JP2007051095A - Hair cosmetic - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair cosmetic that increases its viscosity by being kneaded to sufficiently achieve enhancement in hair-dressing power and permits so-called two-way use. <P>SOLUTION: The hair cosmetic is an oil-in-water type emulsified hair cosmetic that comprises 2.0-20.0 mass% of a monosaccharide and 0.1-5.0 mass% of a higher fatty acid, each based on the cosmetic, and increases its viscosity by being kneaded. The hair cosmetic can be used in a relatively low viscous state before kneading and also in a highly viscous state achieved by being kneaded according to preference of users. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to hair cosmetics. More specifically, the invention relates to a hair cosmetic having the property of increasing viscosity by kneading at the time of use.

  Conventionally, the adjustment of the hair-styling power from soft to hard of a hair wax that is widely used as a hair-styling agent has been performed by adjusting the blending amount of solid oil and resin to be blended. In addition, hair cosmetics capable of changing the hair styling power by kneading at the time of use are also provided, but under the present circumstances, a sufficient sense of the difference in hair styling power before and after the kneading action of the hair cosmetic can be obtained. It has been pointed out that

  An object of the present invention is to provide a hair cosmetic that has a high viscosity when kneaded and is capable of sufficiently realizing improvement in hair styling power.

  As a result of intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have surprisingly found that when the hair cosmetic is an oil-in-water emulsion composition containing a monosaccharide and a higher fatty acid, the viscosity is determined by kneading. The present invention was completed by conceiving that the hairstyling power was clearly improved and the hair styling power was clearly improved.

  That is, the present invention is an oil-in-water emulsified hair cosmetic containing monosaccharides in an amount of 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of the cosmetic and 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of higher fatty acids, And it is invention which provides the hair cosmetics (henceforth this hair cosmetics) characterized by a viscosity increasing by kneading | mixing.

  Further, the present invention provides a hair cosmetic characterized in that the hair cosmetic is improved by kneading the hair cosmetic at the time of use, and performing hair shaping by applying the hair cosmetic with the improved viscosity to the hair. It is an invention that provides the hair styling method used in a selective mode with respect to a mode in which the kneading action is not performed.

  As described above, the present hair cosmetic is a hair cosmetic capable of increasing the viscosity by kneading before use. However, it is not always necessary to improve the viscosity by a kneading action. It is also possible to use the present hair cosmetic without kneading depending on the taste of the hair. That is, the present hair cosmetic is a so-called two-way use hair cosmetic that can be used for a relatively low viscosity before kneading and for a relatively high viscosity after kneading.

  According to the present invention, there are provided a hair cosmetic which has a high viscosity by kneading and can sufficiently realize improvement in hair styling power, and a hair styling method using the same.

Examples of monosaccharides that can be incorporated into the present hair cosmetics include reducing sugars such as tetrose, pentose, hexose, and heptose, and sugar alcohols such as tetrit, pentitol, hexit, erythritol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol. These can be used, and these can be used alone or two or more types can be arbitrarily selected. Among them, sugar alcohols, particularly sorbitol and xylitol are preferable because they have a high effect of increasing hair styling by kneading.
Examples of commercially available sorbitol products include sorbitol F (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.), and examples of commercially available xylitol products include xylitol-C (manufactured by Carter Food Science).

  In the present hair cosmetic, the monosaccharide is preferably blended in an amount of 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of the cosmetic, and more preferably 4.0 to 12.0% by mass. If the amount is less than 2.0% by mass of the cosmetic, sufficient hair-styling power cannot be obtained after kneading, and if it exceeds 20.0% by mass, the stickiness after drying becomes severe and there is a problem in usability. The tendency to produce becomes strong.

  As the higher fatty acid that can be blended in the present hair cosmetic, higher fatty acids such as stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, behenic acid, lauric acid, oleic acid, and isostearic acid are suitable, and these may be used alone or 2 More than one type can be arbitrarily selected and used. Among these, stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, and behenic acid are preferable in terms of the viscosity increase after kneading and the stability of the base. Examples of commercially available products of isostearic acid include isostearic acid SX (Higher Alcohol Industry Co., Ltd.); examples of commercially available products of stearic acid include stearic acid (manufactured by Nippon Seika Co., Ltd.); Lauric acid S (manufactured by Nippon Seika Co., Ltd.), lauric acid SN-12L (manufactured by Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.), etc .; as a commercial product of palmitic acid, palmitic acid (manufactured by Nippon Seika Co., Ltd.); As commercially available products, myristic acid (manufactured by Nippon Seika Co., Ltd.), myristic acid SN-14M (manufactured by Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.) and the like; as commercial products of oleic acid, PALMAC 760 (manufactured by Acid Chemical Co., Ltd.), etc. Can be mentioned.

