Cosmetic compositions

• US 5,858,340 A
• Filed: 09/27/1995
• Issued: 01/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Date, Robert Francis, Briggs, Gillian Scott, Moine, Marie-Isabelle
• Primary Examiner(s): LANE, SALLY GARDNER
• Application Number:
  US08/534,601
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: 424/401, 424/78.03, 424/70.11, 424/70.12, 424/70.16, 424/70.19, 514/944, 514/975
• US Class Current: 424/70.19
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/39 Derivatives containing from 2 to 10 oxyalkylene groups
• 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 8/86 Polyethers
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 Preparations for care of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/00 Preparations for care of the hair

Abstract

A skin or hair care composition in the form of an aqueous gel comprising a humectant, a water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant, a hydrophilic gelling agent and a polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactant. The compositions provide improved moisturization, skin feel and skin care benefits, reduced tack and residue characteristics together with excellent visual clarity, rub-in and absorption characteristics.

Claims

1. A skin or hair care composition in the form of an aqueous gel or lotion comprising:

(a) from about 0.5% to about 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol humectant;

(b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant;

(c) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a hydrophilic gelling agent; and

(d) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a surfactant component comprising at least two polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactants having the formula;

##STR3## wherein n, the degree of ethoxylation, is from about 2 to about 200, wherein n in one of the two polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty esters is from about 30 to about 80, and wherein R comprises an aliphatic radical having from about 5 to about 25 carbon atoms.

2. A composition according to claim 1 comprising from about 1% to about 10% by weight of the polyhydric alcohol humectant.

3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant is a hydrate or clathrate formed by the reaction of sodium glycerate with a methacrylic acid polymer.

4. A composition according to claim 3 wherein the polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant is selected from lubricants having a viscosity (neat) of less than about 5000 mpa.s, lubricants having a viscosity (neat) of at least about 50,000 mpa.s, and mixtures thereof, viscosities being measured with a Brookfield RVT, at 20°

C.

5. A composition according to claim 4 comprising from about 0.2% to about 8% by weight of the polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant.

6. A composition according to claim 1, comprising from about 0.5% to about 8%, by weight, of the polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactant component.

7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant to polyethyleneglycol glyceryl fatty ester surfactant is from about 5:

2 to about 1;

10,.

8. A composition according to claim 7 wherein the water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant comprises a mixture of a first lubricant component having a viscosity (neat) of from about 200 to about 5000 mPa.s and a second lubricant component have a viscosity (neat) of at least about 200,000 mPa.s wherein the weight ratio of the first lubricant component to the second lubricant component is from about 5:

1 to about 1;

20.

9. A composition according to claim 1 having a viscosity (25°

C., neat, Brookfield RVT, Spindle No.

     5) of from about 4000 to about 300,000 mPa.s,.

10. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the gelling agent has a viscosity (1% aqueous solution, 20°

C., Brookfield RVT) of at least about 4000 mPa.s,.

11. A composition according to claim 10 wherein the gelling agent comprises a carboxyvinyl polymer.

12. A composition according to claim 10 wherein the gelling agent comprises a hydrophobically-modified cross-linked polymer of acrylic acid having amphipathic properties.

13. A composition according to claim 10 comprising from about 0.2% to about 2%, of the gelling agent.

14. A composition according to claim 1 which is substantially oil-free.

15. A composition according to claim 1 additionally comprising from about 1.0% to about 10% by weight of a silicone component consisting essentially of

(i) a silicone having a molecular weight of from about 200,000 to about 600,000 selected from dimethiconol, fluorosilicone and dimethicone and mixtures thereof;

and

(ii) a silicone-based carrier having a viscosity from about 0.65 mPa.s to about 100 mPa.s;

wherein the ratio of i) to ii) is from about 10;

90 to about 20;

80 and wherein said silicone component has a final viscosity of from about 500 mPa.s to about 10,000 mPa.s.

16. A composition according to claim 11 wherein said carboxyvinyl polymer is a collodially water-soluble polymer of acrylic acid cross-linked with from about 0.75% to about 2% of a cross-linking agent selected from polyallyl sucrose and polyallyl pentaerythriol.

17. A composition according to claim 2 comprising from about 2% to about 5% by weight of the polyhydric alcohol humectant.

18. A composition according to claim 5 comprising from about 0.5% to about 6% by weight of the polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant.

19. A composition according to claim 8 wherein the water-soluble polyglycerylmethacrylate lubricant comprises a mixture of a first lubricant component having a viscosity (neat) of from about 700 to about 900 mPa.s and a second lubricant component have a viscosity (neat) of at least about 500,000 mPa.s wherein the weight ratio of the first lubricant component to the second lubricant component is from about 2:

1 to about 1;

15.

20. A composition according to claim 1, wherein n in the other of the two polyethyleneglycol glyceryl esters is from about 4 to about 20.