GB2178443A - Hair shampoo compositions - Google Patents

Abstract

Shampoo compositions comprise a synthetic anionic surfactant, a dispersed, insoluble, non-volatile silicone, a suspending agent consisting of xanthan gum together with a long-chain acyl compound or amine oxide, and water.

Description

SPECIFICATION Shampoo compositions and method Christian Steuri Theresa Bakken Williams Cross reference to related application This is a continuation-in-part of our copending application, Serial No. 759,612, filed July 25, 1985.

Technical field The present invention is related to conditioning shampoos which have improved stability due to the inclusion of a particular suspending agent system.

Background of the invention Human hair becomes soiled due to its contact with the surrounding atmosphere and, to a greater extent, from sebum secreted by the head. The build-up of the sebum causes the hair to have a dirty feel and an unattractive appearance. The soiling of the hair necessitates it being shampooed with frequent regularity.

Hair is cleaned in the shampooing process by the removal of excess soil and sebum. However, the shampooing process has disadvantages in that the hair is left in a wet, tangled and generally unmanageable state. A variety of approaches have been developed to alleviate the after-shampoo problems. These range from the inclusion of hair conditioning aids in shampoos to post-shampoo application of hair conditioners, i.e., hair rinses. Hair rinses typically work by depositing a polymeric film or other material onto the hair. However, such solutions to a very prevalent problem have not been fully satisfactory. For one thing, hair rinses must be applied in a separate step following the shampooing, left on the hair for a length of time, and rinsed with fresh water. This, of course, is time consuming and is not convenient.

While shampoos have been disclosed which contain conditioning aids, they have not been totally satisfactory for a variety of reasons. One problem relates to compatibility problems between good cleaning anionic surfactants and the fatty cationic agents which are good conditioning agents. This has caused other surfactants such as nonionics, amphoterics and zwitterionics to be examined by workers in the field. Many of these efforts are reflected in patents issued in the conditioning shampoo area. See for example U.S. Patent 3,849,348, November 19, 1974 to Hewitt; U.S. Patent 3,990,991, November 9, 1961 to Gerstein; and U.S. Patent 3,822,312, July 2, 1974 to Sato.

The use of these other surfactants solved many of the compatibility problems but still did not provide complete answers in all areas. For instance cationic conditioners may not deliver the desired level of softness desired by users. Materials which can provide increased softness are silicones, both those which are soiuble as well as insoluble in the shampoo matrix.

Silicones in shampoo compositions have been disclosed in a number of different publications. Such publications include U.S. Patent 2,826,551, March 11, 1958 to Geen; U.S. Patent 3,964,500, June 22, 1976 to Drakoff; U.S. Patent 4,364,837, December 21, 1982 to Pader; British Patent 849,433, September 28, 1960 to Woolston; U.S. Patent 4,341,799, July27, 1982 to Good, and U.S. Patent 4,465,619, August 14, 1984 to Boskamp. While these patents disclose silicone containing compositions, they also do not provide answers to all of the problems encountered in making a totally satisfactory product. One unsolved problem is that of providing satisfactory high temperature stability.

Another problem is poorer than desired stability when specific quaternary compounds are included in the silicone containing shampoos.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a superior conditioning shampoo containing a silicone material and a particular suspending agent.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide such shampoo compositions also containing a particular quaternary material which possess good high temperature stability and wherein the shampoo agents demonstrate good compatibility.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved method of shampooing and conditioning hair.

These and other objects will become readily apparent from the detailed description which follows.

Unless otherwise indicated, all percentages and ratios herein are by weight.

Summary of the invention The present invention relates to shampoo compositions comprising from about 15% to about 25% of a synthetic anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof, about 0.1% to about 10.0% of an insoluble, non-volatile, dispersed silicone, a suspending agent and water. These as well as optional components are described in detail below.

Detailed description The essential and optional components of the present invention are given in the following paragraphs.

Surfactant An essential component of the present compositions is a synthetic anionic surfactant. The surfactant is present at a level of from about 15% to about 25%, preferably from about 15% to about 20%.

