EP0713382A1

EP0713382A1 - Hair-cleaning agent with good hair-hold characteristics

Info

Publication number: EP0713382A1
Application number: EP95910539A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Friedel Schröder; Thomas Stiehm
Original assignee: Wella GmbH
Current assignee: Procter and Gamble Deutschland GmbH
Priority date: 1994-06-15
Filing date: 1995-03-01
Publication date: 1996-05-29
Also published as: ES2086287T1; JPH09501956A; BR9506264A; DE4420880A1; WO1995034271A1

Abstract

The invention concerns a liquid hair-cleaning agent containing a combination of A) 1 to 20 % by wt. of at least one anionic surfactant, B) 0.1 to 2 % by wt. of at least one cationic polymer, C) 0.1 to 5 % by wt. of at least one 50 to 100 % neutralized anionic polymer selected from the group comprising acrylate/acrylamide copolymer, vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer, vinyl acetate/crotonic acid/vinyl neodecanoate copolymer, anionic chitosan derivatives and shellac and D) 0.1 to 5 % by wt. of at least one solid which is not soluble in the agent and which has a mean particle size of 1 to 200 νm, selected from the group comprising nylon powder, polyethylene powder and polymethyl methacrylate powder, the agent containing no silicone oils or cationic surfactants. The agent described has a good hair-cleaning action and good hair-hold characteristics.

Description

Firming hair cleanser

The present invention relates to a liquid hair cleaning composition containing a combination of at least one cationic polymer, at least one specific anionic polymer, at least one anionic surfactant and at least one solid which is insoluble in the composition and which, in addition to having a good hair-cleaning action, has a good hair-setting action having.

Hair cleaning agents usually contain, in addition to the surfactants that are responsible for the cleaning action, hair-care additives which are intended to ensure that the hair is easy to comb both in the wet and in the dry state, shows a reduced static charge and has a soft natural feel. In order to ensure that the hair can be easily styled and that the hairstyle is as permanent as possible after shampooing, hair fixers are usually applied to the hair in the form of alcoholic or aqueous-alcoholic polymer solutions after shampooing, which are not rinsed out again.

This procedure is time-consuming and costly for the user, since he needs two agents, a hair cleanser and a hair fixative.

A hair shampoo is known from US Pat. No. 4,299,817 The basis of a water-soluble polyelectrolyte complex, which is said to have not only a hair-cleaning but also a hair-fixing effect. That from the

Known hair shampoo US Pat. No. 4,299,817, however, cannot fully satisfy with regard to its setting effect.

The object was therefore to provide a liquid hair cleanser which, in addition to having a good hair cleansing action, has a good hair-setting action.

It has now been found that a liquid hair cleanser, characterized in that it

(A) 1 to 20 percent by weight of at least one anionic surfactant,

(B) 0.1 to 2 percent by weight of at least one cationic polymer,

(C) 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of at least one 50 to 100 percent neutralized anionic polymer which is selected from acrylate / acrylamide copolymers,

Vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymers, vinyl acetate / crotonic acid / vinyl neodecanoate copolymers, anionic chitosan derivatives and shellac and

(D) 0.1 to 5 weight percent of at least one in

Medium insoluble solid with an average grain size of 1 to 200 μm, which is selected from nylon Powder, polyethylene powder and poly-methyl methacrylate powder, contains and free of silicone oils and cationic

Is surfactants.

The hair cleanser according to the invention preferably contains 10 to 20 percent by weight of component (A). The anionic surfactant of component (A) is preferably selected from the alkali or alkaline earth salts of C ₁₀ - C ₁₈ alkyl sulfates his, the C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ -Alkylsulfo- nate, the C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ alkyl benzene sulfonates, the C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ -Xylolsulfonate and the oxide units with 1 to 10 ethylene ethoxylated C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ alkyl ether sulfates, the ethoxylated sulfosuccinic acid monoesters of the general formula (I)

R, 0 SO ₃ M where R ^{1 is} a C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkyl radical, M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation and m is an integer from 1 to 10, and the alkyl ether carboxylates of the general formula (II)

R ² (OCH ₂ CH ₂ ) _n OCH ₂ COOM (II), where R ^{2 is} a C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ -alkyl radical, M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal application and n is an integer from 1 to 20, where the Alkali and earth alkali salts of C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkyl ether sulfates ethoxylated with 1 to 10 ethylene oxide units are particularly preferred.

