖ is an anion and Z represents either --O-- or --NH--CO--NH--, wherein said crosslinked polyamino-amide is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 weight percent and said quaternized polymer is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of said composition, and (2) an effective amount of at least one of (i)-(iv), defined below, to provide said lotion, cream, gel or emulsion: (i) water, alcohol or mixtures thereof; (ii) soap or C 12 -C 18 natural or synthetic alcohols with emulsifiers; (iii) thickening agent; or (iv) mixtures of oils, waxes, or both with fatty alcohols and polyethoxylated fatty alcohols.