  In the present hair cosmetic, the higher fatty acid is preferably blended in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of the cosmetic, and more preferably 0.3 to 3.0% by mass. If the blending amount is less than 0.1% by mass of the cosmetic, it is difficult to sufficiently increase the base viscosity by kneading. The tendency to appear is strong.

  The present hair cosmetic is an oil-in-water emulsion composition comprising the above-mentioned monosaccharides and fatty acids as essential ingredients. Using an emulsifier such as a surfactant, the emulsifier in water method, the emulsifier method in oil, and the soap production method It can be produced according to a conventional method such as an alternate addition method.

  In the present hair cosmetic, other additive components can be arbitrarily blended within a range not impairing the effects of the present invention. Examples of such components include powder components, liquid fats and oils, solid fats and oils, waxes, hydrocarbons, ester oils, silicone oils, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, nonionic surfactants, Moisturizer, water-soluble polymer, thickener, UV absorber, sequestering agent, lower alcohol, polyhydric alcohol, saccharide other than monosaccharide, amino acid, organic amine, polymer emulsion, pH adjuster, skin nutrient Vitamins, antioxidants, antioxidant aids, water and the like can be used as necessary.

  The present hair cosmetic can be used as a cosmetic for hair, a cosmetic for eyelashes, etc. In particular, the characteristics of the present invention can be fully utilized by using it as a hair styling agent.

As described above, the present hair cosmetic is a hair cosmetic capable of so-called two-way use, which can be applied to the hair after hair viscosity has been increased by kneading at the time of use, and hair can be shaped.
That is, the present invention is an invention that provides a hair styling method using the present hair cosmetic, characterized by selectively performing hair styling of the following modes (1) and (2).

(1) The hair cosmetic composition is kneaded at the time of use to improve the viscosity, and the hair cosmetic composition with the improved viscosity is applied to the hair.
(2) Hair styling is performed by applying the hair cosmetic composition that has not been kneaded to the hair.

  The kneading action for increasing the viscosity of the hair cosmetic in the above (1) can be carried out by swallowing the hair cosmetic into the hand, and can also be carried out by stirring the container with a spatula or the like. .

  The viscosity of the hair cosmetic before kneading is preferably in the range of 10,000 to 40,000 mPa · s at 25 ° C. Further, the increase in viscosity due to kneading is preferably 5000 mPa · s at 25 ° C. [when stirring for 1 minute at 500 rpm is performed using a stirrer (three-one motor)] or more. If such an increase in viscosity is not recognized, it tends to be difficult for the user to give a real sense that the viscosity has increased sufficiently. In addition, the increase in the viscosity of 5000 mPa · s or more with respect to the above-mentioned “stirring with a stirrer at 25 ° C. and 500 rpm for 1 minute” clearly shows the preferable degree of increase in the viscosity of the present hair cosmetic by fixing the conditions. It is defined, and the degree of increase in viscosity is different if the conditions are different.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically by way of examples. However, this specific description is not intended to limit the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, the blending amount is mass% relative to the blending target.

[ Examination of viscosity change with stirring time ]
A product of the present invention (Example 1) having the following formulation was prepared, and 90 g of the product was placed in a 100 ml polypropylene container and stirred with a three-one motor BL1200 manufactured by HENDEM at 25 ° C. and 500 rpm over time. Viscosity was measured using a single cylindrical rotational viscometer bismetron VS-H1 (Shibaura System Co., Ltd.). The results are shown in Table 1 below.

[Example 1]
Compounding component amount (% by mass)
Carnauba Arrow 3.0
Stearic acid 1.0
Palmitic acid 2.0
Liquid paraffin 10.0
Stearyl alcohol 1.0
Dimethylpolysiloxane 1.0
Polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil 3.0
Triethanolamine 2.0
Hydroxyethyl cellulose 1.5
Sorbitol 5.0
Purified water Residual fragrance Amount <Production method>
Of the above ingredients, the aqueous component and hydroxyethyl cellulose are mixed and heated (70 ° C.) to dissolve the hydroxyethyl cellulose (aqueous phase), and the oil component is heated to 70 ° C. while mixing to be compatible. After the oil phase was prepared, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil was dissolved in this oil phase, the oil phase was added to the aqueous phase, the two layers were mixed and stirred, cooled, and the water of Example 1 An oil-type emulsion composition was obtained.