Of those as component (A) of the invention

Suitable alkyl sulfates include sodium lauryl sulfate, which is available, for example, from Henkel KGaA,

Düsseldorf, FRG is sold in the form of a solid under the trade name Texapon ^® K 12, preferred.

Of the alkyl sulfonates suitable as component (A), the mixture of the sodium salts of the secondary C ₁₂ - to C ₁₆ -alkanesulfonates is, for example, that of

Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany under the trade name Hostapur ^® SAS 30 in the form of a 30 percent

Solution is sold, preferred.

Of the component (A) of the hair cleansing composition of the invention suitable alkylbenzene sulfonates the sodium salt of linear dodecylbenzenesulfonate, which is marketed a 55prozentigen paste under the trade name Maranil ^® Paste A 55 by Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf, FRG, for example in the form is preferred.

Of the xylene sulfonates suitable as component (A), the sodium salt of xylene sulfonate, which is available, for example, from Albright & Wilson Ltd.,

Cumbria, UK sold a solid under the trade name Eltesol ^® SX 93 in the form preferred. Of the alkyl ether sulfates suitable as component (A), preference is given to those which have a C ₁₂ alkyl radical and are ethoxylated with 3 ethylene oxide units. A material suitable for use as component (A) of the inventive composition with 3 ethylene oxide units inputs ethoxylated lauryl ether sulfate, for example in the form of a 70prozentigen aqueous solution under the trade name Texapon ^® N 70 by the company

Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Of the ethoxylated sulfosuccinic acid half-esters suitable as component (A), preference is given to those which are ethoxylated with 3 ethylene oxide units and have an alkyl radical with 12 carbon atoms.

A half-ester of laurylsulfosuccinic acid ethoxylated with 3 ethylene oxide units is described, for example, in

Form of a 40 percent aqueous solution of its disodium salt sold under the trade name Texapon ^® SB3 by Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Of the alkyl ether carboxylates which may be present as component (A) in the agent according to the invention, preference is given to that which is ethoxylated with 10 ethylene oxide units and has an alkyl radical with 12 carbon atoms. An ethoxylated with 10 ethylene oxide units Laurylethercarboxylat example, Mari, sold in the form of a 22prozentigen aqueous solution of its sodium salt by Huls AG FRG under the trade designation CM Marlmat ^® 105/80.

The hair cleanser according to the invention preferably contains 0.5 to 1.2 percent by weight of component (B). The cationic polymer of component (B) is preferably selected from diallyldimethylammonium chloride / acrylamide copolymers, vinylpyrrolidone / dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymers quaternized with dimethyl sulfate, polymeric quaternaries

Ammonium salts of Eydroxyethylcellulose and vinylpyrrolidone / methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride copolymers.

Diallyldimethylammonium chloride / acrylamide copolymers suitable as component (B) are, for example, from Calgon, Pittsburgh, USA in the form of a

8 percent aqueous solution, sold under the trade name Merguat ^® 550. As the component (B) suitable quaternized with dimethyl sulfate vinylpyrrolidone / dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymers, for example, in the form of a 20 per cent aqueous solution under the trade name Gafguat ^®

755 distributed by the company Gaf, New York, USA.

Polymeric quaternary suitable as component (B)

Ammonium salts of hydroxyethyl cellulose are sold, for example, by Union Carbide Europa SA, Geneva, Switzerland under the trade name Polymer JR ^® .

As the component (B) suitable vinylpyrrolidone / methacrylic amidopropyltrimethylammoniumchlorid copolymers are, for example, under the trade name Gafquat ^®

HS-100 in the form of a 20 percent aqueous solution sold by Gaf, New York, USA.

The hair cleansing agent according to the invention particularly preferably contains a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethyl cellulose as component (B). Component (C) is preferably contained in the hair cleanser according to the invention in an amount of 0.3 to 3 percent by weight.

