PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COMPRISING HIGHLY CATIONIC SUBSTITUTED STARCHES
A cosmetic or dermatologically acceptable composition is provided comprising: water; a personal care ingredient and a cationic starch characterized by: a) an amylopectin/amylose weight ratio of greater than 60/40; b) an apparent cationic molecular weight of greater than or equal to 12 million daltons; and c) a cationic degree of substitution of from 0.5 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g. Also provided are cosmetic or dermatologically acceptable compositions comprising highly substituted mung bean starches and cosmetic and dermatologically acceptable compositions which are free of polymeric silicones.
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29 . A leave-on hair care composition comprising:
water and an unthinned cationic potato starch having a positive charge density of from 0.7 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g.
30 . The composition of claim 29 wherein the cationic starch has a positive charge density of from 1.0 meq/g to 2.0 meq/g.
31 . The composition of claim 29 being a combing cream.
32 . The composition of claim 29 wherein the cationic starch is present at a concentration of from 0.1% to 3% w/w.
33 . The composition of claim 29 wherein the cationic starch is present at a concentration of from 0.5% to 2% w/w.
34 . A method comprising: applying to hair a leave-on personal care composition comprising water; and an unthinned cationic potato starch having a positive charge density of from 0.7 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g
35 . The method of claim 34 wherein the cationic starch within the composition has a positive charge density of from 1.0 meq/g to 2.0 meq/g.
36 . The method of claim 34 wherein the personal care composition is a combing cream.
37 . A method for reducing the combing force of wet hair comprising applying to the hair a composition comprising water and, as the sole conditioning agent, an unthinned cationic starch potato or mung bean starch having a positive charge density of from 0.7 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g.
38 . The method of claim 37 wherein the cationic starch within the composition has a positive charge density of from 1.0 meq/g to 2.0 meq/g.
39 . The method of claim 37 wherein the cationic starch is present in the composition at a concentration of from 0.1% to 3% w/w.
40 . The method claim 37 wherein the cationic starch is present in the composition at a concentration of from 0.1% to 1% w/w
41 . The method of claim 37 wherein the composition further comprises a detersive agent.
42 . The method of claim 37 wherein the composition is a conditioning shampoo.
43 . A cosmetic or dermatologically acceptable composition comprising: water and an unthinned cationic mung bean starch having positive charge density of from 0.7 meq/g to 2.5 meq/g
wherein the composition is silicone free
44 . The composition of claim 43 wherein the cationic mung bean starch has a degree of substitution of from 1.0 meq/g to 2.0 meq/g.
45 . The composition of claim 43 wherein the composition further comprises a detergent.
46 . The composition of claim 43 further comprising a non-detersive conditioning agent is selected from the group consisting of oily substances, non-ionic substances, cationic amphiphilic ingredients, cationic non-starch ingredients, solvents, esters, extracts, silicon polymers and polyquarternium ingredients.