Claims
- 1. A hair setting composition for application to the hair of a user comprising from about 0.1 to about 10% of an alginate hair setting resin, from about 0.1 to about 10% of a polymer having at least one carboxylic acid moiety in a monomer unit, said polymer being effective to alleviate flaking of the composition from the hair following its application thereto, and from about 0.2 to about 80% of an aqueous vehicle, said composition being stable for a period of at least about one month at room temperature and during said period of stability being appliable directly to the hair of the user.
- 2. An aerosol composition contained in an aerosol can useful for setting hair comprising by weight of the aerosol composition from 75 to 97% of a hair setting composition and from 3 to 25% propellant, the hair setting composition containing by weight of the hair setting composition from about 0.1 to about 10% of an alginate hair setting resin, from about 0.1 to about 10% of a polymer having at least one carboxylic acid moiety in a monomer unit, said polymer being effective to alleviate flaking of the composition from the hair following its application thereto, from about 0.1 to about 2% of a foaming aid and an aqueous vehicle as the remainder of the hair setting composition, said aerosol composition being stable for a period of at least about one month at room temperature permitting thereby during said period of stability application of the composition directly to the hair of the user.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 or 2 wherein the alginate is an alkali metal alginate, ammonium alginate, ethylene or propylene glycol alginate.
- 4. The composition of claim 3 wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylic and polymethacylic acids crosslinked with a polyfunctional agent selected from the group consisting of allyl ethers of pentaerythritol, allyl esters of sucrose, and copolymers of acrylic acid with methacrylate crosslinked with allyl ethers of pentaerythritol, and their less than 50% partially neutralized salts.
- 5. The composition of claim 4 wherein said polymer is present in an amount of from about 0.25 to about 3% by weight of the hair setting composition.
- 6. The composition of claim 5 wherein said alginate is present in an amount of from about 0.4 to about 3% of said hair setting composition.
- 7. The composition of claim 6 wherein said alginate is sodium alginate.
- 8. The composition of claim 7 comprising from about 0.2 to about 1% foaming aid by weight of said hair setting composition.
- 9. The composition of claim 2 wherein said propellent system comprises from about 3.0 to about 15.0% of said aerosol composition.
- 10. The composition of claim 5 comprising by weight of the hair setting composition from about 0.4 to about 3% of said alginate, from about 0.2 to about 1% of said foaming aid, the aqueous vehicle including any adjuvants that may be present in the composition, the aerosol composition containing by weight of the aerosol composition from about 3.0 to about 15% propellent.
- 11. The composition of claim 10 wherein said alginate is an alkali metal alginate, ammonium alginate, ethylene or propylene glycol alginate.
- 12. A composition of claim 11 wherein said foaming aid is selected from the group consisting of sodium, ammonium or triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, polyethylene glycol ether fatty alcohols (20-45 moles of ethoxylation), sodium isethionate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, sodium or ammonium xylene sulphonate and mixtures thereof.
- 13. The composition of claim 11 wherein the polymer is an acrylic acid-long chain methacrylate copolymer crosslinked with allyl esters of pentaerythritol.
- 14. The composition of claim 12 wherein the alginate is sodium alginate.
- 15. The composition of claim 1 or 2 wherein the pH is from about 4 to about 6.5.
- 16. The composition of claim 10 wherein the composition has a pH in the range of 4-5.
- 17. The composition of claim 16 further comprising from 0.01 to about 0.1% of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid by weight of the hair setting composition.
- 18. The composition of claim 12 wherein the low molecular weight carboxylic acid is citric acid.
- 19. The composition of claim 18 wherein the acid is citric acid present in an amount of from about 0.01 to about 0.05% by weight of the hair setting composition.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part application to U.S. Ser. No. 07/090,642 filed Aug. 28, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,913,893.
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