Transparent cosmetic and personal care compositions
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsRalph CALVERT, Joanne Louise COOK, Richard Mackenzie READ, Hannah Mary SOUTHEY, Stephen Lee WIRE
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Abstract
A transparent cosmetic or personal care composition comprising: a) a polymeric thickener, b) a protein, c) an active material, which is selected from disaccharides, lactones, inorganic salts, diacids and mixtures thereof, d) a solubiliser, e) a pH adjuster, f) a dye g) water wherein the solubiliser comprises a mixture of at least two components, said mixture comprising at least one high HLB component having an HLB value of from 10 to 20 and at least one low HLB component having an HLB value of from 1 to less than 10, and wherein the dye comprises violet, blue, red or mixtures thereof.
Claims14
A transparent cosmetic or personal care composition comprising:
- a) a polymeric thickener,
- b) a protein,
- c) an active material, which is selected from disaccharides, lactones, inorganic salts, diacids and mixtures thereof,
- d) a solubiliser,
- e) a pH adjuster,
- f) a dye
- g) water
- wherein the solubiliser comprises a mixture of at least two components, said mixture comprising at least one high HLB component having an HLB value of from 10 to 20 and at least one low HLB component having an HLB value of from 1 to less than 10, and wherein the dye comprises violet, blue, red or mixtures thereof.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the protein is selected from hydrolysed keratin, hydrolysed wheat protein, hydrolysed roe, caviar, hydrolysed elastin, hydrolysed collagen and mixtures thereof.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, which has a pH in the range of from 2 to 4.5.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the solubiliser comprises a mixture of Coceth-7, PPG-1 PEG-9 Lauryl Glycol Ether and PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the disaccharide is trehalose.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the lactone is gluconolactone.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the inorganic salt is sodium sulphate.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, which is a leave-on hair treatment composition.
A transparent composition as claimed in any preceding claim, which comprises an additional ingredient selected from an oil, a preservative, a fragrance, a humectants and mixtures thereof.
Use of a material selected from protein, disaccharides, lactones, inorganic salts, diacids and mixtures thereof in a transparent cosmetic or personal care composition to repair damage in hair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.