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• This invention relates to hair care compositions, in particular to hair care compositions that style hair.
• Styling compositions are usually applied in the form of, sprays, mousses, gels and lotions.
• creams are a particularly popular way of styling hair.
• a major disadvantage with using styling creams is that they have a tendency to feel sticky both in the pot before styling and on the hair after styling.
• the present invention is a hair styling cream that helps mitigate the problem of stickiness. '/
• creams of the present invention can be used to maintain a style; enable re-styling of hair; condition hair; reduce hair damage; provide hair shine; provide a wet look; control hair volume and align the hair.
• a hair styling cream comprising i) an aqueous lamellar phase comprising a) cationic surfactant and b) fatty alcohol having a melting point greater than 25°C and/or fatty acid having a melting point greater than 40°C; and
• non-volatile liquid emollient s
• the viscosity of any single non-volatile emollient or the viscosity of a blend of non-volatile emollients being less than 1000 mPa.s at 25°C and 5 s "1 .
• the invention also relates to a method of styling hair by applying to the hair a composition as described above.
• a cream is defined as not immediately pourable under gravity.
• the viscosity of the final cream is from 10,000 to 300,000 mPa.s at 5 s-1 and 25°C, more preferably from 20,000 to 200,000 mPa.s, and most preferably between 30,000 and 150,000 mPa.s
• the viscosity of the fluids was determined with a standard stress controlled rheometer (this case Carrimed CSL-100) , using a parallel plate configuration at a gap height of 200 ⁇ m and by measuring viscosity at a range of shear rates.
• Suitable cationic surfactants comprise one or more conditioning surfactants, which are cosmetically acceptable and suitable for topical application to the hair.
• Cationic surfactants useful in compositions of the invention contain amino or quaternary ammonium hydrophilic moieties which are positively charged when dissolved in the aqueous composition of the present invention.
• Suitable cationic surfactants are those corresponding to the general formula:
• Ri, R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are independently selected from (a an aliphatic group of from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, or (b) an aromatic, alkoxy, polyoxyalkylene, alkylamido, hydroxyalkyl, aryl or alkylaryl group having up to 22 carbon atoms; and X is a salt-forming anion such as those selected from halogen, (e.g. chloride, bromide), acetate, citrate, lactate, glycolate, phosphate nitrate, sulphate, and alkylsulphate radicals.
• halogen e.g. chloride, bromide
• the aliphatic groups can contain, in addition to carbon and hydrogen atoms, ether linkages, and other groups such as amino groups.
• the longer chain aliphatic groups e.g., those of about 12 carbons, or higher, can be saturated or unsaturated.
• suitable cationic surfactants include: quaternary ammonium chlorides, e.g.
• alkyltrimethylammonium chlorides wherein the alkyl group has from about 8 to 22 carbon atoms, for example octyltrimethylammonium chloride, dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, stearyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, behenyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, hexadecyltrimethyl-ammonium chloride, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, octyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride, decyldi ethylbenzyl-ammonium chloride, stearyldi- methylbenzylammonium chloride, didodecyldimethylammonium chloride, dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride, tallow trimethylammonium chloride, cocotrimethylammonium chloride, and the corresponding salts thereof, e.g., bromides, hydroxides. Cetylpyridinium chloride or salts thereof
• stearyl trimethyl ammonium chloride hardened tallow trimethyl ammonium chloride
• particularly preferred cationic surfactants are cetrimonium chloride, behenyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, di hardened-tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl) methyl octadecenyl ammonium chloride or mixtures thereof.
• the level of cationic surfactant is preferably from 0.05 to 12, more preferably 0.1 to 8, most preferably 0.2 to 5 wt% of the total composition.
• composition has as an essential feature of the invention a fatty alcohol having a melting point greater than 35°C and/or a fatty acid having a melting point greater than 40 °C, more preferably the fatty acid has a melting point greater than 50°C.
• the level of fatty alcohol and/or fatty acid within phase i) of the composition is from 0.2 wt% to 15 wt% of the total composition, more preferably from 0.3 wt% to 10 wt% .
• the fatty alcohol is preferably selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol or mixtures thereof.
• the fatty acid is preferably a Cl ⁇ to C22 acid.
• suitable fatty acids include palmitic acid and stearic acid.
• the ratio of fatty acid and or fatty alcohol (i.e. component b) to total cationic surfactant (component a) within the lamellar phase is from 0.5 to 10.0, preferably from 1 to 10.0, and most preferably from 1.0 to 7.0.
• a non-volatile emollient is defined such that when the emollient is placed in a petri-dish in a room at standard environmental conditions (25°C, 50%RH) at a fluid height of 3 mm, after 1 hour less than 10 wt% of the emollient will have evaporated.
• the viscosity of the non-volatile liquid emollient refers to a single emollient or to the total viscosity of a blend of emollients.
