Methods and compositions for conditioning skin and hair
AssigneeStepan Company
InventorsIrene Shapiro, Galina Tseitlina
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Abstract
Disclosed are compositions for cleaning and conditioning of hair and/or skin comprising a mixture preparable by transesterification of a triglyceride with sucrose. These compositions typically further comprise various surfactants and optional ingredients depending on the specific composition desired.
Claims16
A method for conditioning human hair or skin comprising contacting human hair or skin with a conditioning composition comprising from about 5-50% by weight of an anionic detersive surfactant and an effective conditioning amount of a sucroglyceride composition consisting essentially of about 2-30% by weight of sucrose monoesters, about 10-40% by weight of salts of aliphatic fatty acids derived from the triglyceride, about 0-20% by weight of sucrose, about 2-35% by weight monoglycerides, about 0.5-20% by weight of glycerin, and 2-55% by weight of a mixture consisting of diglycerides and triglycerides.
A method for preparing a cleaning and conditioning formulation for skin or hair comprising combining an anionic detersive surfactant with a sucroglyceride composition such that the formulation comprises from about 5-50% by weight of the anionic detersive surfactant, the sucroglyceride composition consisting essentially of about 2-30% by weight of sucrose monoesters, about 10-40% by weight of salts of aliphatic fatty acids derived from the triglyceride, about 1-20% by weight of sucrose, about 2-35% by weight monoglycerides, about 0.5-20% by weight of glycerin, and 2-55% by weight of a mixture of diglycerides and triglycerides.
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