[Change in viscosity over time]

  From this result, it was found that the viscosity of the product of the present invention of Example 1 increased by 5000 mPa · s or more by stirring for 1 minute under the above conditions. In addition, it became clear that the degree of the viscosity increase after 1 minute from the start of stirring gradually becomes slow.

[ Study on the effect of viscosity increase by stirring on hair styling ability ]
Test products having the formulations shown in Table 2 below (Products of the present invention: Example 2, Comparative products: Comparative Examples 1 to 6) were produced according to the production method of Example 1 described above. These test products were stirred for 1 minute under the same conditions as the above-described viscosity change test with time, and the hair styling force before and after the stirring was examined by the following hair bundle method. Comparative Examples 1 to 6 are polydimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (Comparative Example 1), which is a water-soluble cationic polymer having film-forming ability, instead of the sorbitol of Example 2, and the same water-soluble nonionic polymer (polyvinylpyrrolidone) / VA) Similar to copolymer (Comparative Example 2) and sorbitol, dextrin generally used as a moisturizing sugar (Comparative Example 3), sodium polyacrylate having the property of imparting spinnability (Comparative Example 4), This is an example in which the same polyethylene glycol (Comparative Example 5) and silica (Comparative Example 6) as a powder component were blended.

[Test by hair bundle method]
The hair styling power was determined by the number of turns of the hair when 0.4 g of each test product was applied to the lower half of the hair strand consisting of about 4 g of human hair and the strand was twisted 10 times (the number of turns). The more hair, the better the hair styling power) The determination was made as follows.

Hair styling power judgment standard ( circle): The number of windings of the strand after stirring has increased 1.5 or more than the number of windings before stirring.
(Circle) (triangle | delta): The strand winding number after stirring has increased 1.0-1.5 less than the winding number before stirring.
(Triangle | delta): The number of strand windings after stirring has increased 0-1.0 less than the number of windings before stirring.
X: The number of strands after stirring is less than the number of windings before stirring.

[Test results]

  According to this result, in comparative examples (Comparative Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 4 to 6) in which ingredients that are expected to improve hair styling power due to thickening by kneading as an original property are blended in place of sorbitol, kneading is performed. No improvement in hair styling power was observed (not thickened), and no improvement in hair styling power was observed in the example using dextrin which is a saccharide other than monosaccharide (Comparative Example 3).

  Therefore, the hair-styling improvement effect (thickening effect) by the kneading action according to the present invention is a specific effect that is recognized only by combining a monosaccharide such as sorbitol and a fatty acid, in particular, a higher fatty acid. Became clear.

Claims (7)

An oil-in-water emulsified hair cosmetic containing 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of a monosaccharide and 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of a higher fatty acid. Hair cosmetics characterized by the fact that the hair increases. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1, wherein the amount of monosaccharides in the hair cosmetic is 4.0 to 12.0 mass% of the cosmetic. The hair cosmetic according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the amount of the higher fatty acid in the hair cosmetic is 0.3 to 3.0 mass% of the cosmetic. The hair cosmetic according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein in the hair cosmetic, the monosaccharide is sorbitol. 5. The hair cosmetic composition according to claim 1, wherein the higher fatty acid is at least one higher fatty acid selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid and behenic acid. The hair cosmetic composition described. The viscosity of the hair cosmetic composition is 10,000 to 40,000 mPa · s at 25 ° C., and the increase in viscosity by stirring with a stirrer at 500 rpm for 1 minute is 5000 mPa · s or more at 25 ° C. Claim | item 1-5 hair cosmetics in any one. The hair styling method using the oil-in-water type emulsified hair cosmetic according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein hair styling of the following modes (1) and (2) is selectively performed.
(1) When the hair cosmetic composition is kneaded at the time of use, the viscosity is improved, and the hair cosmetic composition with improved viscosity is applied to the hair.
(2) Hair styling is performed by applying to the hair the hair cosmetic composition that has not been kneaded.