The anionic polymer of component (C) of the hair cleanser according to the invention is according to the

Invention used in a 50 to 100 percent neutralized form, the neutralizing agent is preferably selected from alkali hydroxides, organic amines and alkanolamines.

Examples of amines or alkanolamines suitable for neutralization are:

2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol,

2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol,

2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol,

2-amino-2-methyl-2-pentanol,

1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanol,

2-amino-1-butanol,

3-amino-2-pentanol,

2-amino-1-phenyl-1-butanol,

2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-1-propanol,

2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol,

tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane,

Triisopropylamine,

tris (hydroxymethyl) dimethylaminomethane, and

N - (2-Hydroxyethyl) -2-methyl-1,2-propanediamine.

The anionic polymer of component (C) is particularly preferably neutralized to 50 to 100 percent with sodium hydroxide. Suitable as component (C) Acrylate / acrylamide copoly mers are sold, for example under the trade name Ultrahold 8 ^® from BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, BRD. Vinyl acetate suitable as component (C) /

Crotonic acid copolymers are, for example, from the

Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, FRG in the form of a 60 percent solution in aqueous isopropanol under the

Trade name Aristoflex ^® A and from the company

Delft-National GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany under the trade name Resyn ^® 28-1310.

Vinyl acetate / crotonic acid / - suitable as component (C)

Neodecanoate copolymers are sold, for example, by the company National Starch and Chem. Ltd., New Jersey, USA under the trade name Resyn ^® 28-2930 in the form of a solid.

The hair cleansing agent according to the invention preferably contains a 50 to 100 percent neutralized vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer as component (C).

The agent according to the invention preferably contains components (B) and (C) in a weight ratio of

(B): (C) 1: 2.

The agent according to the invention preferably contains component (D) in an amount of 0.1 to 2 percent by weight.

The solid contained as component (D) in the agent according to the invention preferably has an average grain size of 2 to 40 μm (micrometers). As component (D) suitable nylon powder is contributed play as sold under the trade name Orgasol ^® by Atochem, Paris, France.

As the component (D) suitable polyethylene powder is, for example, under the trade designation Lupolen ^®

1800 SP 15 distributed by BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Component (D) of the inventive polymethyl methacrylate suitable example is marketed by the company Ziegler & Co., Wunsiedel, Germany under the trade name Jurymer ^®.

The hair cleansing agent according to the invention preferably contains nylon powder with a grain size of 2 to 40 μm (micrometer) as component (D).

In addition to the combination of components (A) to (D) according to the invention, the composition according to the invention can contain 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of at least one amphoteric surfactant suitable for hair cleansing agents. Of the amphoteric surfactants suitable for hair cleansing agents are, for example, the C ₈ to C ₁₈ alkyl betaines, the C ₈ to C ₁₈ alkyl sulfobetaines, the carboxyl derivatives of imidazole, the C ₈ to C ₁₈ alkyl dimethyl ammonium acetates and the C ₈ to C ₁₈ - Alkyldimethylcarboxylmethylammoniumsalze and the C ₈ - to C ₁₈ fatty acid alkyl amido betaines called.

C ₈ to C ₁₈ fatty acid alkylamidobetaine is, for example, coconut fatty acid amidopropyl betaine, which, for example, is in the form of a 30 percent aqueous solution under the trade name Tego Betain ^® L7 from 'Goldschmidt AG, Essen,

Germany is sold and the N-coconut fatty acid amidoethyl

N- [2- (carboxymethoxy) ethyl] glycine (CTFA name: Cocoamphocarboxyglycinate), which, for example, in the form of a 50 percent aqueous solution under the trade name Miranol ^® C2M from Miranol Chemical

Co. Inc., New Jersey, USA.

However, the agent according to the invention is preferably free of amphoteric surfactants.

