Clear shampoo composition containing silicone polymers

1. A shampoo composition comprising:

a. a silicone emulsion comprising:

i. an emulsifier; wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting of laureth-9, C11-15 pareth-7, cetearth-25, trideceth-3, glycerin, and combinations thereof;

ii. from about 0.1% to about 10% of one or more silicones, by weight of the composition, wherein the average particle size of the one or more silicones is from about 1 nm to about 100 nm, and wherein at least one of the silicones is a polyorganosiloxane compound comprising:

1. one or more quaternary ammonium groups;

2. silicone blocks comprising between about 99 and about 199 siloxane units on average;

3. at least one polyalkylene oxide structural unit; and

4. at least one terminal ester group;

wherein the ratio of emulsifier to silicone is from about 0.35 to about 0.6; and

b. from about 4% to about 45%, by weight, of a detersive surfactant, wherein the shampoo composition is clear.

2. The clear shampoo composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone blocks comprise between about 105 and about 180 siloxane units on average.

3. The clear shampoo composition of claim 2 , wherein the silicone blocks comprise between about 130 and about 150 siloxane units on average.

4. The clear shampoo composition of claim 1 , wherein the wherein at least one of the silicone is a polyorganosiloxane has the following structure:

M-Y—[-N + R 2 -T-N + R 2 )—Y—] m -[—(NR 2 -A-E-A′-NR 2 )—Y—] k -M   (Ia)

wherein:

m is 1 to 20;

k is 0 to 10;

M represents a terminal group, comprising terminal ester groups selected from

—OC(O)—Z

wherein Z is selected from monovalent organic residues having up to 40 carbon atoms;

A and A′ each are independently from each other selected from a single bond or a divalent organic group having up to 10 carbon atoms and one or more hetero atoms; and

E is a polyalkylene oxide group of the general formula:

—[CH 2 CH 2 O] q —[CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O] r —[CH 2 CH(C 2 H 5 )O] s —

wherein q=1 to 10, r=0 to 10, s=0 to 10, and q+r+s=1 to 30, with percentage of q (q/(q+r+s)) at least 50%;

R 2 is selected from hydrogen or R,

R is selected from monovalent organic groups having up to 22 carbon atoms; and

wherein the free valencies at the nitrogen atoms are bound to carbon atoms,

Y is a group of the formula:

—K—S—K— and -A-E-A′- or -A′-E-A-,

with S=

wherein R1=C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 1 -C 22 -fluoralkyl or aryl; n=99 to 199 on average, and these can be identical or different if several S Groups are present in the polyorganosiloxane compound;

K is a bivalent or trivalent straight chain, cyclic and/or branched C 2 -C 40 hydrocarbon residue which is optionally interrupted by —O—, —NH—, trivalent N, —R 1 —, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, and optionally substituted with —OH, wherein R 1 is defined as above,

T is selected from a divalent organic group having up to 20 carbon atoms.

5. The clear shampoo composition of claim 3 wherein:

m is 1 to 10;

k is 0;

M represents a terminal group, comprising terminal ester groups selected from

—OC(O)—Z

wherein Z is selected from monovalent organic residues having up to 20 carbon atoms;

A and A′ each are independently from each other selected from a single bond or a divalent organic group having up to 10 carbon atoms and one or more hetero atoms; and

E is a polyalkylene oxide group of the general formula:

—[CH 2 CH 2 O] q

wherein q=1 to 10;

Y is a group of the formula:

—K—S—K— and -A-E-A′- or -A′-E-A-,

with S=

wherein R1=C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 1 -C 22 -fluoralkyl or aryl; n=105 to 180 on average, and these can be identical or different if several S Groups are present in the polyorganosiloxane compound.

6. The clear shampoo composition of claim 1 , wherein the average particle size of the one or more silicones is from about 1 nm to about 100 nm with a polydispersity index of less than 0.2.

7. The clear shampoo composition of claim 6 , wherein the average particle size of the one or more silicones is about 10 nm to about 60 nm with a polydispersity index of less than 0.2.

8. The compact shampoo composition of claim 1 wherein the polyorganosiloxane compound comprises a nitrogen content from about 0.1 to about 0.4 mmol N/g polyorganosiloxane.

9. A method to clean hair comprising:

a. wetting the hair;

b. applying the clear shampoo composition of claim 1 to the wet hair;

c. massaging into wet hair and forming a lather;

d. rinsing the shampoo composition.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein a general population hair switch comprises a mean final rinse friction from about 1100 gf to about 1500 gf.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein a general population hair switch comprises a mean Coarse Stroke 1 from about 50 gf to about 300 gf.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein a general population hair switch comprises a mean dry feel of from about 1000 gf to about 1600 gf.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein a general population hair switch comprises a mean silicone deposition of less than 250 ppm.

14. A method to clean hair comprising:

a. wetting the hair;

b. applying the clear shampoo composition of claim 1 to the wet hair, wherein the shampoo composition is dispensed from an aerosol dispenser or a pump foam dispenser as a dosage of foam;

c. massaging the dosage of foam into wet hair;

d. rinsing the shampoo composition.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the shampoo composition has a viscosity from about 1 cP to about 3000 cP.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the shampoo composition is dispensed from an aerosol dispenser as a foam and wherein the shampoo composition further comprises from about 2% to about 10%, by weight of the composition, propellant wherein the propellant is selected from the group consisting of propane, n-butane, isobutane, cyclopropane, and mixtures thereof, as well as halogenated hydrocarbons such as dichlorodifluoromethane, 1,1-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-2,2-trifluoroethane, 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethylene, 1,1-difluoroethane, dimethyl ether, monochlorodifluoromethane, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and combinations thereof.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the propellant comprises trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the foam has a density of from about 0.02 g/cm 3 to about 0.4 g/cm 3 .