Abstract: An improved hair treating or conditioning composition that decreases the friction between hairs thereby facilitating in combing and brushing of hair treated therewith contains a formulation which is a mixture of d-panthenyl ethyl ether and d-panthenol in a weight ratio of about 9 parts d-panthenol ethyl ester to about 1 part d-panthenol. Such hair treating or conditioning compositions also exhibit decreased damaged to hair treated therewith due at least in part to a decrease or reduction in abrasion between hairs.