Shampoo Containing a Gel Network and a Non-Guar Galactomannan Polymer Derivative

Abstract

Shampoo compositions comprise (a) from about 5% to about 50% of one or more detersive surfactants; (b) a dispersed gel network phase comprising: (i) at least about 0.05% of one or more fatty amphiphiles; (ii) at least about 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants; and (iii) water; (c) at least about 0.05% of a galactomannan polymer derivative with a net positive charge and having a mannose to galactose ratio of greater than 2:1 on a monomer to monomer basis, wherein the galactomannan polymer derivative has: (i) a molecular weight from about 1,000 to about 10,000,000; and (ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.7 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; and (d) at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier; all by weight of the shampoo composition.

1 . A shampoo composition comprising:
 a. a detersive surfactant system comprising:
 i. from about 9% to about 17% of one or more sodium lauryl sulfate surfactants wherein said one or more sodium lauryl sulfate surfactants comprises about 3.9% of sodium laureth-N sulfate having N>1, by weight of said shampoo composition; 
 ii. about 2% of a co-surfactant, by weight of said shampoo composition; 
   b. a dispersed gel network phase comprising:
 i. at least 0.05% of one or more fatty alcohols, by weight of said shampoo composition; 
 ii. at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants by weight of said shampoo composition selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants and mixtures thereof; and 
 iii. water; 
   c. at least about 0.05%, by weight of the shampoo composition, of a cationic deposition aid, wherein the cationic deposition aid has:
 i) a molecular weight from about 10,000 to about  10,000,000; and    
 ii) a cationic charge density from about 0.9 meq/g to about 7 meq/g; 
   d. from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the composition of a silicone conditioning agent; and   e. at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of said shampoo composition;   
       wherein said shampoo composition has a peak melt transition temperature of at least about 27° C. 
     
     
         2 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said dispersed gel network phase is present in an amount from about 1% to about 60%, by weight of said shampoo composition. 
     
     
         3 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said dispersed gel network phase has a scale size as measured in said shampoo composition from about 10 nm to about 500 nm. 
     
     
         4 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said dispersed gel network phase has a scale size as measured in said shampoo composition from about 0.5 μm to about 10 μm. 
     
     
         5 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said dispersed gel network phase has a scale size as measured in said shampoo composition from about 10 μm to about 150 μm. 
     
     
         6 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said cationic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of cetrimonium chloride, stearimonium 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. 
     
     
         7 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, triethylamine lauryl sulfate, triethylamine laureth sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine laureth sulfate, monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, monoethanolamine laureth sulfate, diethanolamine lauryl sulfate, diethanolamine laureth sulfate, lauric monoglyceride sodium sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, potassium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sarcosinate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, lauryl sarcosine, cocoyl sarcosine, ammonium cocoyl sulfate, ammonium lauroyl sulfate, sodium cocoyl sulfate, sodium lauroyl sulfate, potassium cocoyl sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, monoethanolamine cocoyl sulfate, monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, sodium tridecyl benzene sulfonate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         8 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said nonionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, polyethyleneglycol fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene castor oil, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, polyoxyethylene fatty amides and their monoethanolamine and diethanolamine derivatives, polyethoxylated fatty amines, alkyl polyglucosides, sugar esters, polyglyceryl fatty acid esters, alkyl polyglyceryl ethers, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         9 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said cationic deposition aid has a cationic charge density from about 1.1 meq/g to about 3.5 meq/g. 
     
     
         10 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 1 , further comprising an additional component selected from the group consisting of deposition aids, dispersed particles, nonionic polymers, additional conditioning agents, anti-dandruff actives, humectants, suspending agents, perfumes, amino acids, water-insoluble vitamins, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         11 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 10 , wherein said deposition aid is an additional cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of cellulose derivatives, starch derivatives, and guar derivatives, and having a molecular weight from about 10,000 to about 10,000,000 and a charge density from about 0.9 meq/g to about 7.0 meq/g. 
     
     
         12 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 10 , wherein said suspending agent is a crystalline suspending agent. 
     
     
         13 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 10 , wherein said additional conditioning agent is a silicone conditioning agent having a particle size as measured in said shampoo composition from about 1 μm to about 50 μm. 
     
     
         14 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 10 , wherein said additional conditioning agent is a silicone conditioning agent having a particle size as measured in said shampoo composition from about 100 nm to about 1 μm. 
     
     
         15 . A shampoo composition according to  claim 10 , wherein said additional conditioning agent is a silicone conditioning agent having a particle size as measured in said shampoo composition of less than about 100 nm. 
     
     
         16 . A method of treating hair or skin, said method comprising the step of applying to the hair or skin a shampoo composition according to  claim 1 .