Hair care compositions containing polyelectrolyte complexes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016008257-A1
Application number	US-201414773038-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an aqueous hair care composition capable of providing durable non-permanent hair styling and/or wash-resistant retention of shape of hair fibers comprising a polyelectrolyte complex having a gel matrix structure or a mixture of gel matrix and microgel formed by electrostatic attraction, wherein the polyelectrolyte complex comprises a complex between: (A) about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one anionic polymer containing monoacid, diacid, triacid, half-acid/half-ester, acid anhydride functionality, or salts thereof having a molecular weight of from about 100,000 Daltons to about 5000,000 Daltons; and (B) about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one cationic or pseudo cationic polymer having a (i) molecular weight range of about 80,000 Daltons to about 5,000,000 Daltons, and (ii) a charge density of less than about 4.0 meg/gram, and wherein, the charge ratio of (B):(A) is more than about 0.70.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An aqueous hair care composition capable of providing durable non-permanent hair styling and/or wash-resistant retention of shape of hair fibers comprising a polyelectrolyte complex having a gel matrix structure or a mixture of gel matrix and microgel formed by electrostatic attraction, wherein the polyelectrolyte complex comprises a complex between:
A. about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one anionic polymer containing monoacid, diacid, triacid, half-acid/half-ester, acid anhydride, alkyl vinyl ether, vinylpyrrolidone functionality or salts thereof having a molecular weight of from about 100,000 Daltons to about 5000,000 Daltons; and B. about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one cationic polymer having a (i) molecular weight range of about 80,000 Daltons to about 5,000,000 Daltons, and (ii) a charge density of less than about 4.0 meg/gram, and;
wherein, the charge ratio of (B):(A) is more than about 0.70.

2 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said mixture of gel matrix and microgel comprises about 10% of microgel to about 90% of gel matrix to about 90% of microgel to about 10% of gel matrix, and wherein, the average particle size of gel matrix is more than about 15 microns, and the average particles size of microgel is less than about 7 microns.

3 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said gel matrix structure or a mixture of gel matrix and microgel is formed by mixing about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one anionic polymer selected from (A) and about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one cationic or pseudo cationic polymer selected from (B) wherein A is added to B or B is added to A at room temperature, and wherein said A is pre-neutralized to a pH of about 5 to about 10 before mixing with B.

4 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said gel matrix structure is capable of forming a water-resistant film after drying and/or after heating to a temperature of about 90° C. or more.

5 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molecular weight of anionic polymer (A) is from about 1,000,000,000 Daltons to about 3,000,000 Daltons.

6 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molecular weight of cationic or pseudocationic polymer is from about 200,000 Daltons to about 2,000,000 Daltons.

7 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the charge ratio of (B):(A) is more than about 1.0.

8 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said anionic polymer (A) is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, maleic acids, phosphoric acids, sulfonic acids, acetylacetones, half-esters, half-acids, maleic acid anhydrides, methyl vinyl ethers, vinylpyrrolidone based compounds or their salts, and combinations thereof.

9 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 , wherein said anionic polymer (A) is selected from the group consisting of copolymers of alkyl vinyl ethers and maleic anhydride, polyvinylmethyl/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer, a half-ester/half-salt of methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride (PVM/MA) copolymers, dodecyl vinyl ether/maleic acid copolymer, carbomers, acrylate polymers, acrylic acid/vinylpyrrolidone copolymer, polyvinylmethyl/maleic acid (PVM/MA) decadiene crosspolymer, vinyl acrylate/butyl maleate/isobornyl acrylate copolymers, vinylpyrrolidone/acrylates/lauryl methacrylate copolymer, salts thereof, alone or in combinations thereof.

10 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein said cationic polymer is selected from the group consisting of (i) polyquaternium compounds, (ii) pseudocationic polymers having amine functionality, and/or (iii) cationic polysaccharides.