Of course, the hair cleanser for hair cleaners according to the invention can contain conventional additives, for example non-ionic surfactants in an amount of 0.1 to 5 percent by weight, such as, for example, ethoxylated fatty alcohols with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example with up to 40 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of fatty alcohol, oxyethylated lauryl -, tetradecyl, cetyl, oleyl and stearyl alcohol, alone or in

Mixture; the fatty alcohols of ethoxylated lanolin or ethoxylated lanolin: polyglyceryl ethers of saturated or unsaturated fatty alcohols and alkylphenols with 8 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and 1 to 10 glyceryl units in the molecule; Fatty acid alkanolamides, and ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters; Perfume oils in an amount of about 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight; Opacifiers such as ethylene glycol distearate in an amount of about 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight; Pearlescent agents, such as a mixture of fatty acid monoalkylolamide / ethylene glycol distearate, in an amount of about 1.0 to 10.0 percent by weight; bactericidal or fungicidal active ingredients, such as, for example, 2,4,4-trichloro-2-hydroxy-diphenyl ether or methyl chloroisothiazolinone, in an amount of about 0.01 to 1.0 percent by weight; Thickeners such as glycerol monolaurate, coconut fatty acid diethanolamide in an amount of about 0.5 to 3.0

Weight percent; Diluents such as 1,2-propylene glycol or ethoxylated

Sorbitan monolaurate, in an amount of about 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight; Buffer substances such as sodium citrate or sodium phosphate in an amount of about 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight; Solubilizers, such as ethoxylated, if necessary

hydrogenated castor oil, in an amount of about 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight and coloring materials such as

Example fluorescein sodium salt, contained in an amount of about 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent.

The water content of the hair cleanser according to the invention is preferably between 30 and 90 percent by weight.

The agent according to the invention has a pH of 4 to 9, preferably 4.5 to 7.5.

The pH of the agent according to the invention can be adjusted, for example, with citric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid or sodium hydroxide.

The agent according to the invention has a good hair-cleaning effect in combination with a good hair-fixing effect.

The hair cleaned with the agent according to the invention has good wet and dry combability, good hair styling and an appealing volume. The agent according to the invention gives the hair a firm and flexible hold at the same time without affecting the natural feel of the hair.

The following examples are intended to explain the subject matter of the invention in more detail:

Examples

Example 1: Hair cleanser 11.20 g with 3 units of ethylene oxide ethoxylated sodium lauryl ether sulfate

1.00 g polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g of vinyl acetate / crotonic acid / Vinylneodeca- noat-Copolmyer (Resyn ^® 28-2930 of the firm

National Starch Chem. Ltd, USA)

0.50 g nylon powder (Orgasol ^® 2002 UD Nat Cos Atochem, France)

0.20 g sodium hydroxide

0.10 g citric acid

86.50 g water

100.00 g

Example 2: Hair cleanser

11.20 g of sodium lauryl ether sulfate ethoxylated with 3 units of ethylene oxide

1.00 g polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe SA, Switzerland)

0.50 g acrylate / acrylamide copolymer (Ultra

hold 8 ^® from BASF AG, FRG)

0.50 g nylon powder (Orgasol ^® 2002 UD Nat Cos Atochem, France)

0.20 g sodium hydroxide

0.20 g citric acid

86.40 g of water

100.00 g Example 3 Hair cleanser 11.20 g with 3 units of ethylene oxide ethoxylated sodium lauryl ether sulfate

1.00 g polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer

(Resyn ^® 28-1310 from National

Starch Chem Ltd., USA)

0.50 g nylon powder (Orgasol ^® 2002 UD Nat Cos Atochem, France)

0.10 g sodium hydroxide

0.10 g citric acid

86.60 g water

100.00 g

Example 4: Hair cleanser 11.20 g with 3 units of ethylene oxide ethoxylated sodium lauryl ether sulfate

1.00 g polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer

(Resyn ^® 28-1310 from National

Starch Chem. Ltd, USA)

0.50 g polymethyl methacrylate (Jurymer ^® from Ziegler & Co., Germany

0.10 g sodium hydroxide

0.10 g citric acid

86.60 g water

100.00 g Example 5 Hair Cleanser

2. 40 g disodium salt of the laurylsulfosuccinic acid half-ester ethoxylated with 3 ethylene oxide units

