Hair conditioning solid

• US 6,090,375 A
• Filed: 07/21/1998
• Issued: 07/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aveda Corporation (The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Aveda Corporation (The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)
• Inventors: Matravers, Peter, Kapsner, Timothy R., Rechelbacher, Horst M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Page, Thurman K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WARE, TODD
• Application Number:
  US09/120,110
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 424/70.1, 424/70.11, 424/70.19
• US Class Current: 424/70.11
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/0229 Sticks
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/042 Gels
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/361 Carboxylic acids having more than seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain; Salts or anhydrides thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/39 Derivatives containing from 2 to 10 oxyalkylene groups
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/585 Organosilicon compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/73 Polysaccharides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/731 Cellulose; Quaternized cellulose derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/736 Chitin; Chitosan; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8135 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 an acyloxy radical of a saturated carboxylic acid, of carbonic acid or of a haloformic acid; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers, e.g. vinyl esters (polyvinylacetate)
• 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 8/8158 Homopolymers or copolymers of amides or imides, e.g. (meth) acrylamide; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/817 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 single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen; Compositions or derivatives of such polymers, e.g. vinylimidazol, vinylcaprolactame, allylamines (Polyquaternium 6)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8176 Homopolymers of N-vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8182 Copolymers of vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/85 Polyesters
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/892 modified by a hydroxy group, e.g. dimethiconol
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/06 Preparations for styling the hair, e.g. by temporary shaping or colouring
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 Preparations containing hair conditioners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 424/05 Stick

Abstract

The invention provides a cosmetic hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of a film forming polymer; and (b) a cosmetically acceptable vehicle, in which the composition is in the form of a solid. A cosmetic hair conditioning device and methods of conditioning and styling hair are also provided.

Claims

1. A cosmetic hair conditioning composition comprising

an effective amount of a film-forming polymer solubilized in

an alcohol and/or water-containing cosmetically acceptable vehicle gelled by a fatty acid soap;

wherein the film-forming polymer is a synthetic polymer or copolymer polymerized from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixtures thereof, the monomer being selected from the group consisting of vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl caprolactam, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, C1-C12 esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, crotonic acid, vinyl neodecanoate, styrene, vinyl laurate, N-tertiary butyl acrylamide, methyl vinyl ether, ethylene, monobutyl maleate, maleic anhydride, allyl acetate, isobutyl vinyl ether, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl(meth)acrylate and its derivatives quaternized with dimethyl and diethyl sulfate, diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, vinyl substituted siloxanes and mixtures thereof;

or a naturally occurring polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of cellulose, modified cellulose, carbohydrate polymer, and a modified carbohydrate polymer; and

wherein the composition is in the form of a solid stick.

2. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has a minimum hardness such that it will have a penetration measurement of not more than 200 in the Penetrometer Test.

3. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has a minimum hardness such that it will have a penetration measurement of from 50 to 70 in the Penetrometer Test.

4. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition transfers an effective amount of a film forming polymer to hair when applied by hand.

5. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is in the form of a cylinder.

6. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is present in an amount of from 1 to 40 percent by weight.

7. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is present in an amount of from 1 to 20 percent by weight.

8. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is present in an amount of from 3 to 15 percent by weight.

9. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is a synthetic polymer or copolymer.

10. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is a naturally occurring polymer or copolymer.

11. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises at least one film forming polymer that is a synthetic polymer or copolymer and at least one film forming polymer that is a naturally occurring polymer or copolymer.

12. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle is an aqueous vehicle.

13. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle is a non-aqueous vehicle.

14. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 9, wherein the synthetic polymer or copolymer is polymerized from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixtures thereof.

15. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 10, wherein the naturally occurring polymer or copolymer is cellulose, modified cellulose, carbohydrate polymer, or a modified carbohydrate polymer.

16. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is selected from vinyl acetate/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer, vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate copolymer, vinyl pyrrolidone/acrylamide copolymer, ethyl cellulose, vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer, sulfopolyester polymers, vinyl pyrrolidone/ethyl methacrylate copolymer, copolymer of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride and hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, chitosan, vinylpyrrolidone/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, vinyl caprolactam/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid, polyquaternium 4-copolymer of hydroxyethyl cellulose and diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, poly(ethylhexyl methacrylate), polydiallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, hydroxyethylcellulose, copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone/dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate quaternized with diethyl sulfate, polysilane 2-polymer formed by the reaction of tetradecene with polymerized tetramethyl cyclosiloxane, polyethylmethacrylate, or polyvinylacetate.

17. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the film forming polymer is a vinyl acetate/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer.

18. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle comprises:

(a) a fatty acid soap;

(b) a nonionic component; and

(c) water.

19. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle comprises:

(a) a fatty acid soap;

(b) a nonionic component; and

(c) a lower alcohol.

20. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises:

(a) 1 to 15 weight percent of the film forming polymer;

(b) 3 to 10 weight percent of a fatty acid soap;

(c) 0 to 60 weight percent of a polyhydric alcohol;

(d) 15 to 60 weight percent of a nonionic component; and

(e) 10 to 50 weight percent of water, a lower alcohol, or mixtures thereof.

22. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a sugar.

23. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises table sugar.

24. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a polyhydric alcohol.

25. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a polyhydric alcohol selected from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or glycerol.

26. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises sodium stearate.

27. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is transparent.

28. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is translucent.

29. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle comprises:

(a) a polyhydric alcohol;

(b) a C₁₄ -C₁₈ sodium or potassium fatty acid soap;

(c) a PEG-6 caprylic/capric triglyceride;

(d) water;

(e) a sugar; and

(f) a C₂ -C₃ monohydroxy alcohol.

30. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1, wherein the cosmetically acceptable vehicle is nonaqueous and comprises:

(a) a polyhydric alcohol;

(b) a C₁₄ -C₁₈ sodium or potassium fatty acid soap; and

(c) an alkoxylate copolymer.

31. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 30, wherein the alkoxylate copolymer is a product having the formula

32. A cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 1 comprising:

(a) 5 to 30 weight percent water;

(b) 0 to 60 weight percent of an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms and from 2 to 3 hydroxyl groups;

(c) 20 to 50 weight percent of a nonionic compound selected from C₁₂ -C₁₈ alcohol alkoxylates, PEG (1-10) caprylic/capric triglycerides, or mixtures thereof;

(d) 1 to 10 weight percent of a film forming polymer;

(e) 3 to 7 weight percent of a sugar;

(f) 3 to 10 weight percent of a fatty acid soap; and

(g) 10 to 15 weight percent of an alcohol selected from ethanol, isopropyl alcohol or mixtures thereof;

wherein the composition is in the form of a solid.

33. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the polyhydric alcohol is selected from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or glycerol.

34. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the nonionic material is PEG-6 caprylic/capric triglyceride.

35. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the film forming polymer is a polymer or copolymer polymerized from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl caprolactam, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, C₁ -C₁₂ esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, crotonic acid, vinyl neodecanoate, styrene, vinyl laurate, N-tertiary butyl acrylamide, methyl vinyl ether, ethylene, monobutyl maleate, maleic anhydride, allyl acetate, isobutyl vinyl ether, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate and its derivatives quaternized with dimethyl and diethyl sulfate, diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, vinyl substituted siloxanes or mixtures thereof.

36. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the film forming polymer is cellulose, modified cellulose, carbohydrate polymer, or a modified carbohydrate polymer.

37. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the film forming polymer is selected from methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, propylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, chitosan, hydroxymethylcellulose, carboxyethyl cellulose, xanthan gum, alginic acid, quaternary nitrogen-containing cellulose ethers, graft copolymers of N,N-diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride with cellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose and galactomannan gums, or quaternary chitosan derivatives, and modified forms thereof.

38. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the film forming polymer is a vinyl acetate/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer.

39. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 32, wherein the sugar is table sugar.

40. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 38, wherein the fatty acid soap is sodium stearate.

21. The cosmetic hair conditioning composition of claim 21, wherein the composition comprises:

(a) 3 to 10 weight percent of the film forming polymer;

(b) 3 to 10 weight percent of a fatty acid soap;

(c) 15 to 40 weight percent of a polyhydric alcohol;

(d) 25 to 40 weight percent of a nonionic component; and

(e) 20 to 45 weight percent of water, a lower alcohol, or mixtures thereof.

41. A method of conditioning hair comprising applying a cosmetic hair conditioning composition to hair so that it is conditioned, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition comprises

an effective amount of a film-forming polymer solublized in

an alcohol and/or water-containing cosmetically acceptable vehicle gelled by a fatty acid soap;

wherein the film-forming polymer is a synthetic polymer or copolymer polymerized from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixtures thereof, the monomer being selected from the group consisting of vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl caprolactam, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, C1-C12 esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, crotonic acids vinyl neodecanoate, styrene, vinyl laurate, N-tertiary butyl acrylamide, methyl vinyl ether, ethylene, monobutyl maleate, maleic anhydride, allyl acetate, isobutyl vinyl ether, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl(meth)acrylate and its derivatives quaternized with dimethyl and diethyl sulfate diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, vinyl substituted siloxanes and mixtures thereof;

or a naturally occurring polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of cellulose, modified cellulose, carbohydrate polymer, and a modified carbohydrate polymer; and

wherein the composition is in the form of a solid stick.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition is applied by hand.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition is applied to hair that is wet.

44. A method of styling hair comprising applying a cosmetic hair conditioning composition to hair so that it is styled, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition comprises:

(i) an effective amount of a film forming polymer solubilized in

an alcohol and/or water-containing cosmetically acceptable vehicle gelled by a fatty acid soap;

wherein the film-forming polymer is a synthetic polymer or copolymer polymerized from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixtures thereof, the monomer being selected from the group consisting of vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl caprolactam, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, C₁ -C₁₂ esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, crotonic acid, vinyl neodecanoate, styrene, vinyl laurate, N-tertiary butyl acrylamide, methyl vinyl ether, ethylene, monobutyl maleate, maleic anhydride, allyl acetate, isobutyl vinyl ether, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate and its derivatives quaternized with dimethyl and diethyl sulfate, diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, vinyl substituted siloxanes and mixtures thereof;

or a naturally occurring polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of cellulose, modified cellulose, carbohydrate polymer, and a modified carbohydrate polymer; and

wherein the composition is in the form of a solid stick.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition is applied by hand.

46. The method of claim 44, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition is applied to hair that is dry.

47. The method of claim 44, wherein the cosmetic hair conditioning composition is applied to hair that is slightly wet.