• the viscosity of each of the non-volatile liquid emollients is preferably less than 200 mPa.s and most preferably less than 50 mPa.s at 25°C and 5s "1 . If a blend of emollients is used a high viscosity emollient can be diluted with a low viscosity emollient to bring the average viscosity of the blend to less than 200 mPa.s, preferably less than 50 mPa.s.
• lipophilic emollients are preferred.
• Preferred lipophilic emollients are selected from the group consisting of triglycerides, fatty esters, mineral oils (branched hydrocarbons) and mixtures thereof.
• Preferred triglycerides include triheptanoin, tricaprylin, tricaprin, triundecanoin, trilinolein, triolein, almond oil, coconut oil, olive oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil or sunflower oil.
• Preferred fatty esters include isocetyl stearate.
• Preferred mineral oils have an average hydrocarbon chain length above 20 carbon units. Another preferred oil is dicaprylate/dicaprate propylene glycol. Mixtures of the above emollients may be used.
• Suitable mineral oils are those sold under the name Sirius White Oils by Fuchs Lubricants (UK) .
• suitable oils are Sirius M85, Sirius M125 and Sirius M350.
• the emollient may also be a silicone oil with viscosity as previously defined, preferably dimethicone.
• the emollient ii) may also be hydrophilic, if hydrophilic it is preferably selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight preferably from 250 g/mol to 700 g/mol, or polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight preferably from 350 g/mol to 2000 g/mol.
• the level of emollient (s) ii) within the total hair cream composition is preferably from 20 wt% to 70 wt%, more preferably from 30 wt% to 50 wt% of the total composition.
• One or all of the emollient components can be included as a pre-emulsion.
• composition comprises an additional styling aid.
• hair styling polymers are well known articles of commerce and many such polymers are available commercially which contain moieties, which render the polymers cationic, anionic, amphoteric or nonionic in nature.
• the polymers may be synthetic or naturally derived. Cationic and nonionic polymers are preferred, however nonionic polymers are particularly preferred.
• the amount of the hair styling polymer may range from 0.1 to 10%, preferably 0.5 to 8 %, more preferably 0.75 to 6% by weight based on total weight of the composition.
• nonionic hair styling polymers are homopolymers of N- vinylpyrrolidone and copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone with compatible nonionic monomers such as vinyl acetate.
• Nonionic polymers containing N- vinylpyrrolidone in various weight average molecular weights are available commercially from ISP Corporation - specific examples of such materials are homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone having an average molecular weight of about 630,000 sold under the name PVP K- 90 and homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone having an average molecular weight of about 1,000,000 sold under the name of PVP K-120.
• Particularly preferred is a copolymer of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyvinyl acetate. An example of this copolymer is sold by BASF under the name Luviskol VA64.
• cationic hair styling polymers are copolymers of amino-functional acrylate monomers such as lower alkyl aminoalkyl acrylate, or methacrylate monomers such as dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, with compatible monomers such as N-vinylpyrrolidone, vinyl caprolactam, alkyl methacrylates (such as methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate) and alkyl acrylates (such as ethyl acrylate and n-butyl acrylate) .
• amino-functional acrylate monomers such as lower alkyl aminoalkyl acrylate, or methacrylate monomers such as dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate
• compatible monomers such as N-vinylpyrrolidone, vinyl caprolactam
• alkyl methacrylates such as methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate
• alkyl acrylates such as ethyl acrylate and
• Suitable cationic hair styling polymers are: copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, available from ISP Corporation as Copolymer 845, Copolymer 937 and Copolymer 958;
• Polyquaternium-4 (a copolymer of diallyldimonium chloride and hydroxyethylcellulose) ;
• Polyquaternium-11 (formed by the reaction of diethyl sulphate and a copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone and dimethyl aminoethylmethacrylate), available from ISP as Gafquat® 734, 755 and 755N, and from BASF as Luviquat® PQ11;
• Polyquaternium-16 (formed from methylvinylimidazolium chloride and vinylpyrrolidone) , available from BASF as Luviquat® FC 370, FC 550, FC 905 and HM-552;
• Polyquaternium-46 prepared by the reaction of vinylcaprolactam and vinylpyrrolidone with methylvinylimidazolium methosulphate
• BASF available from BASF as Luviquat ⁇ Hold.
• suitable naturally-derived hair styling polymers include shellac, alginates, gelatins, pectins, cellulose derivatives and chitosan or salts and derivatives thereof.
• Commercially available examples include Kytamer® (ex Amerchol) and Amaze® (ex National Starch) .
• Such styling products frequently include a carrier and further additional components.
• the carriers and additional components required to formulate such products vary with product type and can be routinely chosen by one skilled in the art. The following is a description of some of these carriers and additional components.
