Hair treatment compositions
A hair treatment compositions including about 20 wt. % or more of a polyol; about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons; about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of silicone; about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic polymer; about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic surfactant; about 0.1 to about 15 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and about 10 wt. % or less of water, wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.
1. A hair treatment composition comprising:
(a) about 20 wt. % or more of a polyol;
(b) about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons;
(c) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of silicone;
(d) about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic polymer;
(e) about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % of a cationic surfactant;
(f) about 0.1 to about 15 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and
(g) about 10 wt. % or less of water,
wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.
2. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the hair treatment composition is a translucent or clear composition until combined with extraneous water, whereupon the hair treatment composition forms an opaque emulsion in situ.
3. The hair treatment composition of claim 2 , wherein hair treatment composition has a viscosity of about 1 mPa.S to about 10,000 mPa.S at 25° C. at a shear rate of 1s −1 before combination with extraneous water.
4. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the polyol to the monoalcohol is from 20:1 to 1:1.
5. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyol is chosen from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, pentylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3 propanediol, glycerin, diglycerin, polyethylene glycols, and a mixture thereof.
6. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons is chosen from ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol, hexanol, isopropyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, isobutyl alcohol, 2-methyl-2-butanol (2-methylbutan-2-ol), and a mixture thereof.
7. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicone is chosen from polydimethylsiloxanes (dimethicones), polydiethylsiloxanes, polydimethyl siloxanes having terminal hydroxyl groups (dimethiconols), polymethylphenylsiloxanes, phenylmethylsiloxanes, amino functional polydimethylsiloxane (amodimethicone), dimethicone copolyols, dimethicone copolyol esters, dimethicone copolyol quaternium nitrogen containing compounds, dimethicone copolyol phosphate esters, silicone quaternium-18, and mixtures thereof.
8. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the cationic polymer is a polyquaternium chosen from polyquaternium-1; polyquaternium-2; polyquaternium-4; polyquaternium-5; polyquaternium-6; polyquaternium-7; polyquaternium-8; polyquaternium-9; polyquaternium-10; polyquaternium-11; polyquaternium-12; polyquaternium-13; polyquaternium-14, polyquaternium-15; polyquaternium-16; polyquaternium-17; polyquaternium-18; polyquaternium-19; polyquaternium-20; polyquaternium-22; polyquaternium-24; polyquaternium-27; polyquaternium-28; polyquaternium-29; polyquaternium-30; polyquaternium-31 polyquaternium-32; polyquaternium-33; polyquaternium-34; polyquaternium-35; polyquaternium-36; polyquaternium-37; polyquaternium-39; polyquaternium-42; polyquaternium-43; polyquaternium-44; polyquaternium-45; polyquaternium-46; polyquaternium-47; polyquaternium-67; and mixtures thereof.
9. The hair treatment composition of claim 8 , wherein the cationic polymer is polyquaternium-67.
10. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the cationic surfactant is chosen from cetrimonium chloride, steartrimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, behentrimonium methosulfate, behenamidopropyltrimonium methosulfate, stearamidopropyltrimonium chloride, arachidtrimonium chloride, distearyldimonium chloride, dicetyldimonium chloride, tricetylmonium chloride, oleamidopropyl dimethylamine, linoleamidopropyl dimethylamine, isostearamidopropyl dimethylamine, oleyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline, stearamidopropyldimethylamine, behenamidopropyldimethylamine, behenamidopropyldiethylamine, behenamidoethyldiethyl-amine, behenamidoethyldimethylamine, arachidamidopropyldimethylamine, arachidamido-propyidiethylamine, arachidamidoethyidiethylamine, arachidamidoethyidimethylamine, and mixtures thereof.
11. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 , wherein the fatty alcohol is chosen from decyl alcohol, undecyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, isocetyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, linalool, oleyl alcohol, cis4-t-butylcyclohexanol, isotridecyl alcohol, or myricyl alcohol, and a mixture thereof.
12. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 further comprising:
(h) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a film former.
13. The hair treatment composition of claim 2 , wherein the silicone is suspended within the translucent or clear composition before being combined with extraneous water.
14. A hair treatment composition comprising:
(a) about 20 wt. % or more of a polyol;
(b) about 10 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of a monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons;
(c) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of silicone;
(d) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a polyquaternium;
(e) about 0.5 to about 5 wt. % of a cationic surfactant;
(f) about 0.1 to about 15 wt. % of a fatty alcohol; and
(g) about 5 wt. % or less of water,
wherein the hair treatment composition is a translucent or clear composition until combined with extraneous water, whereupon the hair treatment composition forms an opaque emulsion in situ
wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition before being combined with extraneous water.
15. The hair treatment composition of claim 14 , wherein a weight ratio of the polyol to the monoalcohol is from 20:1 to 1:1.
16. The hair treatment composition of claim 14 , wherein the polyol is chosen from propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, butylene glycol, glycerin, or a mixture thereof.
17. A method for treating hair comprising:
(i) optionally, applying a shampoo to the hair;
(ii) applying a hair treatment composition to hair, the hair treatment composition comprising:
(a) about 20 wt. % or more of a polyol;
(b) about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of a monoalcohol having 1 to 10 carbons;
(c) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of silicone;
(d) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a cationic polymer; and
(e) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of a cationic surfactant;
(f) about 0.1 to about 15 wt. % of a fatty alcohol;
(g) about 10 wt. % or less of water,
wherein all percentages by weight are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition;
(iii) optionally, applying a conditioner to the hair; and
(iv) optionally, rinsing the hair treatment composition from the hair.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the hair treatment composition is a translucent or clear composition until combined with extraneous water, whereupon the hair treatment composition forms an opaque emulsion in situ.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the hair treatment composition is:
mixing with a shampoo prior to application to hair;
layering onto hair with a shampoo;
applying to hair after a shampoo has been rinsed from the hair;
layering onto hair with a conditioner;
mixing with a conditioner prior to application to hair;
applying to hair after a conditioner has been rinsed from the hair;
mixing with a leave-in hair treatment prior to application to hair;
mixing with a mask composition prior to application to hair; or
applying to hair after a mask composition has been applied to and optionally, rinsed from the hair.
20. A method of claim 17 , wherein the method:
conditions the hair; and/or
provides curl definition to the hair; and/or
provides frizz control to the hair; and/or
improves ease of combability and detangling; and/or
protects the hair from damage; and/or
increases the appearance of hair volume.