Aerosol device containing a composition comprising at least one propellant, at least one acrylic associative polymer, and at least one fixative polymer

• US 20060078507A1
• Filed: 09/08/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Pataut, Francoise, Gringore, Charles
• Application Number:
  US11/220,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20060078507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/47
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/594 Mixtures of polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/046 Aerosols; Foams
• 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 8/8176 Homopolymers of N-vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/06 Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a composition packaged in an aerosol device, containing: at least one propellant; and a hairstyling composition comprising (i) at least one non-polyurethane anionic or non-ionic fixative polymer and (ii) at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer; wherein the at least one propellant is present in an amount greater than 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

Claims

1. A composition packaged in an aerosol device, comprising:

(a) at least one propellant; and

(b) a hairstyling composition comprising at least (i) a non-polyurethane anionic or non-ionic fixative polymer and (ii) at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer

wherein the at least one propellant is present in an amount greater than 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer is selected from:

polymers comprising at least one hydrophilic motif and at least one fatty chain allyl ether motif, the hydrophilic motif of which corresponds to a vinyl carboxylic acid monomer, and the fatty chain allyl ether motif of which corresponds to a monomer of formula (V);

CH₂═

CR′

CH₂OB_nR 

 

(V)

in which;

R′

is chosen from hydrogen and CH₃;

B is an ethyleneoxy radical;

n an integer ranging from 0 to 100;

R is a hydrocarbon radical selected from alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, and cycloalkyl radicals comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms;

methacrylic acid/alkyl acrylate/polyoxyethyenated lauryl acrylate terpolymers;

methacrylic acid/C₁-C₈ alkyl acrylate/polyoxyethylenated stearyl methacrylate copolymers;

methacrylic acid/ethyl acrylate/polyoxyethylenated nonylphenol acrylate copolymers;

acrylic acid/polyoxyethylenated stearyl mono-itaconate copolymers or acrylic acid/polyoxyethylenated cetyl mono-itaconate copolymers;

copolymers comprising at least one unsaturated olefinic carboxylic acid type hydrophilic motif and at least one C₁₀-C₃₀ alkyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid type hydrophobic motif;

maleic anhydride/C₃₀-C₃₈ α

-olefin/alkyl maleate terpolymers; and

acrylic copolymers with at least one polyurethane motif.

3. The composition of claim 2, wherein when the at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer is chosen from polymers comprising at least one hydrophilic motif and at least one fatty chain allyl ether motif corresponding to the monomer of formula (V), the at least one hydrophilic motif corresponds to an acrylic acid or methacryic acid monomer or mixtures thereof.

4. The composition of claim 2, wherein, in formula (V), R is a hydrocarbon radical selected from alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, and cycloalkyl radicals comprising from 10 to 24 carbon atoms.

5. The composition of claim 2, wherein, in formula (V), R is a hydrocarbon radical selected from alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, and cycloalkyl radicals comprising from 12 to 18 carbon atoms.

6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer is selected from acrylic acid/ethyl acrylate/polyoxyethylenated stearyl methacrylate terpolymers.

7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.01% to 30% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

9. The composition of claim 8, wherein the at least one anionic acylic associative polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one anionic fixative polymer is chosen from homopolymers and copolymers of acrylic and methacrylic acids and their salts, copolymers of crotonic acid, copolymers of monounsaturated C₄-C₈ carboxylic acids and anhydrides, polyacrylamides containing carboxylate groups, homopolymers or copolymers containing sulphonic groups, and anionic graft silicone polymers.

11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one non-ionic fixative polymer is chosen from polyalkyloxazolines, homopolymers and copolymers of vinyl acetate, homopolymers and copolymers of acrylic esters, copolymers of acrylonitrile, homopolymers and copolymers of styrene, homopolymers of vinyl lactame other than homopolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of vinyl lactame and non-ionic graft silicone polymers.

12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one fixative polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

13. The composition of claim 12, wherein the at least one fixative polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.5% to 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

14. The composition of claim 1, further comprising 20% to 80% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

15. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one propellant is present in an amount ranging from 20% to 70% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

16. The composition of claim 15, wherein the at least one propellant is present in an amount ranging from 20% to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition contained in the aerosol device.

17. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one propellant is chosen from dimethylether, difluoroethane, C₃-C₅ alkanes, and mixtures thereof.

18. The composition of claim 17, wherein the at least one propellant is dimethyl ether.

19. The composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one adjuvant chosen from silicones in a soluble, dispersed, micro-dispersed form;

non-ionic surfactants;

anionic surfactants;

cationic surfactants;

amphoteric surfactants;

additional polymers other than the fixing or associative polymers recited in claim 1;

ceramides;

pseudo-ceramides;

vitamins;

pro-vitamins;

vegetable oils;

animal oils;

mineral oils;

synthetic oils;

waxes other than ceramides and pseudo-ceramides;

hydrosoluble or liposoluble, silicone or non silicone sunscreens;

solid particles;

mineral and organic pigments which may or may not be colored;

pearlizing agents;

opacifying agents;

glitter;

active particles;

coloring agents;

sequestrating agents;

plasticizers;

solubilizing agents;

acidifying agents;

alkalinizing agents;

neutralizing agents;

mineral and organic thickening agents;

anti-oxidants;

hydroxy acids;

penetrating agents;

fragrances; and

preservatives.

20. A hairstyling method comprising

applying to shaped hair a composition packaged in an aerosol device and comprising:

(a) at least one propellant; and

(b) a hairstyling composition comprising at least (i) a non-polyurethane anionic or

non-ionic fixative polymer and (ii) at least one anionic acrylic associative polymer wherein the at least one propellant is present in an amount greater than 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and

allowing the hair to dry.