8.40 g with 5 units of ethylene oxide ethoxylated sodium lauryl ether sulfate

1, .00 g of polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer

(Resyn ^® 28-1310 from National

Starch Chem Ltd, USA)

0.50 g nylon powder (Orgasol ^® 2002 UD Nat Cos Atochem, France)

o, 10 g sodium hydroxide

o .10 g citric acid

87.00 g of water

100.00 g

Example 6 Hair Cleanser

0.88 g sodium salt one with 10 units

Ethylene oxide ethoxylated lauryl ether carboxylates

8.40 g with 5 units of ethylene oxide ethoxylated sodium lauryl ether sulfate

1., 00 g of polymeric quaternary ammonium salt

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer

(Resyn ^® 28-1310 from National

Starch Chem. Ltd, USA) 0.50 g nylon powder (Orgasol ^® 2002 UD Nat Cos Atochem, France)

0.10 g sodium hydroxide

0.10 g citric acid

88.52 g water

100.00 g

Example 7 Hair Cleanser 11.2 g of sodium lauryl ether sulfate ethoxylated with 3 units of ethylene oxide

1.00 g polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of

Hydroxyethylcellulose (Polymer JR ^® der

Union Carbide Europe S.A, Switzerland)

0.50 g vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymer

(Resyn ^® 28-1310 from National

Starch Chem Ltd, USA)

0.50 g polyethylene powder (Lupolen ^® 1800 SP 15 from BASF AG, FRG)

0.10 g sodium hydroxide

0.10 g citric acid

86.60 g water

100.00 g

Comparison attempts

Comparison attempt A

A hair cleanser according to the invention

Example 3 was compared for its strengthening properties to Example II, Composition II of Table V of U.S. Patent 4,299,817.

Composition II of Example II of U.S. Patent 4,299,817 (hereinafter referred to as Example II) has the following composition:

5.000 g triethanolamine lauryl sulfate

0.100 g of polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethyl cellulose (Polymer JR ^® from Union Carbide Europe

S.A, Switzerland)

0.025 g sodium carboxymethyl cellulose

(Blanose ^® 7 from Herkules

GmbH, FRG)

3,900 g N-coconut fatty acid amidoethyl-N-

[2- (carboxyethoxy) ethyl] alanine (Miranol ^® C2M SF of the company Miranol

Ine., USA)

90.975 g water

100,000 g

For the comparison with regard to the setting effect, the hair of 10 test persons whose hair was undamaged to moderately damaged was treated in a parallel test (half-side test) with Example 3 according to the invention and Example II of the US Pat. No. 4,299,817 not according to the invention. In order to obtain clear results and to switch off hair qualities that differ from test person to test person, the test person's hair was first moistened with water and then parted in the middle. The right half of the hair, depending on the hair volume of the test person, was washed (shampooed) with 5 to 15 g of Example 3 according to the invention in the usual way, while the left

Half of the hair each with the same amount of Example II of the US PS not according to the invention

4,299,817.

After washing the hair for about 5 minutes, the hair on both half sides of the subject's head was rinsed with water, care being taken to ensure that the hair was rinsed with water completely separately.

Then each half of the hair was dried individually with a towel, combed through and then dried.

The cleaning effect of the hair cleaning agent according to the invention according to Example 3 and of the hair cleaning agent according to Example II of US Pat. No. 4,299,817 was considered equally good by the hairdressing expert group, while the combability of the with

Treated hair invention was judged to be better.

The hairdressing expert group then assessed the firming effect of the two hair cleaners. The following in Table 1 The ratings given represent the mean obtained from the individual ratings.

The comparison test proves that the hair cleansing agent according to the invention according to Example 3, with the same good cleaning action, brings about a significantly better setting of the hair and a better durability of the hairstyle than the hair cleaning agent according to Example II known from US Pat. No. 4,299,817.

