Low Viscosity Hair Care Composition

• US 20160310369A1
• Filed: 04/22/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: THOMPSON, Todd Ryan, KOENIG, Peter Herbert, GLENN, Robert Wayne Jr., EIKE, David Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/135,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20160310369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/30 Characterized by the absence of a particular group of ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5426 cationic
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/592 Mixtures of compounds complementing their respective functions
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/596 Mixtures of surface active compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/80 Process related aspects concerning the preparation of the cosmetic composition or the storage or application thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/87 Application Devices; Containers; Packaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/046 Aerosols; Foams
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/33 containing oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/34 Alcohols
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/342 Alcohols having more than seven atoms in an unbroken chain
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/345 containing more than one hydroxy group
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/35 Ketones, e.g. benzophenone
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/37 Esters of carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/40 containing nitrogen quinones containing nitrogen A61K8/355
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/442 substituted by amido group(s)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/463 containing sulfuric acid derivatives, e.g. sodium lauryl sulfate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/498 having 6-membered rings or their condensed derivatives, e.g. coumarin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/73 Polysaccharides
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 17/04 Topical preparations for affording protection against sunlight or other radiation; Topical sun tanning preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/006 Antidandruff preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 : Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/10 : Preparations for permanently dyeing the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 : Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

Described herein is a hair care composition having from about 1% to about 10% of one or more viscosity reducing agents having a partition dispersion coefficient of from about −3.1 to about −0.7, from about 16% to about 40% of one or more anionic surfactants, and from about 40% to about 83% of a carrier. The hair care composition has a liquid phase kinematic viscosity, measured at 40 degrees Celsius, of from about 10 cSt to about 500 cSt.

Claims

1. ) A hair care composition comprising:

a. from about 1% to about 10% of one or more viscosity reducing agents, by weight of the hair care composition, having a partition dispersion coefficient of from about −

3.1 to about −

0.7;

b. from about 16% to about 40% of one or more anionic surfactants, by weight of the hair care composition;

c. from about 40% to about 83% of a carrier, by weight of the hair care composition;

wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents has a molecular weight of from about 100 daltons to about 300 daltons; and

wherein the hair care composition has a liquid phase kinematic viscosity, measured at 40 degrees Celsius, of from about 10 cSt to about 500 cSt.

2. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the partition dispersion coefficient of the one or more viscosity reducing agents is from about −

3 to about −

0.8, and wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents has at least 2 polar groups, or has 1 polar group and less than 5 acyclic sp³ hybridized carbon atoms that are connected to each other in a contiguous group.

3. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents has 2 to 4 polar groups, or has 1 polar group and less than 3 acyclic sp³ hybridized carbon atoms that are connected to each other in a contiguous group.

4. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition comprises less than 4% of a counteracting additive, by weight of the hair care composition, having a partition dispersion coefficient of from about 0.05 to about 5.1;

and wherein the weight ratio of the one or more viscosity reducing agents to the counteracting additive is greater than 2;

1.

5. ) The hair care composition according to claim 4, wherein the weight ratio of the one or more viscosity reducing agents to the counteracting additive is greater than 5:

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6. ) The hair care composition according to claim 4, wherein the hair care composition is substantially free of a counteracting additive having a partition dispersion coefficient of from about 0.05 to about 5.1.

7. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the liquid phase kinematic viscosity is from about 20 cSt to about 300 cSt.

8. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition comprises from about 20% to about 32% of the one or more anionic surfactants, by weight of the hair care composition.

9. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition further comprises from about 0.25% to about 14% of one or more co-surfactants, by weight of the hair care composition, selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, non-ionic, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof.

10. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition further comprises from about 4% to about 7% of one or more co-surfactants, by weight of the hair care composition, selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, non-ionic, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof.

11. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition comprises from about 3.5% to about 8% of the one or more viscosity reducing agents, by weight of the hair care composition.

12. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents is selected from the group consisting of raspberry ketone, triethyl citrate, 5-methyl-3-heptanone oxime, hydroxycitronellal, camphor gum, 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-2-hexenal, eucalyptol, 1,1-dimethoxyoctane, isobutyl hexanoate, dihyro iso jasmonate, and combinations thereof.

13. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents is selected from the group consisting of raspberry ketone, triethyl citrate, hydroxycitronellal, camphor gum, and combinations thereof.

14. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents is selected from the group consisting of raspberry ketone, triethyl citrate, hydroxycitronellal, and combinations thereof.

15. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition further comprises one or more surfactant-soluble actives selected from the group consisting of perfumes, coloring agents, humectants, scalp and hair moisturizers, anti-frizz agents, anti-static agents, conditioning agents, UV filters, scalp barrier materials, styling agents, and combinations thereof.

16. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition further comprises a cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of guar polymers, non-guar galactomannan polymers, tapioca polymers, copolymers of acrylamide monomers and cationic monomers, cellulose polymers, and combinations thereof.

17. ) The hair care composition according to claim 1, wherein the hair care composition further comprises an anti-dandruff agent.

18. ) A method of treating the hair, the method comprising:

a. providing the hair care composition according to claim 1 in a foam dispenser;

b. dispensing the hair care composition from the foam dispenser as a foam;

c. applying the foam to the hair; and

d. rinsing the foam from the hair;

wherein the foam has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm³ to about 0.30 g/cm³ when dispensed from the foam dispenser.

19. ) A method of treating the hair, the method comprising:

a. providing the hair care composition according to claim 1 in a foam dispenser;

b. dispensing the hair care composition from the foam dispenser as a foam;

c. applying the foam to the hair; and

d. rinsing the foam from the hair;

wherein the foam has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm³ to about 0.30 g/cm³ when dispensed from the foam dispenser;

wherein the partition dispersion coefficient of the one or more viscosity reducing agents is from about −

3 to about −

0.8;

wherein the one or more viscosity reducing agents has at least 2 polar groups, or has 1 polar group and less than 5 acyclic sp³ hybridized carbon atoms that are connected to each other in a contiguous group; and

wherein the hair care composition comprises less than 4% of a counteracting additive, by weight of the hair care composition, having a partition dispersion coefficient of from about 0.05 to about 5.1; and

wherein the weight ratio of the one or more viscosity reducing agents to the counteracting additive is greater than 5;

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