Synthetic anionic surfactant useful herein include alkyl and alkyl ether sulfates. These materials have the respective formulae ROSO3M and RO(C2H4O)xSO3M wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl of about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 10, and M is a water-soluble cation such as ammonium, sodium, potassium and triethanolamine. The alkyl ether sulfates useful in the present invention are condensation products of ethylene oxide and monohydric alcohols having about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms. Preferably, R has 14 to 18 carbon atoms in both the alkyl and alkyl ether sulfates. The alcohols can be derived from fats, e.g., coconut oil or tallow, or can be synthetic. Lauryl alcohol and straight chain alcohols derived from coconut oil are preferred herein.

Such alcohols are reacted with 1 to 10, and especially 3, molar proportions of ethylene oxide and the resulting mixture of molecular species, having, for example, an average of 3 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, is sulfated and neutralized.

Specific examples of alkyl ether sulfates of the present invention are sodium coconut alkyl trioxyethylene sulfate; lithium tallow alkyl trioxyethylene sulfate; and sodium tallow alkyl hexaoxyethylene sulfate. Highly preferred alkyl ether sulphates are those comprising a mixture of individual compounds, said mixture having an average alkyl chain length of from about 12 to 16 carbon atoms and an average degree of ethoxylation of from about 1 to 4 moles of ethylene oxide.Such a mixture also comprises from about 0 to 20% by weight 012.13 compounds; from 60 to 100% by weight of 014.15.16 compounds, from about 0 to 20% by weight of C17-18-19 compounds; from about 3 to 30% by weight of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation of 0; from about 45 to 90% by weight of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation of from 1 to 4; from about 10 to 25% by weight of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation of from 4 to 8; and from about 0.1 to 15% by weight of compounds having a degree of ethoxylation greater than 8.

Mixtures of alkyl sulfates and ethoxylated alkyl sulfates are preferred for use herein.

Non-Volatile Silicone Fluid Silicone fluids are a suitable non-volatile silicone that may be used in the present compositions.

The non-volatile silicone fluid may be either a polyalkyl siloxane, a polyaryl siloxane, a polyalkylaryl siloxane or a polyether siloxane copolymer and is present at a level of from about 0.1% to about 10.00% preferably from about 0.5% to about 5.0%. Mixtures of these fluids may also be used and are preferred in certain executions. The dispersed silicone particles should also be insoluble in the shampoo matrix. This is the meaning of "insoluble" as used hereinbefore and hereinafter.

The essentially non-volatile polyalkyl siloxanes fluids that may be used include, for example, polydimethyl siloxanes with viscosities ranging from about 5 to 600,000 centistokes at 25"C. These siloxanes are available, for example, from the General Electric Company as the Viscasil series and from Dow Corning as the Dow Corning 200 series. The viscosity can be measured by means of a glass capillary viscometer as set forth in Dow Corning Corporate Test Method CTM0004, July 20, 1970. Preferably the viscosity ranges from about 350 centistokes to about 100,000 centistokes.

The essentially non-volatile polyalkylaryl siloxane fluids that may be used include, for example, polymethylphenylsiloxanes having viscosities of about 15 to 30,000 centistokes at 25"C. These siloxanes are available, for example, from the Generai Electric Company as SF 1075 methyl phenyl fluid or from Dow Corning as 556 Cosmetic Grade Fluid.

The essentially non-volatile polyether siloxane copolymer that may be used is, for example, a polypropylene oxide modified dimethylpolysiloxane (e.g., Dow Corning DC-1248) although ethylene oxide or mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide may also be used.

References disclosing suitable silicone fluids include the previously mentioned U.S. Patent 2,826,551 to Geen; U.S. Patent 3,964,500, June 22, 1976 to Drakoff; U.S. Patent 4,364,837 to Pader and British Patent 849,433 to Woolston. All of these patents are incorporated herein by reference. Also incorporated herein by reference is Silicon Compounds distributed by Petrarch Systems, Inc., 1984. This reference provides a very good listing of suitable silicone materials.

Another silicone material found especially useful in the present compositions is a silicone gum. Silicone gums described by Petrarch and others including U.S. Patent 4,152,416, May 1, 1979 to Spitzer et al. and Noll, Walter, Chemistry and Technology of Silicones, New York: Academic Press 1968. Both of these references are incorporated herein by reference. The silicone gum materials generally have a mass molecular weight of from about 200,000 to about 700,000. These gum materials are generally polydimethyl siloxanes of sufficient chain length to achieve the molecular weight.