Vercyleichsversuch B

For the comparison with regard to the setting effect, the hair of 10 test persons, whose hair was undamaged to moderately damaged, was tested in a parallel test (half-side test) with the hair cleansing agents according to Examples 1, 2 or 3 on one half-side and one of the non- Hair cleaner A, B or C according to the invention treated on the other half side. Hair cleaners A, B and C not according to the invention had the following compositions:

In order to obtain clear results and to switch off hair qualities that differ from test person to test person, the test person's hair was first moistened with water and then parted in the middle. The right half of the hair, depending on the hair volume of the test person, washed with 5 to 15 g each of the hair cleansing agents according to the invention according to Examples 1, 2 or 3 in the usual manner, while the left half of the hair was washed with the same amount of one of the non-inventive Examples A, B or C

After washing the hair for about 5 minutes, the hairs on both half sides of the subject's head were rinsed with water, care being taken to ensure that the hair was rinsed with water completely separately. Then each half was dried on with a towel, combed and then dried, so that the setting effect of the hair cleansing agents could be safely assessed by a group of hairdressers.

The strengthening effect was evaluated according to the scheme:

Grading: 0 no consolidation

- low consolidation

+ good consolidation

The ratings given in Table 2 below represent the average of the individual ratings.

The half-side tests according to comparative test B show that only the inventive examples 1, 2 and 3 achieve a good strengthening effect. Neither the non-inventive hair cleanser according to Example A, which contains a combination of anionic surfactant and anionic polymer, nor the non-inventive hair cleanser according to Example B, which contains a combination of anionic surfactant, anionic polymer and cationic polymer, nor the non-inventive Hair cleaners according to Example C, which contains a combination of anionic surfactant and an insoluble solid, have a hair-setting effect. The

Comparative experiment B shows that, surprisingly, only the combination of components (A) to (D) according to the invention gives rise to a synergistic effect which brings about good setting of the hair.

Unless otherwise stated, all percentages in this application represent percentages by weight.

Claims

1. Liquid hair cleanser, characterized in that it

(A) 1 to 20 percent by weight of at least one anionic surfactant,

(B) 0.1 to 2 percent by weight of at least one cationic polymer,

(C) 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of at least one to 50 to 100 percent neutralized anionic polymer, which is selected from acrylate / acrylamide copolymers, vinyl acetate / - crotonic acid copolymers, vinyl acetate / crotonic acid / vinyl neodecanoate copolymers, anionic chitosan derivatives and Shellac and

(D) 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of at least one medium-insoluble solid with an average grain size of 1 to 200 μm, which is selected from nylon powder, polyethylene powder and polymethyl methacrylate powder, and is free of silicone oils and cationic surfactants.

2. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains 10 to 20 percent by weight of component (A).

3. Composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the anionic surfactant of component (A) is selected from - the alkali or alkaline earth metal salts of the C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ alkyl sulfates, the C ₁₀ - to C ₁₈ alkyl sulfo- nates, the C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkylbenzenesulfonates, the C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ xylene sulfonates and the C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkyl ether sulfates ethoxylated with 1 to 10 ethylene oxide units, the ethoxylated sulfosuccinic esters of the general formula (I)

₃ where R ^{1 is} a C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkyl radical, M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation and m is an integer from 1 to 10, and the alkyl ether carboxylates of the general formula (II)

R ² (OCH ₂ CH ₂ ) _n OCH ₂ COOM (II), where R ^{2 is} a C ₁₀ to C ₁₈ alkyl radical, M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation and n is an integer from 1 to 20.

4. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it contains 0.5 to 1.2 percent by weight of component (B).

5. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cationic polymer of component (B) is selected from diallyldimethylammonium chloride / arcylamide copolymers, with dimethyl sulfate quaternized vinyl pyrrolidone / dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymers, polymeric quaternary ammonium salts of hydroxyethyl cellulose and vinyl pyrrolidone / vinyl pyrrolidone - trimethylammonium chloride copolymers.

6. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it contains 0.3 to 3 percent by weight of component (C).

7. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the anionic polymer of component (C) is neutralized to 50 to 100 percent with a neutralizing agent selected from alkali hydroxides, organic amines and alkanolamines.

8. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it contains the components (B) and (C) in a weight ratio of (B): (C) of 1: 2.

9. Composition according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it contains 0.1 to 2 percent by weight of component (D).

10. Agent according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the solid component (D) has an average grain size of 2 to 40 microns. having.