METHOD OF CONDITIONING HAIR

The invention provides a method of conditioning hair by application of a conditioning shampoo composition, in which the hair is oxidatively-treated hair and in which the conditioning shampoo composition comprises: i) an aqueous continuous phase including cleansing surfactant, ii) a dispersed phase including emulsified droplets of non-volatile silicone having a mean droplet diameter (D3,2) of 1 micrometre or less, and iii) a solubilised oily liquid conditioning agent for skin and/or hair; in which the oily liquid conditioning agent is solubilised in wormlike micelles in the aqueous continuous phase via the incorporation of at least one inorganic electrolyte and at least one linker molecule which is selected from compounds of general formula R(X)n, in which R is an aryl ring having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms or a mono-, di- or trivalent alkyl or hydroxyalkyl chain having from 3 to 14 carbon atoms; n is 1 to 3 and each X is independently selected from -OH, -COOH and -COO-M+ groups, where M is an alkali metal, ammonium or alkanolammonium cation; and in which the level of solubilised oily liquid conditioning agent in the conditioning shampoo composition ranges from 0.45 to 3 pcnt by weight based on the total weight of the conditioning shampoo composition. The method according to the invention provides for the enhanced conditioning of oxidatively-treated hair compared to virgin hair.