Quaternary Ammonium Compound The quaternary ammonium compound useful in the present invention is lauryl trimethyl quaternary ammonium salt. By the term lauryl is meant pure C12 and alkyl distributions which have as low as 55% C12 with the remainder being 22% C14, 22% C16 and 1% 010. A preferred "lauryl" distribution due to its availability and performance has 70% 012, 29% C14 and 1% C16 A preferred salt is the chloride salt although other halides such as bromide and iodide or organic groups such as methyl sulfate may be used to form the salt. The quaternary compound is used at a level of from about 0.1% to about 3%, preferably from about 0.25% to about 1%.

Suspending Agent Another essential component of the present compositions is a suspending agent. The suspending agent is a mixture of xanthan gum and a long chain acyl derivative or other long chain material.

Xanthan gum is an agent which is used in the present compositions to suspend the silicone fluid in combination with another agent. This biosynthetic gum material is commercially available and is a heteropolysaccharide with a molecular weight of greater than 1 million. It contains D-glucose, D-mannose and D-glucuronate in the molar ratio of 2.8:2.0:2.0. The polysaccharide is partially acetylated with 4.7% acetyl. This information and other is found in Whistler, Roy L. Editor Industrial Gums - Polysaccharides and Their Derivatives New York: Academic Press, 1973. Kelco, a Division of Merck & Co., Inc. offers xanthan gum as KeltrolR.

Other suspending agents useful in the present compositions in combination with xanthan gum are any of several long chain acyl derivatives materials or mixtures of such materials. Included are ethylene glycol esters of fatty acids having from about 1 6 to about 22 carbon atoms. Preferred are the ethylene glycol stearates, both mono and distearate, but particularly the distearate containing less than about 7% of the mono stearate. Other suspending agents found useful are alkanol amides of fatty acids, having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms, preferably about 1 6 to 18 carbon atoms. Preferred alkanol amides are stearic monoethanolamide, stearic diethanolamide, stearic monoisopropanolamide and stearic monoethanolamide stearate.

Still other suitable non-acyl derivative suspending agents are alkyl (C1622) dimethyl amine oxides such as stearyl dimethyl amine oxide.

The amount of suspending agent is represented by the relationship: 4(xanthan gum level) + long chain derivative level > 1.0. In this combination the xanthan gum level should be from about 0.10% to about 2.0%, preferably from about 0.25% to about 0.5% while the long chain derivative level should be from about 0.10% to about 2.5%, preferably from about 1% to about 2%.

Water Water is the last essential component of the present invention and forms the remainder of the composition. It is generally present at a level of from about 20% to about 95%, preferably from about 60% to about 85%.

Optional Components The shampoos herein can contain a variety of nonessential optional components suitable for rendering such compositions more acceptable. Such conventional optional ingredients are well known to those skilled in the art, e.g., preservatives such as benzyl alcohol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben and imidazolidinyl urea; other cationic surfactants such as cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, tricetyl methyl ammonium chloride, stearyldimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, and di(partially hydrogenated tallow) dimethylammonium chloride; thickeners and viscosity modifiers such as a diethanolamide of a long chain fatty acid (e.g., Cocamide MEA), amine oxides, block polymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide such as Pluronic F88 offered by BASF Wyandotte, fatty alcohols such as cetearyl alcohol, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, polyvinyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol; pH adjusting agents such as mono sodium phosphate and disodium phosphate, citric acid, succinic acid, phosphoric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, etc.; perfumes; dyes; and, sequestering agents such as disodium ethylenediamine tetra-acetate. Such agents generally are used individually at a level of from about 0.01% to about 10%, preferably from about 0.5% to about 5.0% by weight of the composition.

Another optional ingredient and one preferred for use in certain of the compositions of this invention, is a volatile silicone or a water insoluble hydrocarbon. These agents are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,472,375, September 18, 1984 to R. E. Bolich, Jr. incorporated herein by reference. These agents help disperse the higher molecular weight, non-volatile silicones, such as silicone gums, in the product when such silicones are used.

These agents are used at levels from about 0.1% to about 5%.

The pH of the present compositions is not critical and may be in the range of from 4 to about 10. The viscosity of the compositions is preferably not less than 1000 centipoise and more preferably in the range of about 2000 to about 5000 centipoise at 25"C.

