Conditioner containing particles

• US 20040005285A1
• Filed: 04/11/2003
• Published: 01/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Midha, Sanjeev
• Application Number:
  US10/412,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20040005285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/70.27
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/651 The particulate/core comprising inorganic material
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/654 The particulate/core comprising macromolecular material
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/0241 Containing particulates characterized by their shape and/or structure see also A61K8/04, A61K8/11, and A61K8/14, further aspects are classified in A61K2800/40 and subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/25 Silicon; Compounds thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/31 Hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/342 Alcohols having more than seven atoms in an unbroken chain
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/416 Quaternary ammonium compounds A61K8/35 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/585 Organosilicon compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8152 Homopolymers or copolymers of esters, e.g. (meth)acrylic acid esters; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/86 Polyethers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/891 saturated, e.g. dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, C24-C28 methicone or stearyl dimethicone
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/90 Block copolymers A61K8/89 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

The compositions of the present invention relate to improved hair care compositions having from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a low melting point fatty alcohol having a melting point of 30° C. or lower; from about 0.01% to about 10% particles; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a polymer of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and mixtures thereof, having the formula:

wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, and mixtures thereof, and n has an average value of from about 2,000 to about 14,000; from 0% to about 20% by weight, of a conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, cationic polymers, nonvolatile silicones, nonvolatile hydrocarbons, saturated C₁₄ to C₂₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, nonvolatile hydrocarbon esters, and mixtures thereof; and from about 50% to about 99.8%, by weight, water.

Claims

1. A hair care composition comprising:

(a) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a low melting point fatty alcohol having a melting point of 30°

C. or lower;

(b) from about 0.01% to about 10% particles;

(c) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a polymer of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and mixtures thereof, having the formula;

wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, and mixtures thereof; and

n has an average value of from about 2,000 to about 14,000;

(d) from 0% to about 20% by weight, of a conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, cationic polymers, nonvolatile silicones, nonvolatile hydrocarbons, saturated C₁₄ to C₂₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, nonvolatile hydrocarbon esters, and mixtures thereof; and

(e) from about 50% to about 99.8% by weight, water.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the low melting point fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of unsaturated C₈-C₂₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, saturated C₁₂-C₁₈ branched chain fatty alcohols, saturated C₈-C₁₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof.

3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the low melting point fatty alcohol has a melting point of 25°

C. or lower.

4. The composition of claim 3 wherein the fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of unsaturated C₁₆-C₁₈ straight chain fatty alcohols, C₁₄-C₁₈ branched chain fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof.

5. The composition of claim 4 wherein the fatty alcohol is oleyl alcohol.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein n has an average value of from about 5,000 to about 9,000.

7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the low melting point fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of unsaturated C₈-C₂₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, saturated C₁₂-C₁₈ branched chain fatty alcohols, saturated C₈-C₁₂ straight chain fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof.

8. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least about 0.1 weight percent of said particles are present.

9. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least about 0.5 weight percent of said particles are present.

10. A method for conditioning hair comprising applying an effective amount of the composition of claim 1 to the hair.

11. A hair conditioning composition comprising by weight:

(a) from about 0.1% to about 10.0% of an amidoamine having the following general formula;

R¹CONH(CH₂)_mN(R²)₂

wherein R¹ is a fatty acid residue having from about 11 to about 24 carbon atoms, R² is an alkyl having from I to about 4 carbon atoms, and m is an integer from 1 to about 4;

(b) from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of an acid;

(c) from about 0.05% to about 20% of a high melting point compound having a melting point of at least about 25°

C. selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols, fatty acids, fatty alcohol derivatives, fatty acid derivatives, hydrocarbons, steroids, and mixtures thereof;

(d) from about 0.01% to about 10% particles; and

(e) water;

wherein the molar ratio of the amidoamine to the acid is from about 1;

0.3 to about 1;

1, and wherein the composition is substantially free of quaternary ammonium compounds.

12. The composition of claim 11 further comprising from about 0.02% to about 2% of an oily compound having a melting point of not more than about 25°

C. selected from the group consisting of a first oily compound, a second oily compound, and mixtures thereof.

13. The hair conditioning composition according to claim 12 comprising by weight:

(a) from about 0.4% to about 5.0% of the amidoamine;

(b) from about 0.05% to about 2.0% of the acid;

(c) from about 1% to about 15% of the high melting point compound;

(d) from about 0.05% to about 10% particles;

(e) water; and

(f) from about 0.2% to about 2.0% of the oily compound.

14. The hair conditioning composition according to claim 12 comprising by weight:

(a) from about 1.0% to about 3.0% of the amidoamine;

(b) from about 0.3% to about 1.0% of the acid;

(c) from about 3% to about 8% of the high melting point compound;

(d) from about 0.1% to about 10% particles;

(e) water; and

(f) from about 0.2% to about 1.5% of the oily compound.

15. The hair conditioning composition according to claim 12 comprising by weight:

(f) from about 0.1 to about 0.75% of a first oily compound; and

(g) from about 0.1 to about 0.75% of a second oily compound.

16. The hair conditioning composition according to claim 15 wherein the first oily compound is selected from the group consisting of oleyl alcohol, palmitoleic alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, isocetyl alcohol, octyl dodecanol, octyl decanol, octyl alcohol, caprylic alcohol, decyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.

17. The hair conditioning composition according to claim 15 wherein the second oily compound is selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, isododecane, isohexadecane, polybutene, polyisobutene, and mixtures thereof.

18. The compositon of claim 11 wherein at least about 0.1 weight percent of said particles are present.

19. The composition of claim 11 wherein at least about 0.5 weight percent of said particles are present.

20. A method for conditioning hair comprising applying an effective amount of the composition of claim 11 to the hair.

23. The composition of claim 11 wherein said particles are precipitated, hydrophobic, synthetic amorphous silica.

24. The composition of claim 11 further comprising from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a polymer of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and mixtures thereof, having the formula:

21. A hair conditioning composition comprising by weight:

a) from about 0.1% to about 5% hollow particles;

b) from about 0.1 % to.about 10% of a cationic surfactant; and

c) water.

22. The composition of claim 21 comprising by weight:

a) from about 0.01% to about 10% hollow particles;

b) from about 0.25 % to about 5% of a cationic surfactant; and

c) water.