Hair coloring compositions comprising latex polymers
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorMark Benn
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Abstract
Disclosed is color base composition for coloring keratin fibers comprising: at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers; at least one alkalizing agent; at least one oxidative dye precursor; at least one organic solvent; and water; wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized; and wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.2% to about 2.5% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition.
Claims26
A color base composition comprising:
- (a) at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized;
- and
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.2% to less than 2.5% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition.
A composition for altering the color of hair comprising:
- A. A color base composition comprising:
- (a) at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized;
- and
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 1% to about 2.2% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition;
- and
- B. an oxidizing composition containing at least one oxidizing agent selected from peroxides, urea peroxide, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, peroxygenated salts, perborates, percarbonates, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, and mixtures thereof, and a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from water and a water/organic solvent mixture.
A color base composition comprising:
- (a) at least two latex polymers selected from Acrylates copolymer, Acrylates/Hydroxyesters Acrylates Copolymer, Polyacrylate-2 Crosspolymer, Styrene/Acrylic copolymer, Acrylates/Ethylhexyl Acrylate Copolymer, aliphatic polyurethane, Polyurethane-34, Polyurethane-34, Polyurethane-32, Polyurethane-35, Polyurethane-48, Polyurethane-1, Polycarbamyl Polyglycon Ester, and mixtures thereof;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- (f) optionally, at least one auxiliary ingredient selected from direct dyes, pigments, oils other than the at least one organic solvent, waxes, surfactants, rheology modifiers and viscosity modifying/thickening agents, conditioning agents, sequestering agents, emulsifiers, humectants, plasticizers, coalescers, fillers, preserving agents, fragrances, antioxidants, wetting agents, spreading agents, dispersants, sunscreens, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized;
- and
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 1% to about 2.3% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition.
A method of coloring hair, comprising contacting hair with a composition for altering the color of hair, the composition comprising:
- A. A color base composition comprising:
- (a) at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized;
- and
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.2% to about 2.5% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition;
- and
- B. an oxidizing composition containing at least one oxidizing agent selected from peroxides, urea peroxide, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, peroxygenated salts, perborates, percarbonates, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, and mixtures thereof, and a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from water and a water/organic solvent mixture;
- wherein the color base composition (A) is capable of being combined with the oxidizing composition (B).
A method of making a color base composition comprising:
- A. combining:
- (i) at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers;
- and
- (ii) at least one neutralizing agent selected from alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal phosphates, organic amines, hydroxide base compounds, and mixtures thereof;
- B. mixing (i) and (ii) in order to form partially or fully neutralized latex polymers;
- C. combining:
- (a) the partially or fully neutralized latex polymers in B;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.2% to about 2.5% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition;
- and
- D. mixing (a) to (e), in order to form the color base composition.
A multi-compartment kit for altering the color of hair comprising:
- A. a first compartment containing color base composition comprising:
- (a) at least two latex polymers independently selected from acrylate latex polymers and polyurethane latex polymers;
- (b) at least one alkalizing agent;
- (c) at least one oxidative dye precursor;
- (d) at least one organic solvent;
- and
- (e) water;
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are partially or fully neutralized;
- and
- wherein the at least two latex polymers are present in a combined amount ranging from about 0.2% to about 2.5% by weight, based on a dry weight basis, relative to the weight of the composition;
- and
- B. a second compartment containing an oxidizing composition comprising at least one oxidizing agent selected from peroxides, urea peroxide, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, peroxygenated salts, perborates, percarbonates, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, and mixtures thereof, and a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from selected from water and a water/organic solvent mixture.
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