HAIR CARE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES
First Claim
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.
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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.
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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:
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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.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for providing durable non-permanent hair styling and/or wash resistant retention of shape of hair fibers comprising the steps of:
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i. applying durable non-permanent styling hair care composition to the 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 meq/gram;
wherein the charge ratio of (B);
(A) is more than about 0.70;ii. drying the hair fibers with a hair drier and/or style the dried hair to the desired shape; iii. optionally, heating the hair fibers to a temperature ranging from about 90°
C. to about 240°
C. employing a hair heating device including hot flat iron, curling iron and/or a hair drier; andiv. shampooing the hair next day or two followed by drying and styling to desired shape with no further application of hair care composition of step (i) until re-application of composition is necessitated after multiple shampoo washes and conditioner rinse-cycles, which is typically a 3 to 5 wash cycles or more. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A process for preparing an aqueous hair care composition capable of providing durable non-permanent hair styling and/or wash-resistant retention of shape of hair fibers comprising the steps of:
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i. preparing an aqueous solution of about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one cationic/pseudo-cationic polymer (B); ii. adding about 0.1 wt. % to about 3 wt. % of thickeners to the solution of step (i) and mixing continuously until to form an uniform mixture; iii. mixing the oil phase ingredients of (a) about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of emulsifier, (b) about 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of cationic surfactants and (c) optionally, about 0.5 wt. % to about 5 wt. % of silicone in a different container and heating the mixture to 70°
C. to 75°
C. to form a uniform mixture of oil phase and adding the resultant mixture oil phase to the uniform mixture of step (ii) then combined mixture is heated at 70°
C. to 75°
C. with continuous mixing for about 20 to about 30 minutes, and allowing the resultant to cool to 35°
C. and slow down mixing;iv. neutralizing about 0.01% wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one anionic polymer (A) employing an aqueous alkali medium to bring the pH of about 7.0 and adding this resultant solution to the resultant of step (iii) at 35°
C. with continuous mixing until to form an uniform mixture; andv. adding at least one about 0.5 wt. % to 5 wt. % of preservative to the resultant of step (iv) and pass through homogenizer if required. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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