Superabsorbent polymers and silicone elastomer for use in hair care compositions

Abstract

A hair composition containing from about 0.01% to about 10%, of an superabsorbent polymer, from about 0.1% to about 70%, of a silicone elastomer; from about 1% to about 30% humectants, and from about 20% to about 98% of water.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hair composition comprising:
 a. from about 0.01% to about 10% of a superabsorbent polymer, by weight of the hair composition;   b. from about 0.1% to about 70%, of a silicone elastomer, by weight of the hair composition;   c. from about 1% to about 30% of a humectant, by weight of the hair composition and   d. from about 20% to about 98% of water, by weight of the hair composition.   
     
     
         2 . The hair composition of  claim 1  wherein the superabsorbent polymer is selected from the group consisting of sodium polyacrylate, sodium polacrylate starch, sodium acrylates crosspolymer-2 and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The hair composition of  claim 1 , comprising from about 0.05% to about 6% of the superabsorbent polymer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         4 . The hair composition of  claim 3 , comprising from about 0.1% to about 4% of the superabsorbent polymer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         5 . The hair composition of  claim 4 , comprising from about 0.1% to about 3% of the superabsorbent polymer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         6 . The hair composition of  claim 5 , comprising from about 0.1% to about 2%. of the superabsorbent polymer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         7 . The hair composition of  claim 1 , comprising from about 2% to about 60% of the silicone elastomer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         8 . The hair composition of  claim 7 , comprising from about 30% to about 50% of the silicone elastomer, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         9 . The hair composition of  claim 1 , wherein the humectant is glycerine. 
     
     
         10 . The hair composition of  claim 9 , comprising from about 2% to about 20% of glycerine, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         11 . The hair composition of  claim 10 , comprising from about 3% to about 15% of glycerine, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         12 . The hair composition of  claim 1  wherein the composition is mixed with an oil phase to form an oil-in-water or water-in-oil-in-water emulsion. 
     
     
         13 . The hair composition of  claim 12 , further comprising from about 0.01% to about 10% of an emulsifier, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         14 . The hair composition of  claim 13 , wherein the composition comprises from about 0.05% to about 5% of an emulsifier, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         15 . The hair composition of  claim 14 , wherein the composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 2% of an emulsifier, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         16 . The hair composition of  claim 13 , wherein the emulsifier is selected from a group consisting of ethers of glycerol, polyglycerol, sucrose, glucose, or sorbitol; esters of glycerol, polyglycerol, sucrose, glucose, or sorbitol; and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The hair composition of  claim 12 , further comprising a solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols having from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, polyols having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, ketones having from about 3 to about 4 carbon atoms, C1-C6 esters of C1-C6 alcohols, sulfoxides, amides, carbonate esters, ethoxylated and propoxylated C1-C10 alcohols, lactones, pyrollidones, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The hair composition of  claim 12 , further comprising a solvent selected from the group consisting of ethanol, 2-propanol, propylene glycol, buylene glycol, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The hair composition of  claim 1 , further comprising an active or agent selected from a group consisting of sugar amines, vitamins, oil control agents, emollients, photosterols, hexamidine compounds, flavonoids, N-acyl amino acid compounds, peptides, particulate materials, anti-oxidants, radical scavengers, conditioning agents, anti-inflammatory agents, botanical extracts, antimicrobial actives, antifungal actives, antibacterial actives, sensates, preservatives, anti-dandruff actives, substantivity polymers, detersive surfactants, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The hair composition of  claim 12 , wherein the oil phase is from about 1% to about 60% of the emulsion, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         21 . The hair composition of  claim 20 , wherein the oil phase is from about 2% to about 30% of the emulsion, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         22 . The hair composition of  claim 1 , further comprising from about 0.01% to about 10% of a material selected from the group consisting of gum, clay, cellulose, modified cellulosic composition, and mixtures thereof, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         23 . The hair composition of  claim 22 , comprising from about 0.05% to about 5% of a material selected from the group consisting of gum, clay, cellulose, modified cellulosic composition, and mixtures thereof, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         24 . The hair composition of  claim 23 , comprising from about 0.1% to about 2% of a material selected from the group consisting of gum, clay, cellulose, modified cellulosic composition, and mixtures thereof, by weight of the hair composition. 
     
     
         25 . The hair composition of  claim 1  wherein the silicone elastomer is a non-emulsifying elastomer. 
     
     
         26 . The hair composition of  claim 25 , wherein the non-emulsifying elastomer is selected from the group consisting of dimethicone crosspolymers, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymers, copolymers, and their derivatives, C30-45 alkyl cetearyl dimethicone crosspolymer, cetearyl dimethicone crosspolymer, copolymers, and their derivatives, dimethicone/phenyl vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, vinyl dimethicone/lauryl dimethicone crosspolymer, copolymers, and their derivatives and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         27 . The hair composition of  claim 1  wherein the silicone elastomer is an emulsifying elastomer. 
     
     
         28 . The hair composition of  claim 27 , wherein the emulsifying elastomer is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene silicone elastomer, polyglycerin-modified silicone elastomers, alkyl-containing polyoxyethylene silicone elastomers, alkyl-containing polyglycerin-modified silicone elastomers, polyoxypropylene silicone elastomer, and mixtures thereof.