Hair styling compositions comprising latex polymers and wax dispersions

A method of making a hair styling composition, the process comprising:

• A. combining:
• (a) (1) latex polymer A having a Young's modulus ranging from about 0.1 MPa to about 10 MPa, and a strain, under stress at 0.5 MPa, of at least about 1%, wherein latex polymer A is Acrylates copolymer, Acrylates/Ethylhexyl Acrylate copolymer, Acrylates/VA copolymer, Polyurethane-34, Polyurethane-32, or Polyurethane-48;
• and
• (2) latex polymer B having a Young's modulus ranging from about 10 MPa to about 6 GPa, and a strain, under stress at 0.5 MPa, of less than about 5%, wherein latex polymer B is Acrylates copolymer, Polyacrylate-2 crosspolymer, Styrene/Acrylic copolymer, Polyurethane-35, Polyurethane-1, Polycarbamyl Polyglycol Ester, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, or Styrene/Acrylates/Ammonium Methacrylate Copolymer;
• wherein latex polymers A and B are dispersed particles in an aqueous dispersion medium;
• and
• (b) a wax dispersion comprising:
• (i) solid wax particles having a particle size ranging from about 1 micron to about 20 microns and comprising at least one wax chosen from beeswax, hydrogenated myristyl olive esters, hydrogenated stearyl olive esters, VP/eicosene copolymer, ditrimethyloylpropane tetrastearate and C30-45 alkyldimethylsilyl propylsilsesquioxane, and wherein the at least one wax is present in an amount of from about 20% to about 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the wax dispersion;
• (ii) from about 1.5% to about 3.0% by weight of a surfactant mixture comprising:
• a. a nonionic surfactant chosen from PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, sorbitan palmitate and mixtures thereof;
• and
• b. a cationic surfactant chosen from cetrimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, dipalmitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, distearoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, and mixtures thereof;
• wherein the cationic surfactant is present in an amount ranging from about 5% to about 20% based on the total weight of the surfactant mixture;
• and wherein the surfactant mixture is free of amphoteric surfactant
• (iii) at least one oil gellant chosen from at least one styrenic block copolymer, semi-crystalline polymers, a glutamide-based compound, a polyamide, and mixtures thereof;
• and;
• (iv) water;
• wherein the amount of the at least one wax ranges from about 1% to about 10%, based on the total weight of the composition;
• (i) B. mixing (a) and (b), in order to form the hair styling composition;
• wherein the wax dispersion A(b) is made by:
• (1) heating the at least one wax in A(b)(i);
• and
• (2) mixing the at least one wax in (1) with the surfactant mixture A(b)(ii), the at least one oil gellant A(B)(iii), and the water A(b)(iv) at a temperature above the melting point of the at least one wax.