Durable hold hair styling compositions and method of use

• US 20040096474A1
• Filed: 11/06/2003
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company (Dow, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company (Dow, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Curtis, Zeng, Fanwen, Merlau, Melissa Lee, Nakatani, Alan Isamu
• Granted Patent: US 7,651,693 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/401
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/54 Polymers characterized by specific structures/properties
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/594 Mixtures of polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8117 Homopolymers or copolymers of aromatic olefines, e.g. polystyrene; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8147 Homopolymers or copolymers of acids; Metal or ammonium salts thereof, e.g. crotonic acid, (meth)acrylic acid; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• 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 8/8158 Homopolymers or copolymers of amides or imides, e.g. (meth) acrylamide; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/817 Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen; Compositions or derivatives of such polymers, e.g. vinylimidazol, vinylcaprolactame, allylamines (Polyquaternium 6)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8182 Copolymers of vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/85 Polyesters
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/87 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/06 Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring

Abstract

The present invention relates to improved hair styling compositions and methods of using such compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to hair styling compositions with improved durability performance of the hair fixative resins, including resistance to high humidity, low tackiness, and good hold.

Claims

1. A composition comprising:

a) a first polymer or polymer mixture with a glass transition temperature (“

Tg”

) from 30°

C. to 250°

C.;

b) a second polymer or polymer mixture with a Tg from minus 20°

C. to 35°

C.; and

c) one or more cosmetically acceptable solvents;

wherein the difference in the Tg'"'"'s of the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture is 10°

C. or more; and

wherein when the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture are dissolved together in a cosmetically acceptable solvent, which may be the same as or different than the solvent in c), and then dried to form a film, the film has a tensile storage modulus at 20°

C. of from 1×

10¹⁰ Pascal to 1×

10⁸ Pascal and a storage modulus at 70°

C. of from 1×

10⁹ Pascal to 1×

10⁶ Pascal.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are independently selected from block, graft, and branched homopolymers and copolymers derived from:

a) ethylenically unsaturated monomers,

b) polyurethanes,

c) polyureas,

d) polyesters,

e) polyesteramides,

f) condensation polymers, and

g) mixtures thereof.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are independently selected from block, graft, and branched homopolymers and copolymers derived from:

a) one or more monomers selected from methacrylic acid;

acrylic acid;

methacrylate esters, acrylate esters, styrene, substituted styrenes, vinyl esters of organic acids, N-vinyl compounds, acrylamide;

methacrylamide;

substituted acrylamides, amine-functional acrylamides, substituted methacrylamides;

hydroxylalkyl methacrylates, hydroxylalkyl acrylates, dienes, vinyl ethers, acid containing monomers, functional monomers, and water-soluble salts thereof;

b) polyurethanes and polyureas prepared by reacting two or more diols with one or more diisocyanates, and, optionally, an acid containing diol; and

c) polyesters and polyesteramides prepared by reacting;

two or more diols with one or more dicarboxylic acids; and

, optionally, a sulfonate diacid.

4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the glass transition temperature of the first polymer or polymer mixture is from 40°

C. to 150°

C.

5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the glass transition temperature of the second polymer or polymer mixture is from 0°

C. to 35°

C.

6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the difference in the glass transition temperatures of the first polymer and the second polymer is 20°

C. or more.

7. A hair styling composition comprising:

a) a first polymer or polymer mixture with a glass transition temperature (“

Tg”

) from 30°

C. to 25°

C.;

b) a second polymer or polymer mixture with a Tg from minus 20°

C. to 35°

C.; and

c) one or more cosmetically acceptable solvents; and

d) one or more cosmetically acceptable ingredients selected from perfumes, dyestuffs, preservatives, sequestering agents, thickeners, silicones, softeners, foam synergistic agents, foam stabilizers, sun filters, peptizing agents, conditioning agents, shine agents, proteins, herbals, botanicals, neutralizers, plasticizers, and anionic, non-ionic, cationic, or amphoteric surfactants, and mixtures thereof;

wherein the difference in the Tg'"'"'s of the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture is 10°

C. or more; and

wherein when the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture are dissolved together in a cosmetically acceptable solvent, which may be the same as or different than the solvent in c), and then dried to form a film, the film has a tensile storage modulus at 20°

C. of from 1×

10¹⁰ Pascal to 1×

10⁸ Pascal and a storage modulus at 70°

C. of from 1×

10⁹ Pascal to 1×

10⁶ Pascal.

8. A method for styling hair comprising the steps of:

a) applying to the hair an effective styling amount of a composition comprising;

i) a first polymer or polymer mixture with a glass transition temperature (“

Tg”

) from 30°

C. to 250°

C;

ii) a second polymer or polymer mixture with a Tg from minus 20°

C. to 35°

C.; and

iii) one or more cosmetically acceptable solvents; and

wherein the difference in the Tg'"'"'s of the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture is 10°

C. or more; and

wherein when the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture are dissolved together in a cosmetically acceptable solvent, which may be the same as or different than the solvent in c), and then dried to form a film, the film has a tensile storage modulus at 20°

C. of from 1×

10¹⁰ Pascal to 1×

10⁸ Pascal and a storage modulus at 70°

C. of from 1×

10⁹ Pascal to 1×

10⁶ Pascal; and

b) fixing the hair in a desired configuration.

9. A method for styling hair comprising the steps of:

a) fixing the hair in a desired configuration; and

b) applying to the hair an effective styling amount of a composition comprising;

i) a first polymer or polymer mixture with a glass transition temperature (“

Tg”

) from 30°

C. to 250°

C;

ii) a second polymer or polymer mixture with a Tg from minus 20°

C. to 35°

C.; and

iii) one or more cosmetically acceptable solvents; and

wherein the difference in the Tg'"'"'s of the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture is 10°

C. or more; and

wherein when the first polymer or polymer mixture and the second polymer or polymer mixture are dissolved together in a cosmetically acceptable solvent, which may be the same as or different than the solvent in c), and then dried to form a film, the film has a tensile storage modulus at 20°

C. of from 1×

10¹⁰ Pascal to 1x10⁸ Pascal and a storage modulus at 70°

C. of from 1×

10⁹ Pascal to 1×

10⁶ Pascal.