Shampoo compositions
OwnerFRANCES Ann ELLIS, JONATHAN David HAGUE +1inventors
InventorsFRANCES Ann ELLIS, JONATHAN David HAGUE, MATTHEW Leslie PEARCE
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Abstract
A shampoo composition comprising an active ingredient and multilamellar vesicles, characterised in that the multilamellar vesicles consist essentially of anionic surfactant and a sterol.
Claims6
A shampoo composition comprising an active ingredient and multilamellar vesicles, characterised in that the multilamellar vesicles consist essentially of anionic surfactant and a sterol.
A shampoo composition according to any preceding claim, in which the anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl ether sulphate, ammonium lauryl sulphosuccinate, ammonium lauryl sulphate, ammonium lauryl ether sulphate, sodium dodecylbenzene sulphonate, triethanolamine dodecylbenzene sulphonate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium lauroyl isethionate, sodium N-lauryl sarcosinate, and mixtures thereof.
A shampoo composition according to any preceding claim, further comprising an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of lauryl amine oxide, cocodimethyl sulphopropyl betaine and preferably lauryl betaine, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocamphopropionate, and mixtures thereof.
A process for preparation of a shampoo composition comprising multilamellar vesicles and an active ingredient, the process comprising the following steps:
- (i) forming an aqueous dispersion of a sterol;
- (ii) adding an active ingredient to the aqueous dispersion so obtained, and
- (iii) adding to the mixture obtained in (ii) a shampoo base comprising at least one anionic surfactant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.