Hair cosmetic composition
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsMika Okuno, Kaori Kojima
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Abstract
A composition that is suitable for treating hair includes: (A) 40 to 98 wt. % of a polyhydric alcohol; (B) at least one component, soluble in component (A), selected from the group consisting of a fat, an oil, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a higher alcohol, a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid, an aromatic carboxylic acid, urea, guanidine and an aromatic alcohol and mixtures thereof; (C) 0 to 20 wt. % of water; and (D) 0.3 to 10 wt. % of hydroxypropyl cellulose.
Claims12
A hair cosmetic composition, consisting essentially of:
- (A) 40 to 98 wt. % of a polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 3-methyl-1,3-butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, hexylene glycol, glycerin, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, and mannitol and mixtures thereof;
- (B) 0.01 to 40% of at least one component, soluble in component (A), selected from the group consisting of a fat, nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a higher alcohol, a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid and mixtures thereof;
- (C) 0 to 20 wt. % of water;
- and
- (D) 0.3 to 10 wt. % of hydroxypropyl cellulose,
- wherein a temperature of said composition rises by at least 2° C. when mixed with the same amount of water having the same initial temperature.
A method of preparing a composition, comprising:
- combining:
- (A) 40 to 98 wt. % of a polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 3-methyl-1,3-butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, hexylene glycol, glycerin, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, and mannitol and mixtures thereof;
- (B) 0.01 to 40% of at least one component, soluble in component (A), selected from the group consisting of a fat, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a higher alcohol, a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid and mixtures thereof;
- (C) 0 to 20 wt. % of water;
- and
- (D) 0.3 to 10 wt. % of hydroxypropyl cellulose,
- wherein a temperature of said composition rises by at least 2° C. when mixed with the same amount of water having the same initial temperature.
A method for treating hair, comprising:
- applying a composition comprising:
- (A) 40 to 98 wt. % of a polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 3-methyl-1,3-butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, hexylene glycol, glycerin, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, and mannitol and mixtures thereof;
- (B) 0.01 to 40% of at least one component, soluble in component (A), selected from the group consisting of a fat, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a higher alcohol, a hydroxycarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid and mixtures thereof;
- (C) 0 to 20 wt. % of water;
- and
- (D) 0.3 to 10 wt. % of hydroxypropyl cellulose to hair,
- wherein a temperature of said composition rises by at least 2° C. when mixed with the same amount of water having the same initial temperature.
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