Claims
- 1. A composition for the cosmetic treatment of hair, skin or nails comprising an anionic polymer possessing sulfonic acid grouping having a molecular weight of 500 to 5 million and a cationic polymer containing primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amino groups, having a molecular weight of 500 to 5 million, said cationic polymer being characterized by a low substantivity in a solvent medium, said anionic and cationic polymers being present each in an amount from about 0.01 to 10% by weight.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 in which the cationic polymer is:
- (a) a quaternary derivative of acellulose ether;
- (b) a cationic homopolymer or copolymer comprising recurring units of the formula: ##STR81## in which R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3, A is a linear or branched alkyl group having up to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or benzyl, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 denote H or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and X denotes R.sup.6 denote H or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and X denotes halogen or methosulphate;
- (c) a copolymer comprising recurring units of the formula: ##STR82## in the proportions n:m:p such that n represents 20 to 99 mol %, m from 1 to 80 mol % and p 0 to 50 mol %, with n+m+p=100, y denotes 0 or 1, and R.sub.1 represents H or CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 denotes CH.sub.2, CHOH, CH.sub.2 or C.sub.x H.sub.2x where x is from 2 to 18, R.sub.3 denotes CH.sub.3 C.sub.2 H.sub.5 or ##STR83## R.sub.4 denotes CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5, X denotes Cl, Br, I, 1/2 SO.sub.4, HSO.sub.4 or CH.sub.3 SO.sub.4 and M is derived from a further monomer;
- (d) polymers containing in their chain vinylpyridine or vinylpyridinium units.
- 3. Composition of claim 1 wherein the anionic polymer carrying sulphonic grouping is a salt of a polystyrene sulphonic acid or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a lignin sulphonic acid.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 in which said solvent medium comprises a solvent which is water, a monoalcohol, a polyalcohol, a glycol ether, a glycol ester of a fatty acid or methylene chloride, or a mixture thereof.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 which also contains a surface-active agent present in an amount from about 0.1 to 70% by weight relative to the total weight of said composition.
- 6. Composition according to claim 5 containing as a surface active agent a cationic surface active agent which is an alkyl trimethyl ammonium chloride or bromide.
- 7. Composition according to claim 5 containing as a surface active agent a non-ionic surface active agent which is an oxyethyleneated or polyglycerolated fatty alcohol or an oxyethyleneated nonylphenol.
- 8. Composition according to claim 7 further comprising a cationic surface active agent.
- 9. Composition according to claim 7 containing also a fatty alcohol.
- 10. A composition according to claim 1 in the form of a gel also comprising from 0.5 to 30% of a thickener.
- 11. A composition according to claim 10 containing as a thickener sodium alginate or gum arabic or cellulose derivatives, a mixture of polyethylene glycol and the stearate or distearate of polyethylene glycol or a mixture of phosphoric acid esters and amides.
- 12. Composition according to claim 1 containing colorants to color the composition.
- 13. Composition according to claim 1 pressurized as an aerosol.
- 14. Composition according to claim 1 containing colorants to color the hair.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 749,440 filed June 27, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,719,099, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 587,008, filed Mar. 7, 1984, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation application of Ser. No. 180,443, filed Aug. 22, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,445,521, which is a continuation application of Ser. No. 886,554, filed Mar. 14, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,240,450.
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