Color enhancing shampoo composition

1. A coloring enhancing shampoo composition for hair comprising at least one cleansing and lathering surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants and present at a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight, calculated to total composition; at least one oil soluble dye; at least one polypropylene glycol compound according to the formula

wherein n is a number in the range of 2 to 50; and at least one cationic surfactant of the following general formula

wherein R 1 is an saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain with 12 to 22 C atoms, or

R 5 CONH(CH 2 ) n

where R 5 is saturated or unsaturated, alkyl chain with 7-21 C atoms and n has value of 1-4, or

R 6 COO(CH 2 ) n

where R 6 is saturated or unsaturated, branched or non-branched alkyl chain with 7-21 C atoms and n has value of 1-4, and R2, R3 and R4 are same or different and independent from each other an alkyl group with 1 to 4 C atoms, and X is an anion such as chloride, bromide, methosulfate; and optionally comprising at least one silicone compound having at least one quaternary ammonium group.

2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the oil soluble dyes are selected from CI 12100, CI 12140, CI 12700, CI 12740, CI 26100, CI 26105, CI 45396, CI 45410, CI 45425, CI 47000, CI 60725, CI 60724, CI 61520 and CI 61565.

3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the polypropylene glycol is selected from dipropylene glycol, PPG-3, PPG-9, PPG-12, PPG 15, PPG-16, PPG 20 and is present at a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight, calculated to total composition.

4. The composition according to claim 1 comprising mono alkyl quaternary ammonium surfactant at a concentration of 0.1 to 3% by weight calculated to total composition.

5. The composition according to claim 4 wherein the mono alkyl quaternary ammonium surfactant is cetrimonium chloride.

6. The composition according to claim 4 wherein the silicone compound with at least one quaternary ammonium group is Quaternium-80.

7. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least one non-ionic surfactant.

8. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least one amphoteric surfactant.

9. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least one anionic carboxylate surfactant.

10. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least one additional direct dye selected from anionic, cationic and non-ionic nitro dye.

11. The composition according to claim 10 comprising at least one cationic direct dye at a concentration of 0.0001 to 1% by weight, calculated to total composition.

12. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising conditioning agents selected from oily substances, non-ionic substances, cationic polymers or mixtures thereof.

13. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one UV filter.

14. A method of cleansing and colour enhancing hair wherein a composition according to claim 1 is applied to wet hair; foamed by massaging; and rinsed of after a processing time with water.

15. A method of producing cleansing and colour enhancing composition according to claim 1 wherein oil soluble dye is dissolved in at least one polypropylene glycol and mixed with at least one cationic surfactant and/or silicone compound with at least one quaternary ammonium group and subsequently added to a surfactant/water mixture which is furthermore added the remaining ingredients in the formulation.

16. The composition according to claim 1 comprising at least one silicone compound having at least one quaternary ammonium group present at concentration of 0.1 to 3% by weight calculated to total composition.