• An aqueous phase thickener is preferably present and can be based on a cellulose derivative, in particular hydroxyethyl cellulose or cetyl hydroxyethyl cellulose. Such aqueous phase thickeners are typically present in an amount from 0.01% to 10% by weight.
• compositions of the present invention can comprise a carrier, or a mixture of such carriers, which are suitable for application to the hair.
• the carriers are present at from about 0.5% to about 99.5%, preferably from about 5.0% to about 99.5%, more preferably from about 10.0% to about 98.0%, of the composition.
• the phrase "suitable for application to hair” means that the carrier does not damage or negatively affect the aesthetics of hair or cause irritation to the underlying skin.
• Compositions according to the invention comprise a buffer or pH adjuster.
• Preferred buffers or pH adjusters include weak acids and bases such as glycine/sodium hydroxide, citric acid, triethanolamine, lactic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid and salts thereof. Frequently a mixture of buffering system is used such as sodium citrate and citric acid.
• Carriers suitable for use with hair care compositions of the present invention include, for example, those commonly used in creams.
• the carriers used herein can include a wide range of components conventionally used in hair care compositions.
• the carriers can contain a solvent to dissolve or disperse the styling compound being used, with water, the Ci-C ⁇ alcohols, lower alkyl acetate and mixtures thereof being preferred.
• the carriers can also contain a wide variety of additional materials such as acetone, hydrocarbons (such as isobutane, hexane, decene) , water, ethanol, volatile silicone derivatives, and mixtures thereof.
• the solvents used in such mixtures may be miscible or immiscible with each other.
• the carrier can include a wide variety of further conditioning materials suitable for hair such as quaternary silicone polymers, silicone based conditioners and their emulsions, and amino functional silicones and their emulsions.
• the viscosity of these conditioning silicones is greater than 10,000 mPa . s at 25°C and 5 s "1 .
• compositions of the invention include sun-screening agents, preservatives, anti-oxidants, anti-dandruff actives, and emulsifiers for emulsifying the various carrier components of the compositions of the invention.
• compositions of the present invention may also contain adjuncts suitable for hair care.
• adjuncts suitable for hair care Generally such ingredients are included individually at a level of up to 2, preferably up to 1 wt% of the total composition.
• Suitable hair care adjuncts include amino acids, sugars and ceramides.
• compositions of the present invention are formulated into hair care compositions, especially products with hair styling claims.
• the compositions are for use in styling human hair and, more preferably, they are packaged and labelled as such.
• Example 1 Example 1 , Example 2 and Example A
• the lamellar phase creams were prepared by mixing the methyl paraben, BHT, CTAC and cetearyl alcohol in 70% of the total water at 75°C under low shear and then under vacuum at high shear.
• a hydroxyethyl cellulose dispersion was prepared in the remaining 30% of the water and heated to 75°C under low shear.
• the cellulose dispersion was then added to the initial mixture under low shear, followed by addition of the oil (tricaprylin) . 5 minutes of high shear under vacuum was then undertaken.
• the resultant mixture was slowly cooled with low shear mixing. Silicone fluid and phenoxy ethanol were then added. Triethanolamine was added , followed by perfume and then high shear mixing under vacuum was conducted.
• the Examples were applied to hair switches and the styling performance was assessed. For this purpose 0.5g of hair cream was applied to a straight, flat, 2.5 cm wide, 25 cm long hair switch weighing 5g. The cream was spread through the hair and subsequently the hair was pressed together to create a volume down effect. After styling the frontal area of each switch was assessed by image analysis. Performance was benchmarked against a current commercial hair cream material (referred to as benchmark) . The following results were obtained:
• Example 1 The performance of Example 1 above (CTAC lamellar gel phase + 30% tricaprylin) was compared to comparative Example B.
• Example B did not have the required lamellar phase.
• Tricaprylin has a dynamic viscosity of 20 mPas at 25°C and Ss -1 Laurex CS has a melting point of 50-55°C.
• Example B was prepared as a normal Oil-in-Water emulsion.
• Examples 1 and B were evaluated by a trained quantitative consumer panel and the following results were obtained (attributes scored on a scale from 0 to 100) :
• Examples 1 and B were further evaluated by a panel (80 people) and the following results were obtained (attributes scored on a scale from 0 to 5) :
• Sirius M350 mineral oil has a viscosity of 80mPas (25°C, 5s “1 )
• Icocetyl stearate has a viscosity of 23mPas (25°C, 5s “1 )
• Estol 1526 has a viscosity of 9mPas (25°C, 5s "1 )
• Efaderma F has a viscosity of 54mPas (25°C, 5s "1 )
• Stearic acid has a melting point of 70°C Prototypes with humectant oils :
• PEG-8 has a viscosity of 100 mPas (25°C, 5s x )
• PPG 400 has a viscosity of 50 mPas (25°C, 5s "1 )

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