An aqueous composition comprising: i) at least 0.5 wt.% of the total composition of a cleansing surfactant, ii) at least 0.01 wt.% of the total composition of a silicone conditioning agent； iii) at least 0.05 wt.% of the addition polymerization product of: a. from 0.1 to 5 wt.% of a first unsaturated monomer A of a ethylenically unsaturated diacid of formula (I): HOOC-CR5=CR6-COOH, or an unsaturated cyclic anhydride precursor of such an ethylenically unsaturated cis diacid, the anhydride having formula (II), where R5 and R6 are individually selected from H, C1-C3 alkyl, phenyl, chlorine and bromine； b. from 1 to 60 wt.% of a second ethylenically unsaturated monomer B selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and combinations thereof, c. from 30 to 75 wt.% a (meth)acrylate monomer C selected from C1 to C8 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid and C1 to C8 alkyl estersof methacrylic acid and combinations thereof, d. from 1 to 25 wt.% of an associative monomer D of the formula (III), where R1 and R2 are each independently selected from H, and C1-3 alkyl； R3 is C2-C4 and mixtures thereof, preferably C2； m, the average number of alkoxy units R3O, is from 6 to 40； R4 is alkyl or alkylaryl where the alkyl part is linear or branched； and the total number of carbons is from 6 to 40； e. from 0 to 1.0 wt.% of a cross linking monomer E for introducing branching and controlling molecular weight, the cross linking monomer comprising polyfunctional units carrying multiple reactive functionalization groups selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allylic and functional mixtures thereof.