Method of Manufacture The present compositions can be made by preparing both a main mix and a premix. Referring to the compositions of the Examples, into the main mix tank are put the ammonium lauryl sulfate, a part of the ammonium laureth sulfate and the ammonium xylene sulfonate. This mixture is heated to 120 + 1 0'F with xanthan gum added next through a high shear pump. The total mixture is then heated to 1 55 + 5"F. Finally the glycol distearate, amide, part of the cetearyl alcohol and lauryl trimethyl ammonium chloride are added followed by the tricetyl methyl ammonium chloride, if present, color, perfume, preservative and part of the water.

The premix is prepared by adding the remainder of the ammonium laureth sulfate to the premix tank and heating to 1 55 + 5"F. The remainder of the cetearyl alcohol is then added and allowed to melt. Finally the dimethicone is added and mixed until an emulsion is formed.

The premix is mixed with the main mix through a static mixers, a higher shear mixer and finally through a heat exchanger. The total product is cooled to 80"F and collected.

Industrial applicability The present compositions are used in a conventional manner for cleaning hair. From about 0.1 g to about 1 0g of a composition is applied to hairthat has been wetted, generally with water, worked through the hair and then rinsed out.

The following Examples further describe and demonstrate the preferred embodiments within the scope of the present invention. The Examples are given solely for the purpose of illustration and are not to be construed as limitations of the present invention as many variations thereof are possible without departing from its spirit and scope.

Examples I - VI The following compositions representative of the present invention are prepared.

Component I Il Ill IV V Vl Ammonium 12 12 12 16 15 12 Sulfate Ammonium Laureth 4 4 4 - 4 4 (3) Sulfate Ammonium Xylene - - - - 5.0 Sulfonate Cetearyl Alcohol 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Glycol Distearate 1.5 0.75 1.0 0.75 1.5 1.5 Cocamide MEA 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Xanthan Gum 0.3 0.75 0.1 0.75 0.3 0.3 Dimethicone Fluid Viscosity 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.8 350 Centistokes Silicone Gum 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.2 Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.4 Chloride Tricetyl Methyl Ammonium - - - - 0.5 0.5 Chloride Color, Perfume, Preservative, pH q.s 100% control and Water * General Electric SE-76

Claims (15)

1. A shampoo composition comprising: (a) from about 15% to about 25% of synthetic anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% of a dispersed, insoluble, non-volatile silicone or mixtures thereof; (c) a suspending agent selected from the group consisting of mixtures of xanthan gum and long chain acyl derivatives or long chain amine oxides; and (d) the remainder water, wherein the levels of xanthan gum and long chain derivative are such that the long chain derivative or long chain amine oxide level + 4(xanthan gum level) is > 1.0 wherein the xanthan gum level is from about 0.10% to about 2.0% while the long chain derivative or long chain amine oxide level is from about 0.10% to about 2.5%

2. A shampoo composition according to Claim 1 wherein the non-volatile silicone has viscosity of from about 5 to about 600,000 centistokes at 25"C.

3. A shampoo composition according to Claim 2 wherein the non-volatile silicone is a polydimethylsiloxane.

4. A shampoo composition according to Claim 3 wherein the suspending agent is a mixture of xanthan gum and ethylene glycol distearate.

5. A shampoo composition according to Claim 4 wherein an amide is also present in the compositions.

6. A shampoo composition according to Claim 5 wherein the surfactant is an alkyl sulfate.

7. A shampoo composition according to Claim 6 wherein the surfactant is ammonium alkyl sulfate.

8. A shampoo composition according to Claim 1 wherein the non-volatile silicone composition is a mixture of non-volatile silicones.

9. A shampoo composition according to Claim 8 wherein one of the non-volatile silicones is a silicone gum.

10. A shampoo composition according to Claim 1 which also contains a lauryl trimethyl ammonium salt.

11. A shampoo composition according to Claim 4 which also contains a lauryl trimethyl ammonium salt.

12. A method of shampooing hair comprising applying from about 0.1 g to about 1 0g of a composition according to Claim 1 to hair that has been wet with water and then rinsed out.

13. A method according to Claim 12 wherein the composition is in accordance with Claim 4.

14. A method according to Claim 12 wherein the composition is in accordance with Claim 10.

15. A method according to Claim 12 wherein the composition is in accordance with Claim 11.