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Granted Patent B2
US 12,605,327 · App. 17/187,819 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Hair cosmetic compositions

Inventors: Lisa Chuyin Ye-Tse (Brooklyn, NY); Seyma Aslan (Clifton, NJ); XianZhi Zhou (Millburn, NJ); Rita Chokshi (Monroe Township, NJ)
Assignee: L'OREAL
A61K8/891A61K8/062A61K8/342A61K8/345A61K8/37A61K8/608A61K8/737A61K8/8147A61K8/8182A61K8/86A61K8/892A61K8/922A61Q5/06A61K2800/5422
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Patent No.
US 12,605,327
App. No.
17/187,819
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a hair cosmetic composition comprising: about 4 to about 32 wt. % of two or more polyols, such as about 1 wt. % or more of a glycol and about 2 wt. % or more of glycerin; about 0.5 to about 10 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant; about 2 to about 35 wt. % of a fatty ester; about 0.1 to about 7 wt. % of a film former; about 0.05 to about 10 wt. % of a silicone polymer; about 0.5 to about 12 wt. % of an oil; and water, wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the hair cosmetic composition.

Claims (69)

1 . A leave-in hair conditioning and styling composition comprising:

(a) two or more polyols comprising:

(i) about 1 to about 8 wt. % of a glycol, and

(ii) about 2 to about 10 wt. % of glycerin;

(b) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant;

(c) about 10 to about 28 wt. % of a fatty ester;

(d) about 0.1 to about 3 wt. % of VP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer;

(e) about 0.05 to about 2 wt. % of acrylates/polytrimethylsiloxymethacrylate copolymer;

(f) about 0.5 to about 12 wt. % of an oil; and

(g) water,

wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the composition; and

wherein the composition has a pH of about 3.5 to about 6,

the composition is formulated as a leave-in hair conditioning and styling composition, and

the composition is a cream at rest having a viscosity of about 20 to about 500 Pa·s at 25° C., and upon application of shear within a rate range of about 1 to about 10 s −1 transforms into an oil having a viscosity of about 0.01 to about 10 Pa·s at 25° C.

2 . A leave-in hair conditioning and styling composition comprising:

(a) about 4 to about 32 wt. % of two or more polyols comprising:

(i) about 1 to about 8 wt. % of a glycol selected from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, pentylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3 propanediol, ethylhexylglycerin, or mixtures thereof, and

(ii) about 2 to about 8 wt. % of glycerin;

(b) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant;

(c) about 10 to about 30 wt. % of a fatty ester;

(d) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a film VP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer;

(e) about 0.05 to about 4 wt. % of acrylates/polytrimethylsiloxymethacrylate copolymer;

(f) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of plant oil;

(g) water;

(h) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and

(i) about 0.1 to about 3 wt. % of polyquaternium-37,

wherein all weight percentages are based on a total weight of the composition; and

wherein the composition is an oil-in-water emulsion,

the composition has a pH of about 3.5 to about 6,

the composition is formulated as a leave-in hair conditioning and styling composition, and

the composition is a cream at rest having a viscosity of about 20 to about 500 Pa·s at 25° C., and upon application of shear within a rate range of about 1 to about 10 s −1 transforms into an oil having a viscosity of about 0.01 to about 10 Pa·s at 25° C.

3 . A method of styling hair comprising:

(I) applying the composition of claim 1 to hair; and

(II) styling the hair.

4 . A leave-in hair conditioning and styling composition comprising:

(a) about 4 to about 20 wt. % of two or more polyols comprising:

(i) about 1 wt. % or more of a glycol, and

(ii) about 2 wt. % or more of glycerin;

(b) about 0.5 to about 10 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant;

(c) about 2 to about 35 wt. % of a fatty ester;

(d) about 0.1 to about 7 wt. % of VP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer;

(e) about 0.05 to about 10 wt. % of a silicone acrylate polymer selected from acrylates/dimethicone copolymer, acrylates/stearyl acrylate/dimethicone acrylates copolymer, acrylates/behenyl acrylate/dimethicone acrylates copolymer, acrylates/polytrimethylsiloxymethacrylate copolymer, poly (dimethylsiloxane)-g-poly(isobutyl methacrylate), or mixtures thereof;

(f) about 0.5 to about 12 wt. % of an oil;

(g) water; and

(h) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of a fatty alcohol,

wherein all weight percentages are based on a total weight of the composition; and

wherein the composition has a pH of about 3.5 to about 6,

the composition is formulated as a leave-in conditioning and styling composition,

the composition is an oil-in-water emulsion, and

the composition is a cream at rest having a viscosity of about 20 to about 500 Pa·s at 25° C., and upon application of shear within a rate range of about 1 to about 10 s −1 transforms into an oil having a viscosity of about 0 . 01 to about 10 Pa·s at 25° C.

5 . The composition of claim 4 further comprising polyquaternium-37.

6 . The composition of claim 2 , wherein the fatty esters are selected from cetyl palmitate, cetyl stearate, cetyl esters, myristyl myristate, myristyl stearate, cetyl myristate, stearyl stearate, glyceryl stearate, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, cetearyl ethylhexanoate, isopropyl isostearate, n-propyl myristate, isopropyl myristate, hexyl laurate, hexadecyl isostearate, hexydecyl laurate, hexyldecyl octanoate, n-propyl palmitate, isopropyl palmitate, or mixtures thereof.

7 . The composition of claim 2 , wherein the oil is a plant oil selected from coconut oil, soybean oil, canola oil, rapeseed oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, linseed oil, palm kernel oil, tung oil, jatropha oil, mustard oil, camelina oil, pennycress oil, ricinus communis seed oil, wheatgerm oil, apricot kernel oil, pistachio oil, poppy oil, pine oil, avocado oil, hazel nut oil, grapeseed oil, colza oil, cade oil, peach kernel oil, coffee bean oil, jojoba oil, or mixtures thereof.

8 . The composition of claim 2 , wherein the fatty alcohol has from 12 to 22 carbon atoms.

9 . The composition of claim 8 , wherein the fatty alcohol is cetearyl alcohol.

10 . A method of styling hair comprising:

(I) applying the composition of claim 2 to hair; and

(II) styling the hair.

11 . The composition of claim 1 , further comprising:

(h) about 0.5 wt. % to about 8 wt. % of a fatty alcohol.

12 . The composition of claim 11 , wherein the fatty alcohol is cetearyl alcohol.

13 . The composition of claim 1 , further comprising:

(i) a quaternary ammonium polymer.

14 . The composition of claim 13 , wherein the quaternary ammonium polymer is polyquaternium-37.

15 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is an oil-in-water emulsion.

16 . The composition of claim 4 , wherein the glycol is butylene glycol.

17 . A method of styling hair comprising:

(I) applying the hair composition of claim 2 to hair; and

(II) styling the hair.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: YE-TSE, LISA CHUYIN; ASLAN, SEYMA; ZHOU, XIANZHI; CHOKSHI, RITA
To: L'OREAL
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