Abstract: A mild, clear, liquid shampoo having good cleaning and foaming properties in hard and soft water in the absence of water-soluble, anionic, sulphonated and sulphated detergents is disclosed which consists essentially of from 6% to 24% by weight of a mixture of a water-soluble zwitterionic detergent corresponding to the formula ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 or C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkanamido C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkyl, R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl and R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylene or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkylene and a water-soluble salt of C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium and C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkanolammonium salts, the mole ratio of said zwitterionic detergent to carboxylic acid salt being from 1.2:1 to 2.3:1, 1% to 8% by weight of C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 carboxylic C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkanolamide; and an aqueous medium, said shampoo having a pH of from 7.5 to 9. Preferred shampoos contain triethanolamine myristate, C.sub.8 -C.sub.