Claims
- 1. A composition for washing and conditioning keratinous materials consisting essentially of in an aqueous medium:
- (A) at least one synthetic oil in proportions sufficient to confer softness and sheen to the keratinous materials selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) the isoparaffins of structure (I): ##STR7## where n is between 2 and 16 inclusive; and (ii) a mixture of the isoparaffins of formula (I) with the isoparaffins of formula (II): ##STR8## where m is not less than 18; the capillary viscosity of the oils defined under i) and ii) being less than 500 cP.s;
- (B) an agent for suspending the oil defined in (A) in proportions sufficient to suspend the oil selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) the compounds of formula:
- R--X (III)
- in which:
- a) R is a C.sub.11 -C.sub.21 alkyl or alkenyl radical and X is a COOA group where A is a mono- or polyhydroxyalkyl radical derived from a C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 polyol or a radical CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 SO.sub.3 M;
- a group CO(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.k OH where k has a value of between 2 and 150;
- a group ##STR9## where k has a value of between 2 and 150 b) R denotes a radical R.sub.3 O(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.1 CH.sub.2 in which R.sub.3 denotes a C.sub.12 -C.sub.16 alkyl group and X a group CONR.sub.1 R.sub.2 in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl, at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 representing C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl and 1 has a value of 1 to 3 inclusive;
- C) a surface-active agent possessing detergent properties present in proportions sufficient to confer detergent properties to the composition selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) anionic surface active agents which are alkali metal salts, ammonium salts, amine salts, aminoalcohol salts or magnesium salts of alkyl ether sulphates, alkyl amidoether sulphates, alkyl aryl polyether sulphates, monoglyceride sulphates; alkyl sulphonates, alkyl amide sulphonates, alkyl aryl sulphonates, olefin sulphonates, paraffin sulphonates; alkyl sulphosuccinates, alkyl ether sulphosuccinates, alkyl amide sulphosuccinates; alkyl sulphosuccinamates; alkyl sulphoacetates; alkyl ether phosphates; acyl sarcosinates, and N-acyltaurates, the alkyl or acyl radical of these compounds being composed of a carbon chain containing 12 to 20 carbon atoms; alkyl sulphates and alkyl phosphates whose alkyl radical contains 12 to 14 carbon atoms; fatty acid salts; copra oil or hydrogenated copra oil acids; or acyl lactylates, whose acyl radical contains 8 to 20 carbon atoms;
- (ii) non-ionic surface active agents which are polyethoxy-lated, polypropoxylated or polyglycerolated alcohols or .alpha.-diols or alkylphenols or fatty acids with a fatty chain containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms, the number of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide groups being between 2 and 50 and the number of glycerol groups being between 2 and 30;
- copolymers of ethylene and propylene oxides; condensates of ethylene and propylene oxides with fatty alcohols; polyglycerolated fatty amides containing 1 to 5 glycerol groups; polyethoxylated fatty amines; oxyethylenated sorbitan fatty acid esters having 2 to 30 mol of ethylene oxide; sucrose fatty acid esters, (C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 alkyl)polyglycosides, (C.sub.10 -.sub.14 alkyl)amine oxides or N-acylamidopropyl-morpholine; and
- (iii) amphoteric or zwitterionic surface active agents.
- 2. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the synthetic oils are selected from the group consisting of oils of formula (I), in which n is equal to 2, 3, 4 or 16, and from mixtures of these oils with a synthetic oil of formula (II) in which m is equal to 38.
- 3. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the compounds of formula RX are selected from the group consisting of those in which:
- (i) R is a C.sub.11 -C.sub.21 alkyl or alkenyl radical and X is
- a COOA group where A is a mono- or polyhydroxyalkyl radical derived from a C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 polyol or a radical CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 SO.sub.3 M;
- a group CO(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.k OH where k has a value of between 2 and 150; ##STR10## where k has a value of between 2 and 150, it being possible for the free OH functional groups of the groups defined above to be esterified by an acid RCOOH where R is a C.sub.11 -C.sub.21 alkyl or alkenyl;
- a group CONR.sub.1 R.sub.2 where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl, at least one representing C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl;
- a group OSO.sub.3 M or 1/3 PO.sub.4.sup.3 --M.sub.3 where M represents an alkali metal, ammonium or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanolamine residue; and
- (ii) R denotes a radical R.sub.3 O(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O) CH.sub.2 and X denotes a group COOM where M has the meaning given above, R.sub.3 denoted a C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl radical and p is an integer or a decimal between 2.5 and 10, or alternatively R.sub.3 denotes oleyl and p ranges from 2 to 9 or alternatively R.sub.3 denotes (C.sub.8 -C.sub.9 alkyl)phenyl and p ranges from 4 to 8, or the derivatives in which R.sub.3 denotes a C.sub.12 -C.sub.16 alkyl group and X a group CONR.sub.1 R.sub.2, in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 have the same meaning as that given above and p has a value of 1 to 3 inclusive.
