Conditioning Composition for Hair Comprising Optical Brightener
The present invention is related to a conditioning composition for hair comprising optical brightener and ubichinone. The conditioning composition of the present invention can be in the form of a shampoo, cleansing—conditioning composition, or in the form of a conditioner used after washing hair with cleansing compositions.
1 . A conditioning composition for hair comprising at least one optical brightener and at least one ubichinone compound according to formula
where n is a number between 1 and 10.
2 . The composition according to claim 1 wherein the optical brightener is disodium distyrlbiphenyl disulfonate and present in the compositions at a concentration of 0.001 to 1% by weight, calculated to total composition.
3 . The composition according to claim 1 wherein the at least one ubichinone is present at a concentration of 0.0001 to 1% by weight calculated to total composition.
4 . The composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one hair conditioning agent.
5 . The composition according to claim 4 wherein the conditioning agent is selected from cationic surfactants, cationic polymers and silicone compounds.
6 . The composition according to further comprising at least one surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic and amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants, and present at a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight calculated to the total composition.
7 . The composition according to claim 6 comprising at least one anionic surfactant and at least one non-ionic surfactant.
8 . The composition according to claim 7 further comprising at least one amphoteric surfactant.
9 . The composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one organic solvent.
10 . The composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition has a pH in the range of 2.0 to 8.0.
11 . The composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition—is an emulsion and further comprises at least one fatty alcohol.
12 . (canceled)
13 . Process for cleansing and conditioning hair characterized in that hair is washed with a cleansing composition comprising at least one foaming surfactant, at least one optical brightener and at least one ubichinone according to the formula
where n is a number between 1 and 10, and after rinsing off, a conditioning composition without cleansing effect comprising at least one optical brightener and at least one ubichinone of the above formula is applied and after a processing time of 30 sec to 30 min at ambient temperature rinsed off from hair.
14 . Process according to claim 13 wherein after application of the conditioning composition without cleansing effect the composition is not rinsed off.
15 . Kit for conditioning hair characterized in that it includes a composition for cleansing comprising at least one foaming surfactant, at least one optical brightener and at least one ubichinone according to the formula
where n is a number between 1 and 10, and a composition for conditioning composition without cleansing effect comprising at least one optical brightener and at least one ubichinone of the above formula.
16 . The composition according to claim 5 wherein the silicon compounds are silicone oils.
17 . The composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one UV filter.
18 . The composition according to claim 1 further comprising at least one direct dye.