Cosmetic aerosol composition for fixing and sheen of keratin substances, and processes

• US 6,503,479 B1
• Filed: 02/21/1997
• Issued: 01/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: LesAulnier, Claire-Marie, Sturla, Jean-Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Dees, Jose″G.
• Application Number:
  US08/802,939
• Time in Patent Office: 2,146 Days
• Field of Search: 424/45, 424/47, 424/DIG.1, 424/DIG.2, 424/70.11, 424/70.12, 514/957, 514/70.11, 514/63, 528/30
• US Class Current: 424/45
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/046 Aerosols; Foams
• 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 8/8158 Homopolymers or copolymers of amides or imides, e.g. (meth) acrylamide; 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 8/891 saturated, e.g. dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, C24-C28 methicone or stearyl dimethicone
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/06 Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 424/01 Aerosol hair preparation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 424/02 Resin hair settings

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition for treating keratin substances, in particular the hair, comprising (a) a fluid comprising at least one fixing polymer and at least 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the pressurized composition, of a non-volatile aryl silicone and (b) at least one propellant, as well as to a process for treating keratin substances using this composition.

Claims

1. A cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition comprising:

(a) a fluid comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one fixing polymer and at least one non-volatile aryl silicone and

(b) at least one propellant present in an amount ranging from 15% to 90% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition,

wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount greater than or equal to 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition and

wherein said cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition is in the form of an aerosol spray composition.

2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one fixing polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

3. A composition according to claim 2, wherein said at least one fixing polymer is present in an amount ranging from 1% to 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

4. A composition according to claim 3, wherein said at least one fixing polymer is present in an amount ranging from 2% to 8% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

5. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount ranging from 5% to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

6. A composition according to claim 5, wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount ranging from 7% to 30% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

7. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount ranging from 10% to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the fluid.

8. A composition according to claim 7, wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount ranging from 15% to 30% by weight relative to the total weight of the fluid.

9. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one fixing polymer is selected from anionic, cationic, amphoteric and nonionic polymers.

10. A composition according to claim 9, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from:

polymers containing carboxylic units derived from unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid monomers of formula

 

in which n is an integer from 0 to 10,

A denotes a methylene group, optionally linked to the carbon atom of the unsaturated group or to the neighbouring methylene group when n is greater than 1 via a hetero atom,

R₇ denotes a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group or a benzyl group,

R₈ denotes a hydrogen atom or a C₁-C₆ lower alkyl or carboxyl group, and

R₉ denotes a hydrogen atom, a C₁-C₆ lower alkyl group, a —

CH₂—

COOH group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group; and

polymers comprising units derived from sulphonic acid.

11. A composition according to claim 10, wherein said hetero atom is oxygen or sulphur.

12. A composition according to claim 10, wherein said units derived from sulphonic acid are selected from vinylsulphonic, styrenesulphonic and acrylamidoalkylsulphoic units.

13. A composition according to claim 10, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from:

(A) homo- or copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and salts thereof, copolymers of acrylic acid and of acrylamide and salts thereof, and salts of polyhydroxycarboxylic acids;

(B) copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a monoethylenic monomer, optionally grafted onto a polyalkylene glycol and optionally crosslinked;

copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a monoethylenic monomer, optionally grafted onto a polyalkylene glycol and optionally crosslinked, containing an N-alkylated or hydroxyalkylated acrylamide unit or an N-alkylated and hydroxyalkylated acrylamide unit in their chain, copolymers of acrylic acid and of C₁-C₄ alkyl methacrylate;

(C) copolymers derived from crotonic acid, wherein said copolymers are optionally grafted and crosslinked;

(D) copolymers derived from C₄-C₈ monounsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides selected from;

copolymers comprising (i) one or more maleic, fumaric or itaconic acids or anhydrides and (ii) at least one monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, phenylvinyl derivatives, acrylic acid, and acrylic acid esters, wherein the anhydride functions of said copolymers are optionally being monoesterfied or monoamidated;

copolymers comprising (i) one or more maleic, citraconic or itaconic anhydrides and (ii) one or more monomers selected from allylic or methallylic esters optionally containing one or more acrylamide, methacrylamide or α

-olefin group, acrylic or methacrylic esters, acrylic or methacrylic acids or vinylpyrrolidone in their chain, wherein the anhydride functions of said copolymers are optionally monoesterfied or monoamidated; and

(E) polyacrylamides containing carboxylate groups.

14. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said monoethylenic monomer is selected from ethylene, styrene, vinyl esters, esters of acrylic acid, and esters of methacrylic acid.

15. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said polyalkylene gylcol is polyethylene glycol.

16. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said copolymers derived from crotonic acid contain vinyl acetate or propionate units and optionally other monomers selected from allylic or methallylic esters, vinyl ether or vinyl ester of a linear or branched saturated carboxylic acid with a long hydrocarbon chain.

17. A composition according to claim 16, wherein said long hydrocarbon chain contains at least 5 carbon atoms.

18. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from:

acrylic acid copolymers;

copolymers derived from crotonic acid;

polymers derived from maelic, fumaric or itaconic acids or anhydrides with vinyl esters, vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, phenylvinyl derivatives, and acrylic acid and esters thereof;

copolymers of methacrylic acid and of methyl methacrylate;

the copolymer of methacrylic acid and of ethyl acrylate;

vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer; and

vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer grafted with polyethylene glycol.

