Claims
- 1. A hair care composition comprising:
- (a) from about 0.01% to about 10% of a rigid silicone polymer having a complex viscosity of at least 1.times.10.sup.7 poise, and
- (b) a volatile carrier wherein if water is the sole carrier a surfactant is also present.
- 2. A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is selected from the group consisting of organic substituted siloxane gums, silicone elastomers, filler reinforced polydimethyl siloxane gums, resin reinforced siloxanes and crosslinked siloxane polymers.
- 3. A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a silicone elastomer and the sole volatile carrier is water.
- 4. A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a filler reinforced polydimethyl siloxane gum.
- 5. A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is an organic substituted siloxane gum.
- 6. A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a resin reinforced siloxane.
- 7. A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the volatile carrier is a cyclic silicone containing from about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms.
- 8. A hair care composition according to claim 4 wherein the volatile carrier is a cyclic silicone containing from about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms.
- 9. A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a shampoo which additionally comprises from about 5% to about 50% of a synthetic surfactant or mixtures thereof.
- 10. A shampoo composition according to claim 9 wherein the silicone polymer comprises from about 0.05% to about 7% of the composition.
- 11. A shampoo composition according to claim 10 wherein the silicone polymer is a silica reinforced polydimethyl siloxane gum.
- 12. A shampoo composition according to claim 9 where the silicone polymer is either a polydiphenyl-dimethyl siloxane having a molecular weight of at least about 500,000 and wherein the diphenyl substitution is at a level of at least 3%, or a resin reinforced siloxane.
- 13. A shampoo composition according to claim 12 wherein the volatile solvent is a cyclic silicone containing from about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms.
- 14. A shampoo composition according to claim 13 wherein the synthetic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates, alpha olefin sulfonates, alkyl sulfonates betaines and mixtures thereof.
- 15. A shampoo composition according to claim 14 wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof.
- 16. A shampoo composition according to claim 15 wherein the surfactant comprises from about 10% to about 35% of the composition.
- 17. A shampoo composition according to claim 14 wherein the amount of rigid silicone polymer is from about 0.75% to about 4% and the surfactant is an alkyl sulfate present at from about 12% to about 25%.
- 18. A shampoo composition according to claim 17 additionally comprising an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate.
- 19. A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a conditioner which additionally comprises from about 0.1% to about 10% of a lipid vehicle material and from about 0.05% to about 5% of a cationic surfactant.
- 20. A conditioner composition according to claim 19, wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a silica reinforced polydimethyl siloxane gum.
- 21. A conditioner composition according to claim 20, wherein the volatile carrier is a cyclic silicone containing from about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms.
- 22. A conditioner composition according to claim 19, wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a silicone elastomer, and the volatile carrier is water.
- 23. A conditioner composition according to claim 19 wherein the rigid silicone polymer is a polydiphenyldimethyl siloxane gum having a molecular weight of at least about 500,000 and containing at least 3% diphenyl substitution.
- 24. A conditioner composition according to claim 22, wherein the rigid silicone is a resin reinforced siloxane.
- 25. A conditioner composition according to claim 19, wherein the lipid vehicle material contains carbon chains of from 12 to 18 carbon atoms in length.
- 26. A conditioner composition, according to claim 25, comprising from about 1% to about 3% of said lipid vehicle material.
- 27. A conditioner composition, according to claim 19, wherein said cationic surfactant vehicle material contains carbon chains of from 12 to 18 carbon atoms in length.
- 28. A conditioner composition, according to claim 26, comprising from about 0.2% to about 3% of said cationic surfactant vehicle material.
- 29. A conditioner composition, according to claim 28, wherein said cationic surfactant vehicle material is a quaternary ammonium salt.
- 30. A conditioner composition, according to claim 29, wherein said lipid vehicle material is selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetyl palmitate, glyceryl monostearate, and mixtures thereof.
- 31. A conditioner composition, according to claim 30, wherein said cationic surfactant vehicle material is a fatty amine.
- 32. A conditioner composition, according to claim 31, wherein said cationic surfactant vehicle material is di(hydrogenated tallow) dimethyl ammonium chloride.
- 33. A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a hair tonic including their use in pump sprays.
- 34. A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a hairspray.
- 35. A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a mousse.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part application of our copending application having Ser. No. 848,414, filed Apr. 4, 1986.
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Chemical Abstracts, vol. 94, No. 2, May 1981, p. 373, col. 1, Abstract No. 162601q. |
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