Claims
- 1. In a hair conditioning composition containing a polymer, said polymer derived from polymerization of vinyl pyrrolidone and an ammonium derivative monomer having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylamide, dialkyl dialkenyl ammonium halide and a dialkylamino alkyl methacrylate or acrylate, wherein the improvement comprises incorporating therein a substantially major amount, based on said monomers, of N-vinyl-.epsilon.-caprolactam monomer to provide a hair conditioning agent having a number average molecular weight between about 20,000 and about 700,000.
- 2. The hair conditioning composition of claim 1 further comprising a surfactant.
- 3. A hair conditioning polymer comprising between about 17-32 weight % N-vinyl pyrrolidone, between about 65-80 weight % N-vinyl-.epsilon.-caprolactam, between about 3-6 weight % of an ammonium derivative monomer having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, selected from the group consisting of dialkyl aminoalkyl methacrylamide, dialkyl dialkenyl ammonium halide and a dialkylamino alkyl methacrylate or acrylate and between about 0-5 weight % stearyl methacrylate.
- 4. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 3 wherein said ammonium derivative monomer is dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate.
- 5. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 4 wherein the weight ratio of N-vinyl-.epsilon.-caprolactam to vinyl pyrrolidone to dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate is about 69-73:22-26:3-6.
- 6. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 3 wherein the terpolymer also contains of stearyl methacrylate.
- 7. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 3 which has a K value of at least 30.
- 8. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 3 which has a K value of between about 35 and about 50.
- 9. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 5 wherein about 3% by weight of the N-vinyl-.epsilon.-caprolactam is replaced with stearyl methacrylate.
- 10. The hair conditioning polymer of claim 3 wherein the terpolymer is quaternized.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 292,329, filed Aug. 13, 1981, now abandoned.
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