Method for reducing colour wash-out from artificially coloured hair wherein a cleansing composition comprising 5 to 50% by weight, calculated to the total composition, foaming surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant of the general structure where R 4 is a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl chain with 8-22 C atoms, R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are H or a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl chain with 1 to 4 C atoms or saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear C2 to C4 alkyl chain with one or more substituent, preferably a hydroxyl substituent and X is typically an anionic such as chloride, bromide and methosulfate, is applied onto hair and rinsed off from hair with water.
