Claims
- 1. A clear aerosol hair spray composition exhibiting less than 20 NTU's comprising a water/alcohol liquid vehicle, a propellant, and a sulfopolyester containing 20 to 26 mole percent dimethyl-5-sodiosulfoisophthalate and 74 to 80 mole percent isophthalic acid, based on 100 mole percent dicarboxylic acid, as a dicarboxylic acid component, and 10 to 30 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and 70 to 90 mole percent diethylene glycol, based on 100 mole percent diol, as a diol component, said sulfopolyester having a Tg of about 42.degree. C. to 50.degree. C. and an inherent viscosity of 0.24 to 0.60 dl/g.
- 2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the total amount of alcohol and propellant present in the composition is not greater than 60 weight percent, based on the weight of the composition.
- 3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the alcohol is present in an amount of 20 to 30 weight percent based on the weight of the composition.
- 4. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the alcohol is an aliphatic straight or branched chain monohydric alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
- 5. The composition according to claim 2 wherein the alcohol is ethanol.
- 6. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the propellant is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 aliphatic hydrocarbons and dimethyl ether.
- 7. The composition according to claim 6 wherein the propellant is dimethyl ether.
- 8. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the sulfopolyester is present in an amount of 0.5 to 15 weight percent, based on the weight of the composition.
- 9. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the propellant is present in an amount of from about 3 to about 40 weight percent, based on the weight of the composition.
- 10. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising a water-soluble polymer that is soluble in the water/alcohol liquid vehicle.
- 11. The composition according to claim 10 wherein the water-soluble polymer contains at least one, or more, vinyl or acrylate monomers selected from the group consisting of alkyl vinyl ethers, alkyl acrylates, vinyl esters, N-vinyl lactams, alkyl acrylamides, half vinyl esters/half amides, half esters of maleic anhydride, vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylic acid, crotonic acid, and methacrylic acid.
- 12. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the water-soluble polymer is a copolymer of N-vinyl 2-pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate.
- 13. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the water-soluble polymer is selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, and amphoteric polymers.
- 14. The composition according to claim 11 wherein the water-soluble polymer is present is an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent, based on the weight of of the composition.
- 15. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising a plasticizer.
- 16. The composition according to claim 1 further comprising a perfume.
- 17. The composition according to claim 5 wherein the propellant is dimethyl ether.
- 18. The composition according to claim 17 further comprising a water-soluble polymer that is soluble in the water/ethanol liquid vehicle.
- 19. The composition according to claim 18 wherein the water-soluble polymer is a copolymer of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/852,504 filed May 7, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,701, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/254,011, now filed Jun. 3, 1994, U.S. Pat. No. 5,674,479, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/081,897, filed Jun. 25, 1993, now abandoned and also a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/523,312, filed Sep. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,660,816, and a continuation of Ser. No. 08/254,010, filed Jun. 3, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,662,893.
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