- 4. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the oil suspending agent is esters of C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 fatty acids and C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 polyols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and glycerol myristates, palmitates and stearates.
- 5. Composition according to claim 4, characterised in that the esters of fatty acids and polyols are selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol mono- and distearate, and glycerol mono- and di- and tristearate.
- 6. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the oil suspending agent is C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 fatty acid alkanolamides selected from the group consisting of copra and stearic diethanolamide, copra and stearic monoethanolamide, and copra and stearic monoisopropanolamide.
- 7. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the suspending agent is an alkanolamide alkyl ether selected from the group consisting of (C.sub.13 -C.sub.15 alkyl)oxydiethoxymethylmonoethanolamides.
- 8. Composition according to claim 1, wherein the compounds of formula: ##STR11## are selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol stearates having 1 to 150 ethoxy units; and the esters of polyoxyethylenated and esterified propyl glycol and C.sub.16 -C.sub.22 fatty acids are selected from the group consisting of compounds containing 4 to 100 ethoxy units.
- 9. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the compound of formula RX are polyoxyethylenated ether carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of the compounds of formula R.sub.3 O (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.D CH.sub.2 COOM, in which M represents an alkali metal, ammonium or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanolamine residue and in which R.sub.3 represents a C.sub.12 -C.sub.14 alkyl chain and p denotes 2.5; 3.8; 4.5 or 10, or alternatively in which R.sub.3 denotes oleyl and p is equal to 5, or alternatively mixtures of compounds in which R.sub.3 denotes oleyl and p has the values 2 and 9, or alternatively where R.sub.3 denotes nonylphenyl and p has the values 4 and 7, or alternatively R.sub.3 represents octylphenyl and p has the values 4 and 8.
- 10. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the detergent surface-active agents are selected from the group consisting of anionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic and nonionic surface-active agents and mixtures thereof.
- 11. Composition according to claim 10, characterised in that the amphoteric and zwitterionic surface-active agents are selected from the group consisting of the aliphatic secondary and tertiary amine derivatives in which the aliphatic radical is a linear or branched chain containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms and which contains at least one anionic water-solubilising carboxylate, sulphonate, sulphate, phosphate or phosphonate group; (C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl)betaines, sulphobetaines, (C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl)amido (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl)betaines or (C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl)amido(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl)sulphobetaines.
- 12. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the oil is present in the compositions in proportions of between 0.05 and 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 13. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the suspending agents are present in proportions of between 0.1 and 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 14. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the surface-active agents are present in a proportion sufficient to confer a detergent character on the composition.
- 15. Composition according to claim 14, characterised in that the surface-active agents are present in proportions of between 5 and 50 % by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 16. Composition according to claim 1 characterised in that the pH is between 2 and 9.
- 17. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the aqueous medium is composed of water or a mixture of water and a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from the group consisting of lower alcohols, alkylene glycols and glycol ethers.
- 18. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that the composition in addition contains viscosity regulating agents selected from the group consisting of electrolytes, hydrotropic agents and thickening agents present in proportions which may range up to 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 19. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that it further consists essentially of in addition to components (b) and (c) one or more adjuvants selected from the group consisting of cationic surface-active agents, polymers, optionally quaternised proteins, a silicone oil, wax, resin and gum.
- 20. Composition according to claim 1, characterised in that it contains various cosmetically acceptable adjuvants selected from the group consisting of perfumes, preservatives, sequestering agents, foam synergists, foam stabilisers, acidifying and alkalinising agents.
- 21. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that m is between 18 and 40.
- 22. Composition according to claim 13, characterized in that the oil is present in the composition in proportions of between 0.1 and 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 23. Composition according to claim 13, characterized in that the suspending agents are present in proportions of between 0.5 and 10% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 24. Composition according to claim 14, characterized in that the surface-active agents are present in proportions of between 8 and 35% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
- 25. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the pH is between 3 and 8.
- 26. The composition as defined in claim 1 in the form of a shower gel.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/176,693, filed Jan. 3, 1994, abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/836,727, filed Feb. 19, 1992, abandoned.
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