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RINSE-OFF HAIR CARE COMPOSITIONS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF EMULSIONS OF WATER-INSOLUBLE ADHESIVE POLYMERS HAVING A SOLUBILITY IN WATER AT 25°C LESS THAN 1.0FOR REPAIRING SPLIT ENDS. HAIR RINSE COMPOSITIONS, IN EMULSION OR DISPERSION FORM, WHICH CONDITION THE HAIR AND FACILITATES SETTING THEREOF, INCLUDES A HAIR CONDITIONING AND EMULSIFYING CATIONIC COMPOUND, A WATER INSOLUBLE ACRYLIC OR ACRYLATE POLYMER AND A SOLVENT WHICH IS A STABILIZING AND COMPATIBILIZING PROPORTION OF THE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL AND/OR ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE, IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM. THE CATIONIC COMPOUND IS A QUARTERNARY AMMONIUM SALT PREFERABLY A HIGHER ALKYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE AND THE POLYMER IS PREFERABLY AN ACRYLAMIDE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER. PREFERABLY SOLVENTS IN THE COMPOSITIONS ARE C9-20 ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND/OR C9-20 ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES HAVING LESS THAN 2 ETHOXY GROUPS PER MOLE.THE PREFERRED EMULSION, WHICH IS NORMALLY OF THE OIL-IN-WATER TYPE, PREFERABLY INCLUDES PROPYLENE GLYCOL AND A NONIONIC SURFACTANT, AND THE AQUEOUS MEDIUM IS PREFERABLY WATER, OR IS ESSENTIALLY WATER. THE INVENTION ALSO INCLUDES PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING THE INVENTED HAIR RINSE COMPOSITIONS.
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