11 . The hair care composition according to claim 9 , wherein said polyquaternium compound is selected from the group consisting of polyquaternium (PQ)-2, PQ-4, PQ-5, PQ-6, PQ-7, PQ-10, PQ-11, PQ-16, PQ-17, PQ-18, PQ-21, PQ-22, PQ-24, PQ-28, PQ-37, PQ-39, PQ-44, PQ-46, PQ-47, PQ-53, PQ-55, PQ-67, PQ-68, PQ-69, PQ-86, or PQ-95.

12 . The hair care composition according to claim 10 , wherein said pseudocationic polymer is selected from the group consisting of:
i. vinyl pyrrolidone-co-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-co-dimethylaminoethyl-methacrylamide), PVP/tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate (TBAMEA) copolymer, poly primary fatty amines, poly secondary fatty amines, poly tertiary fatty amines, polyaminoamides; or ii. polymers derived from polymerization of at least two or more monomer selected from the group consisting of N-tert-butylaminoethyl(meth)acrylamide, N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]acrylamide, N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]methacrylamide, N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]acrylamide, N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-methacrylamide, N-[4-(dimethylamino)butyl]acrylamide, N-[4-(dimethylamino)-butyl]methacrylamide, N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]acrylamide, N-[4-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]acrylamide and N-[4-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-methacrylamide, N-[12-(dimethylamino) dodecyl]methacrylamide, N-[18-(dimethylamino) octadecyl]methacrylamide, N-[8-(dimethylamino) octyl]methacrylamide, N-[7-(dimethylamino) heptyl]acrylamide, N-[14-(dimethylamino)tetradecyl]acrylamide, N-[3-(dimethylamino) propyl]methacrylamide, N-[3-(diethylamino) propyl]acrylamide, N-(4-(dipropylamino)butyl]methacrylamide, N-[3-(methyl butyl amino) propyl]acrylamide, N-(2-[3-(dimethylamino) propyl]ethyl)acrylamide, and N-(4-[4-(diethylamino)butyl]butyl)acrylamide.

13 . The hair care composition according to claim 10 wherein said cationic polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of cationic cellulose, quaternized hydroxyethyl cellulose (polyquaternium-10), quaternary ammonium salts of hydroxyethyl cellulose reacted with lauryl dimethyl ammonium-substituted epoxide (polyquaternium-24, polyquaternium-67), cationic guars, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hydroxypropylated cationic guar derivatives and diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride substituted hydroxyethylcellulose (polyquaternium-4), acrylamidopropyl trimonium chloride/acrylamide copolymer, cationic starches, and corn starch/acrylamide/sodium acrylate copolymer.

14 . The hair care composition according to claim 1 comprising a complex of:
i. polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer and polyquaternium-55 (PQ-55); or
ii. polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer and PVP/DMAPA acrylate copolymer; or
iii. polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate (TBAMEA); or
iv. vinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid/lauryl methacrylate copolymer and polyquatermium-55 (PQ-55); or
v. vinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid/lauryl methacrylate copolymer and PVP/DMAPA acrylate copolymer;
vi. polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer and guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride; or
vii. polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and polyquaternium-55 (PQ-55); or
viii. polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/DMAPA acrylate copolymer; or
ix. polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/TBAMEA; or
x. butyl half ester of polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer and polyquaternium-55 (PQ-55); or
xi. butyl half ester of polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/DMAPA acrylate copolymer; or
xii. butyl half ester of polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/TBAMEA; or
xiii. ethyl half ester of polyvinyl methyl ether/maleic acid (PVM/MA) copolymer and polyquaternium-55 (PQ-55); or
xiv. ethyl half ester of polyvinyl dodecyl ether/maleic acid copolymer and PVP/DMAPA acrylate copolymer; or

Assignees

• Isp Investments Inc

Inventors

• Zhou Yan
• Rigoletto Raymond
• Foltis Linda C
• Qu Xin
• Colaco Allwyn

Classifications

• A45D7/04

  chemical · CPC title

• A61Q5/12

  Preparations containing hair conditioners · CPC title

• A61K8/345

  containing more than one hydroxy group · CPC title

• A61K8/8182 Primary

  Copolymers of vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers · CPC title

• A61K8/042

  Gels · CPC title