19. A composition according to claim 18, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from acrylic acid/ethyl acrylate/N-tert-butylacrylamide terpolymers.

20. A composition according to claim 18, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from vinyl acetate/vinyl tert-butylbenzoate/crotonic acid terpolymers and crotonic acid/vinyl acetate/vinyl neododecanoate terpolymers.

21. A composition according to claim 18, wherein said anionic fixing polymer is selected from monoesterified methyl vinyl etherimaleic anhydride terpolymers.

22. A composition according to claim 9, wherein said amphoteric fixing polymer is selected from polymers containing units derived from:

a) at least one monomer selected from acrylamides or methacrylamides substituted on the nitrogen with an alkyl radical,

b) at least one acidic comonomer containing one or more reactive carboxylic group, and

c) at least one basic comonomer.

23. A composition according to claim 22, wherein said at least one basic comonomer is selected from esters containing primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine substituents of acrylic acid or methacrylic acids, and the product of quaternization of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate with dimethyl or diethyl sulphate.

24. A composition according to claim 22, wherein said amphoteric fixing polymer is selected from octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoetyl methacrylate copolymers and copolymers of methyl methacrylate/methyl dimethylcarboxymethylammonioethylmethacrylate.

25. A composition according to claim 9, wherein said nonionic fixing polymer is selected from:

polyalkyloxazolines;

vinyl acetate homopolymers;

copolymers of vinyl acetate and of acrylic ester;

copolymers of vinyl acetate and of ethylene;

copolymers of vinyl acetate and of maleic ester;

vinyl chloride homopolymers;

polyethylene waxes;

polyethylene/polytetrafluoroethylene waxes;

copolymers of polyethylene and of maleic anhydride;

alkyl acrylate homopolymers and alkyl methacrylate homopolymers;

copolymers of acrylic esters;

copolymers of acrylonitrile and a nonionic monomer;

styrene homopolymers;

copolymers of styrene and alkyl (meth)acrylate;

copolymers of styrene, alkyl methacrylate and alkyl acrylate;

copolymers of styrene and of butadiene;

copolymers of styrene, of butadiene and of vinyl pyridine; and

copolymers of alkyl acrylate and of urethane.

26. A composition according to claim 25, wherein said nonionic fixing polymeris selected from copolymers of alkyl acrylates and alkyl methacrylates.

27. A composition according to claim 25 wherein said nonionic monomer is selected from butadiene and alkyl (meth)acrylates.

28. A composition according to claim 9 wherein said cationic fixing polymer is selected from:

copolymers of acrylamide and of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate quaternized with dimethyl sulphate;

copolymers of acrylamide and of methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride;

copolymers of acrylamide and of methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium methosulphate;

quaternized or non-quaternized vinylpyrrolidone/dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate copolymers;

dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate/vinylcaprolactam/vinylpyrrolidone terpolymers; and

quaternized vinylpyrrolidone/dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide copolymers.

29. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said non-volatile aryl silicones are selected from silicones of formula (X):

in which;

R₂₄, which is identical or different, denotes a C₁-C₁₀ alkyl radical,

R₂₆, which is identical or different, denotes an aryl group, which may comprise one or more optionally substituted aryl rings,

R₂₅, which is identical or different, denotes R₂₆, R₂₄ or Si(R₂₄)₃

t ranges from 0 to 1000,

u ranges from 1 to 1000,

the sum t+u ranges from 1 to 2000.

30. A composition according to claim 29, wherein said aryl group is selected from phenyl groups substituted with alkyl radicals or alkenyl radicals of C₁-C₅ and mixtures thereof.

31. A composition according to claim 30, wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is selected from phenyl trimethicone, diphenyl dimethicone and phenyl dimethicone.

32. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said cosmetically acceptable medium comprises C₁-C₆ alcohols.

33. A composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least one volatile silicone.

34. A composition according to claim 33, wherein said at least one volatile silicone is present in an amount ranging from 1% to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

35. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one propellant is selected from volatile hydrocarbons.

36. A composition according to claim 35, wherein said volatile hydrocarbons are selected from n-butane, propane, isobutane, chlorohydrocarbons, fluorohydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, dimethyl ether, nitrogen, compressed air and mixtures thereof.

37. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one propellant is present in an amount ranging from 30% to 90% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

38. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said at least one propellant is present in an amount ranging from 15 to 70% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

39. A process for the cosmetic treatment of a keratin substance comprising applying to said keratin substance an effective amount of a composition according to claim 1.

40. A process for styling or fixing hair comprising applying to said hair an effective amount of a composition according to claim 1.

41. A cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition comprising:

(a) a fluid comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one fixing polymer and at least one non-volatile aryl silicone and

(b) at least one propellant,

wherein said at least one non-volatile aryl silicone is present in an amount greater than or equal to 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition and

wherein said cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition is in the form of an aerosol spray composition.

42. A process for treating a keratin substance comprising applying to said keratin substance said cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition according to claim 41.

43. A process for styling or fixing hair comprising applying to said hair cosmetic aerosol-pressurized composition according to claim 41.