Abstract: The clear aqueous hair and body cleansing composition contains 0.1 to 50 percent by weight lauryl alcohol diglycol ether sulfate and a combination of(A) poly[N-[3-(dimethylammonium)propyl]-N'-[3-(ethylene oxyethylene dimethylammonium)propyl]urea dichloride] and(B) a sulfosuccinateand remains clear when it is thickened with suitable physiologically tolerated salts.This hair and body cleansing composition produces an outstanding ease of combing and a soft, natural feel of the hair and ensures a pleasant, groomed feeling of the skin and a soft, smooth skin.

Abstract: The aqueous hair- and body-treatment composition having physiological and dermatological compatibility properties as well as a germ-inhibiting effect contains from 0.1 to 50 percent by weight of a surfactant or a surfactant mixture, from 0.01 to 2.0 percent by weight of sodium formate, ammonium formate, potassium formate or magnesium formate, from 0.05 to 2.0 percent by weight of a sorbic acid element selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid and salts of sorbic acid, including alkali metal salts of sorbic acid, particularly sodium sorbate, and from 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight of phosphoric acid or an aliphatic organic acid containing from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and being free of amino and halogen substituents. A method of preserving an aqueous hair- and body-cleaning composition is also described.

Abstract: The hair- and body-cleaning agent contains a combination of (A) a physiologically compatible salt of formic acid, (B) benzoic acid or its physiologically compatible salt and (C) a physiologically harmless inorgnic or aliphatic organic acid as well as a surfactant or surfactant mixture. This hair- and body-cleaning agent is very well preserved and also very well compatible.