Whipped composition for the treatment of keratin fibers

1. A cosmetic composition comprising:

(a) at least one emulsifying agent comprising at least two different polysaccharides which are xanthan gum and a mannan, and at least two nonionic surfactants which are steareth-100 and steareth-2, wherein the agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 2% by weight based on the total by weight, of the composition;

(b) at least one gelling agent comprising at least one polyacrylamide, at least one nonionic surfactant which is a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, and at least one hydrocarbon which is a C4-C20 isoparaffin;

(c) a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and

(d) optionally, at least one film former;

wherein the composition has a whipped texture.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the emulsifying agent further comprises sucrose.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one emulsifying agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.3% to about 1.5% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one emulsifying agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.5% to about 1% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one gelling agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one gelling agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one gelling agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 1% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

8. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the weight of the at least one emulsifying agent to the weight of the at least one gelling agent is 0.5:1 to 3:1.

9. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one film former is chosen from anionic film formers, amphoteric film formers, nonionic film formers and mixtures thereof.

10. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one film former is chosen from PVP, polyquaternium-39, VP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, acrylate-based film formers, and mixtures thereof.

11. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cosmetically acceptable carrier is chosen from water, organic solvents and mixtures thereof.

12. The composition of claim 1 , which exhibits an elastic function above about 2.2 Pa and a viscous function of at least about 2.2 Pa, measured in accordance with a strain sweep test at a fixed frequency of 1 rad/s, a frequency sweep test from 100 rad/s to 0.1 rad/s in the linear regime, and a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.

13. A method for cosmetically treating a keratinous substrate comprising contacting the keratinous substrate with a composition containing:

(a) at least one emulsifying agent comprising at least two different polysaccharides which are xanthan gum and a mannan, and at least two nonionic surfactants which are steareth-100 and steareth-2, wherein the agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 2% by weight based on the total by weight, of the composition;

(b) at least one gelling agent comprising at least one polyacrylamide, at least one nonionic surfactant which is a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, and at least one hydrocarbon which is a C4-C20 isoparaffin;

(c) a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and

(d) optionally, at least one film former;

wherein the composition has a whipped texture.