Hair care composition
OwnerStuart Pratley, Aart Van Vuureinventors
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Abstract
A hair styling cream comprising: i) an aqueous lamellar phase comprising a) cationic surfactant and b) fatty alcohol having a melting point greater than 35° C. and/or fatty acid having a melting point greater than 40° C.; and ii) 20 wt % or greater of one or more non-volatile liquid emollient(s), the viscosity of any single non-volatile emollient or the viscosity of a blend of non-volatile emollients being less than 1000 mPa·s at 35° C. and 5 s−l.
Claims17
A hair styling cream comprising:
- i) an aqueous lamellar phase comprising a) cationic surfactant and b) fatty alcohol having a melting point greater than 35° C. and/or fatty acid having a melting point greater than 40° C.;
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- ii) 20 wt % or greater of one or more non-volatile liquid emollient(s), the viscosity of any single non-volatile emollient or the viscosity of a blend of non-volatile emollients being less than 1000 mPa·s at 25° C. and 5 s−1.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim in which the level of emollient ii) is from 30 wt % to 50 wt % of the total composition.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim in which the level of cationic surfactant within phase i) is from 0.2 wt % to 5 wt % of the total composition.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim in which the cationic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of cetrimonium chloride, behenyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, di hardened-tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride, distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)methyl octadecenyl ammonium chloride or mixtures thereof.
A hair cream composition according to any preceding claim in which the level of fatty alcohol and/or fatty acid (b) within lamellar phase i) is from 0.3 wt % to 10 wt % of the total composition.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim in which component b within the lamellar phase i) is a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol or mixtures thereof.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim which further comprises an aqueous phase thickener.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim, which further comprises a nonionic styling polymer.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim in which the viscosity of the final cream is between 30,000 and 150,000 mPa·s at 5 s−1 and 25° C.
A hair cream according to any preceding claim which is a leave on product.
A method of treating hair comprising the step of applying to the hair a composition as defined in any of the claims above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.