Hair cleansing composition

1. A hair cleansing composition comprising:

(a) about 8 to about 20 wt. % of a sulfate based anionic surfactant;

(b) about 1 to about 2 wt. % of an amphoteric surfactant;

(c) about 4 to about 10 wt. % of a plurality of nonionic surfactants, the plurality of nonionic surfactants comprising:

(i) about 1 to about 1.5 wt. % of a fatty alcohol,

(ii) about 1.5 to about 3 wt. % of a glucamide, and

(iii) about 1.5 to about 5.5 wt. % of an alkanolamide that is not a glucamide,

wherein a weight ratio of an amount of the fatty alcohols of (i) to an amount of the glucamide of (ii) is 1:1.5 to 1:2.5

(d) about 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of (g) coconut oil,

(e) water;

(f) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of a cationic polymer; and

(h) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a silicone,

wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the hair cleansing composition.

2. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the sulfate based anionic surfactant is selected from sodium lauryl ether sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, ammonium lauryl ether sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, and a mixture thereof.

3. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the amphoteric surfactant is selected from lauryl betaine, lauroamphoglycinate, lauroamphopropylsulfonate, lauroamphopropionate, lauroampho-carboxyglycinate, lauryl sultane, myristamidopropyl betaine, myristyl betaine, myristoamphoglycinate, myristyl propionate, stearoamphoglycinate, stearoamphopropionate, stearoamphopropylsulfonate, stearyl betaine, cocamidoethyl betaine, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, cocamidopropyl dimethylamine propionate, cocoamphoglycinate, cocoamphocarboxypropionate, cocoamphocarboxyglycinate, coco-betaine, cocoamphopropionate, cocoamphopropylsulfonate, and a mixture thereof.

4. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the fatty alcohol is selected from cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, eicosyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, 2-dodecylhexadecanol, 2-tetradecyl-1-octadecanol, 2-tetradecyl-1-eicosanol, 2-hexadecyl-1-octadecanol, 2-hexadecyl-1-eicosanol, and a mixture thereof.

5. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the glucamide is selected from lauroyl/myristoyl methyl glucamide, capryloyl/capryl methyl glucamide, lauroyl methyl glucamide, myristoyl methyl glucamide, capryloyl methyl glucamide, capryl methyl glucamide, cocoyl methyl glucamide, capryloyl/caproyl methyl glucamide, cocoyl methyl glucamide, lauryl methylglucamide, oleoyl methylglucamide oleate, stearoyl methylglucamide stearate, sunfloweroyl methylglucamide, tocopheryl succinate methylglucamide, and a mixture thereof.

6. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkanolamide has a carbon chain containing 2 to 36 carbons.

7. The hair cleansing composition of claim 6 , wherein the alkanolamide comprises at least one of a fatty acid diethanolamide, fatty acid monoethanolamides, fatty acid monoisopropanolamides, fatty acid diisopropanolamides, or fatty acid glucamides.

8. The hair cleansing composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkanolamide is selected from oleic acid diethanolamide, myristic acid monoethanolamide, soya fatty acids diethanolamide, stearic acid ethanolamide, oleic acid monoisopropanolamide, linoleic acid diethanolamide, stearic acid monoethanolamide, behenic acid monoethanolamide, isostearic acid monoisopropanolamide, erucic acid diethanolamide, ricinoleic acid monoethanolamide, coconut fatty acid monoisopropanolamide, coconut acid monoethanolamide, palm kernel fatty acid diethanolamide, coconut fatty acid diethanolamide, lauric diethanolamide, polyoxyethylene coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide, coconut fatty acid monoethanolamide, lauric monoethanolamide, lauric acid monoisopropanolamide, myristic acid monoisopropanolamide, coconut fatty acid diisopropanolamide, and a mixture thereof.

9. A method of cleaning hair comprising:

(a) applying the hair cleansing composition of claim 1 to hair; and

(b) rinsing the hair for removing the hair cleansing composition.

10. A method for preparing the hair cleansing composition of claim 1 comprising:

(I) preparing a mixture comprising:

(a) about 8 to about 20 wt. % of a sulfate based anionic surfactant;

(b) about 1 to about 2 wt. % of an amphoteric surfactant;

(c) about 4 to about 10 wt. % of a plurality of nonionic surfactants, the plurality of nonionic surfactants comprising:

(i) about 1 to about 1.5 wt. % of a fatty alcohol,

(ii) about 1.5 to about 3 wt. % of a glucamide, and

(iii) about 1.5 to about 5.5 wt. % of an alkanolamide that is not the glucamide,

(e) water,

(f) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of a cationic polymer; and

(h) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a silicone,

(II) applying heat to the mixture; and

(III) adding (d) about 0.5 wt. % to 1.5 wt. % of coconut oil before or after applying heat to the mixture,

wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the prepared hair cleansing composition.