Personal care compositions containing at least two cationic polymers and an anionic surfactant
A personal cleansing composition comprising: a. from about 5% to about 50% by weight of an anionic detersive surfactant; b. from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of a first cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of less than about 4 meq/gm, wherein said first cationic polymer forms an isotropic coacervate; c. from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of a second cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of greater than or equal to about 4 meq/gm, wherein said second cationic polymer forms a lyotropic liquid crystal coacervate; and d. from about 20% to about 94% by weight of water.
1. A personal care composition comprising:
a) from about 5% to about 50% by weight of an anionic surfactant;
b) from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of a first cationic polymer wherein said first cationic polymer is polyquaternium-10 and wherein said first cationic polymer forms an isotropic coacervate in the neat composition or upon dilution with water;
c) from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of a second cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyquaternium 6, polymethacryamidopropyl trimonium chloride and mixtures thereof, wherein said second cationic polymer forms a lyotropic liquid crystal coacervate upon combination with said anionic surfactant; and
d) from about 20% to about 94% by weight of water.
2. A personal care composition according to claim 1 , further comprising an optional ingredient selected from the group consisting of oily conditioning agents, hydrocarbon oils, polyolefins, fatty esters, fluorinated conditioning compounds, fatty alcohols, quaternary ammonium compounds, polyethylene glycols, anti-dandruff actives, anti-microbial actives, inorganic or synthetic particles, opacifying agents, suspending agents, propellants, paraffinic hydrocarbons, mono or divalent salts, fragrances, vitamins, chelating agents, colorants, pigments, dyes and mixtures thereof.
3. A personal care composition according to claim 2 , wherein said oily conditioning agent is a silicone conditioning agent having a particle size of from about 1 μm to about 50.
4. A personal care composition according to claim 2 , wherein said oily conditioning agent is a silicone conditioning agent having a particle size of less than about 1 μm.
5. A personal care composition according to claim 2 , wherein said oily conditioning agent is polydimethylsiloxane.
6. A personal care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition is a multiple phase composition.