Hair styling compositions comprising latex polymers and wax dispersions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9801808-B2
Application number	US-201414577579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2014
Priority date	Dec 19, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are hair styling compositions comprising: (a) one or more latex polymers selected from acrylate latex polymers, polyurethane latex polymers, and mixtures thereof; and (b) a wax dispersion comprising: (i) particles having a volume-basis particle size distribution with peaks in the range of equal to or greater than 1 μm up to about 100 μm wherein the particles comprise at least one wax having a melting point of greater than 35° C.; (ii) a surfactant mixture comprising a nonionic surfactant and an ionic surfactant; (iii) an oil gellant; and (iv) water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hair styling composition comprising:
(a) (1) latex polymer A having a Young's modulus ranging from about 0.1 MPa to about 10 MPa, and a strain, under stress at 0.5 MPa, of at least about 1%, wherein latex polymer A is Acrylates copolymer, Acrylates/Ethylhexyl Acrylate copolymer, Acrylates/VA copolymer, Polyurethane-34, Polyurethane-32, or Polyurethane-48; and
(2) latex polymer B having a Young's modulus ranging from about 10 MPa to about 6 GPa, and a strain, under stress at 0.5 MPa, of less than about 5%, wherein latex polymer B is Acrylates copolymer, Polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, Styrene/Acrylic copolymer, Polyurethane-35, Polyurethane-1, Polycarbamyl Polyglycol Ester, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, or Styrene/Acrylates/Ammonium Methacrylate Copolymer;

wherein latex polymers A and B are dispersed particles in an aqueous dispersion medium; and
(b) a wax dispersion comprising:
(i) solid wax particles having a particle size ranging from about 1 micron to about 20 microns and comprising at least one wax chosen from beeswax, hydrogenated myristyl olive esters, hydrogenated stearyl olive esters, VP/eicosene copolymer, ditrimethyloylpropane tetrastearate and C30-45 alkyldimethylsilyl propylsilsesquioxane, and wherein the at least one wax is present in an amount ranging from about 20% to about 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the wax dispersion;
(ii) from about 1.5% to about 3.0% by weight of a surfactant mixture comprising:
a. a nonionic surfactant chosen from PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, sorbitan palmitate, and mixtures thereof; and
b. a cationic surfactant chosen from cetrimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, dipalmitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, distearoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, and mixtures thereof; wherein the cationic surfactant is present in an amount ranging from about 5% to about 20% based on the total weight of the surfactant mixture;

wherein the surfactant mixture is free of amphoteric surfactants;
(iii) at least one oil gellant chosen from at least one styrenic block copolymer, semi-crystalline polymers, a glutamide-based compound, a polyamide, and mixtures thereof; and
(iv) water;

wherein the amount of the at least one wax ranges from about 1% to about 10%, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition.

2. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the latex polymers A and B are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition.

3. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the wax dispersion is present in a total amount ranging from about 1% to about 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition.

4. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the wax dispersion is present in a total amount ranging from about 2% to about 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition.

5. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wax is present in an amount of from 20% to about 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the wax dispersion.

6. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one oil gellant is selected from an oil gellant comprising from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the wax dispersion, of at least one styrenic block copolymer.

7. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one styrenic block copolymer is selected from a styrene-ethylene/butylene diblock copolymer, a styrene-ethylene/propylene diblock copolymer, a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene triblock copolymer, and mixtures thereof.

8. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the least one styrenic block copolymer comprises a styrene-ethylene/butylene diblock copolymer and a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene triblock copolymer.

9. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of the at least one wax to the at least one styrenic block copolymer ranges from about 100:1 to about 1:100.

10. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the latex polymers A and B are polyurethane latex polymers.

11. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the latex polymers A and B are acrylate latex polymers.

12. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the latex polymers A and B comprise acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers; wherein when polymer A is an acrylate latex polymer, polymer B is a polyurethane latex polymer; and when polymer A is a polyurethane latex polymer, polymer B is an acrylate latex polymer.

13. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the latex polymers A and B are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.25% to about 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition.

14. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of latex polymers A:B ranges from about 10:1 to about 1:10.

15. The hair styling composition of claim 14 , wherein the weight ratio of latex polymers A:B ranges from about 1:5 to about 5:1.

16. The hair styling composition of claim 15 , wherein the weight ratio of latex polymers A:B is about 1:1.

17. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the wax dispersion further comprises at least one additional ingredient selected from non-volatile/non-silicone oils and wherein the non-volatile/non-silicone oils are selected from C 6 -C 16 alkanes, non-silicone oils of plant, mineral or synthetic origin, liquid fatty alcohols, liquid fatty acids, liquid esters of a fatty acid, liquid esters of a fatty alcohol, silicone oils, fragrance oils, and mixtures thereof.

18. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the particles of the wax dispersion are heat-activated.

19. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises a solvent (c) selected from water, at least one organic solvent, and mixtures thereof; and wherein the solvent (c) is a separate component from the aqueous dispersion medium (a) or of the wax dispersion (b).

20. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , further comprising a dispersion of particles of at least one silicone latex polymer (d) and wherein the at least one silicone latex polymer is selected from a linear block silicone copolymer which is in the form of particles dispersed in an aqueous dispersion medium, a polymethylsiloxane resin which is in an aqueous emulsion medium, and mixtures thereof.

21. The hair styling composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional component selected from oils or an oil phase containing fatty substances including oils, waxes and oil gellants, surfactants, film-forming polymers other than film-forming latex polymers, rheology modifiers, thickening agents, emulsifying agents, structuring agents, propellants, vitamins, plant extracts, propellants, shine agents, conditioning agents, and mixtures thereof.

22. A method of styling hair comprising: (i) applying the hair styling composition of claim 1 onto hair; (ii) applying heat to the hair; and (iii) optionally, using a means for styling the hair.

23. The method according to claim 22 , wherein at the step (ii) of applying heat to the hair, the hair is heated at a temperature ranging from greater than 35° C. to about 250° C. before, during, or after the application of the hair styling composition.

24. A method of making a hair styling composition, the

Assignees

• Oreal
• Oreal

Inventors

• Tan Siliu
• Simonnet Jean-Thierry
• Singer Jim Mitchell
• Pistorio Bradford Joseph
• Nguyen Nghi Van
• Shaw Charles Michael Sanford
• Gogineni Aditi

Classifications

• A61K8/8117

  Homopolymers or copolymers of aromatic olefines, e.g. polystyrene; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers · CPC title

• A61K8/927 Primary

  of insects, e.g. shellac · CPC title

• A61K8/044

  Suspensions · CPC title

• A61K8/87

  Polyurethanes · CPC title

• A61K8/442

  substituted by amido group(s) · CPC title