Hair conditioner
The present invention relates to a composition comprising one or more quaternary ester ammonium compounds (a), one or more amidoamine compounds (b), wherein the weight ratio between the one or more quaternary ester ammonium compounds (a) and the one or more amidoamine compounds (b) is within a range of 1:5 to 5:1, and one or more fatty alcohols (c). The present invention also relates to a composition that is solid at room temperature, to a hair conditioner composition and to a method to prepare the hair conditioner composition by dispersing the solid composition in water at moderate temperatures.
1. A solid cosmetic composition comprising:
(a) from 13% to 25% dipalmitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate
(b) from 7% to 15% behenamidopropyl dimethylamine and
(c) from 65% to 70% cetearyl alcohol
and wherein water content is 10 weight % or less and the composition is solid at room temperature.
2. The solid cosmetic composition according to claim 1 , further comprising lactic acid.
3. The solid cosmetic composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is free of organic and inorganic acids.
4. The solid cosmetic composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water content of the composition is 0.2 weight % or less.
5. A method of preparing a hair conditioner composition, comprising a step of dispersing the solid cosmetic composition of claim 1 in water, wherein the method of preparation is carried out at a temperature within a range of 15° C. to 40° C. and wherein the water content of the hair conditioner composition is more than 95 weight %.
6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising a step of adding lactic acid to the hair conditioner composition.
7. A method of conditioning human hair, comprising applying the hair conditioner composition prepared according to claim 5 to hair.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the solid cosmetic composition is dispersed in water at a temperature within a range of 18° C. to 35° C.
9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the solid cosmetic composition is dispersed in water at a temperature within a range of 20° C. to 30° C.
10. The solid cosmetic composition of claim 1 , wherein the water content is 5 weight % or less.