Cosmestic compositions containing a cationic polymer and an anionic polymer as thickening agent

• US 4,839,166 A
• Filed: 05/15/1987
• Issued: 06/13/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Dubief, Claude, Mondet, Jean, Grollier, Jean F.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rucker, Susan S.
• Application Number:
  US07/049,785
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 424/61, 424/70, 424/71, 424/78, 424/DIG. 2, 526/932, 252/315.1, 252/315.3, 252/315.4
• US Class Current: 424/70.13
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5424 anionic
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5426 cationic
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/594 Mixtures of polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/731 Cellulose; Quaternized cellulose derivatives
• 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 8/8164 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 carboxyl radical, and containing at least one other carboxyl radical in the molecule, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers, e.g. poly (methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic anhydride)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8182 Copolymers of vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 17/00 Barrier preparations; Preparations brought into direct contact with the skin for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X-rays or other harmful rays, corrosive materials, bacteria or insect stings
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 Preparations for care of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 3/00 Manicure or pedicure preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/006 Antidandruff preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/04 Preparations for permanent waving or straightening the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/06 Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/065 Preparations for temporary colouring the hair, e.g. direct dyes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/04 Macromolecular compounds according to groups C08L7/00 - C08L49/00, or C08L55/00 - C08L57/00; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 33/02 Homopolymers or copolymers of acids; Metal or ammonium salts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 51/08 grafted on to macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 526/932 : Thickener or dispersant for aqueous system

Abstract

Thickening agent resulting from the interaction of a copolymer of cellulose or of a cellulose derivative which are grafted with a quaternary ammonium salt of a water-soluble monomer and of a carboxylic anionic polymer and cosmetic compositions in which it is present.

Claims

1. Thickening agent resulting from the ionic interaction of a cationic polymer consisting of a copolymer of cellulose or of a cellulose derivative which is grafted with a quaternary ammonium salt of a water-soluble monomer, said cationic polymer having an absolute capillary viscosity at 1% in water at 30°

C. which is less than 0.025 Pa s, and of a carboxylic anionic polymer having a molecular weight of 500 to 3,000,000, said carboxylic anionic polymer having an absolute capillary viscosity at a concentration of 5% in dimethylformamide or methanol at 30°

C. which is less than or equal to 0.030 Pa s, said thickening agent having an Epprecht-Drage viscosity, module 3, higher than or equal to 0.45 Pa s in solution at a concentration of 1% in water at 21°

C., and the weight ratio of said cationic polymer to said carboxylic anionic polymer in said thickening agent being in the range of 1/5 to 5/1.

2. Thickening agent according to claim 1, wherein the cationic polymer is chosen from hydroxyalkyl cellulose copolymers grafted by a radical route with a quaternary ammonium salt of a water-soluble monomer chosen from methacryloylethyltrimethylammonium, methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium and dimethyldiallylammonium salts.

3. Thickening agent according to claim 1 wherein the carboxylic anionic polymer is chosen from methacrylic acid homopolymers having a molecular weight greater than 20,000, as determined by light scattering, and copolymers of methacrylic acid with a following monomer:

a C₁ -C₄ alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, an acrylamide derivative, maleic acid, a C₁ -C₄ monoalkyl maleate, N-vinylpyrrolidone and copolymers of ethylene with maleic anhydride.

4. Thickening agent according to claim 1, wherein the anionic polymer is chosen from copolymers of methacrylic acid with methyl methacrylate whose absolute capillary viscosity measured in solution in dimethylformamide at a concentration of 5% and at 30°

C. is of the order of 0.015 Pa s, a copolymer of methacrylic acid with monoethyl maleate having an absolute capillary viscosity, measured in solution in dimethylformamide at a concentration of 5% and at 30°

C., of the order of 0.013 Pa s, a copolymer of methacrylic acid with butyl methacrylate whose absolute capillary viscosity, measured in solution in methanol at a concentration of 5% and at 30°

C., is of the order of 0.010 Pa s, and a copolymer of methacrylic acid with maleic acid whose absolute capillary viscosity, measured in solution in dimethylformamide at a concentration of 5% and at 30°

C., is of the order of 0.016 Pa s.

5. Thickening agent according to claim 1, resulting from the ionic interaction in an aqueous medium containing 0.01 to 6% of said cationic polymer and 0.01 to 6% of said carboxylic anionic polymer.

6. Cosmetic composition intended for the treatment of hair, of the skin and of the nails, containing a thickening agent as defined in claim 1.

7. Cosmetic composition according to claim 6, wherein the thickening agent is present in proportions of between 0.02 and 12% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.

8. Composition according to claim 6, having a pH of between 6 and 12.

9. Composition according to claim 6, intended to be employed as a thickened or gelled lotion for hair-setting or for blow-drying, containing additionally nonionic polymers chosen from polyvinylpyrrolidones, copolymers of polyvinylpyrrolidone with vinyl acetate, or anionic polymers chosen from copolymers of vinyl acetate with an unsaturated carboxylic acid, the copolymers resulting from the polymerization of vinyl acetate with crotonic acid and an acrylic or methacrylic ester, the copolymers resulting from the copolymerization of vinyl acetate with a vinyl alkyl ether and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, the copolymers resulting from the copolymerization of vinyl acetate with crotonic acid and a vinyl ester of an acid containing a long carbon chain or an allyl or methallyl ester of an acid containing a long carbon chain.

10. Cosmetic composition according to claim 6, to be used as a shampoo containing one or more surface-active agents with a detergent property which are chosen from anionic, cationic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactants or mixtures thereof.

11. Cosmetic composition according to claim 6, intended to be rinsed off, containing conditioning agents chosen from quaternary proteins, cationic silicone polymers, cationic surfactants and cationic polymers other than polymers of cellulose or of cellulose derivatives grafted by a radical route with a quaternary ammonium water-soluble monomer.

13. Process for thickening or gelling aqueous cosmetic compositions, comprising the introduction of at least one thickener as defined in claim 1 into these compositions so as to give an Epprecht-Drage viscosity measured at 21°

C. (module

     3) which is equal to or higher than 0.450 Pa s at a concentration of 1% in water.

14. Process for the treatment of hair, of the skin or of the nails, wherein at least one cosmetic composition as defined in claim 6 is applied to said tissues.

15. Process for the treatment of hair, of the skin or of the nails, wherein the composition defined in claim 9 is applied to the said tissues, this application not being followed by a rinse.

12. Cosmetic composition intended to be employed for hair-setting, containing in an aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic medium, a thickener resulting from the ionic interaction of 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of a hydroxyethyl cellulose copolymer grafted by a radical route with diallyldimethylammonium chloride having an absolute capillary viscosity at 1% in water at 30°

C. which is less than 0.025 Pa s and of 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of a copolymer of methacrylic acid with methyl methacrylate or with monoethyl maleate or with butyl methacrylate whose absolute capillary viscosity, measured at 30°

C. in solution in dimethylformamide or methanol at a concentration of 5%, is between 0.010 and 0.015 Pa s, the copolymer of methacrylic acid having a molecular weight of 500 to 3,000,000, the Epprecht-Drage viscosity of the thickener, measured at 21°

C., module 3, diluted to a concentration of 1% in water, being higher than 0.450 Pa s, the pH of the composition being between 6.5 and 9, and the thickener being present in the composition in an amount of 0.02 to 12% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.