COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING ANIONIC AND AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS, CATIONIC POLYSACCHARIDES AND UNSATURATED FATTY ALCOHOLS, AND COSMETIC TREATMENT PROCESS

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, notably a hair composition, comprising anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic polysaccharides and unsaturated fatty alcohols present in a content of less than 1% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition. The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment process for caring for and/or cleansing the hair, using said composition.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A cosmetic composition, comprising: one or more anionic surfactants, one or more amphoteric surfactants, one or more cationic polysaccharides, and one or more unsaturated fatty alcohols, in a total amount of less than 1% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

17. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants is chosen from: (C6-C24)alkyl sulfates; (C6-C24)alkyl ether sulfates; (C6-C24)alkylsulfosuccinates; (C6-C24)olefin sulfonates; (C6-C24)alkyl ether sulfosuccinates; (C6-C24)acylisethionates; (C6-C24)acylsarcosinates; (C6-C24)alkyl ether carboxylates, comprising from 2 to 50 ethylene oxide groups; polyoxyalkylenated (C6-C24)alkylamido ether carboxylic acids and salts thereof, comprising from 2 to 50 alkylene oxide groups; (C6-C24)acylglutamates; (C6-C24)acylglycinates; in acid form, or in salt form wherein the salt form is of alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal, ammonium or amino alcohol salts; or mixtures thereof.

18. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more anionic surfactant(s) is present in a total amount ranging from 2% to 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

19. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more amphoteric surfactants is chosen: from (C8-C20)alkylbetaines; (C8-C20)alkylamido(C3-C8)alkylbetaines, or mixtures thereof; and compounds of formula (IV):
R.sub.a″—NHCH(Y″)—(CH.sub.2).sub.nCONH(CH.sub.2).sub.n′—N(R.sub.d)(R.sub.e)  (IV) wherein: Y″ represents the group —COOH, —COOZ″ or —CH.sub.2—CH(OH)SO.sub.3H or the group CH.sub.2CH(OH)SO.sub.3—Z″; R.sub.d and R.sub.e, independently of each other, represent a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical; Z″ represents a cationic counterion derived from an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal, an ammonium ion, or an ion derived from an organic amine; R.sub.a″ represents a C.sub.10 to C.sub.30 alkyl or alkenyl group of an acid R.sub.a″—COOH; n and n′ denote, independently of each other, an integer ranging from 1 to 3.

20. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more amphoteric surfactant(s) is present in a total amount ranging from 0.1% to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

21. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more unsaturated fatty alcohol(s) corresponds to the formula R—OH, wherein R is an unsaturated hydrocarbon-based radical comprising 8 to 32 carbon atoms; and optionally comprising one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups.

22. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more unsaturated fatty alcohol(s) is chosen from oleyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol and linoleyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof.

23. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more unsaturated fatty alcohol(s) is present in a total amount ranging from 0.01% to 0.90% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

24. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more cationic polysaccharide(s) is chosen from associative or non-associative cationic celluloses and galactomannan gums.

25. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more cationic polysaccharide(s) is chosen from cellulose ether derivatives including quaternary ammonium groups, cationic cellulose copolymers and cellulose derivatives grafted with a water-soluble quaternary ammonium monomer.

26. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more cationic polysaccharide(s) is chosen from cationic guar gums.

27. The cosmetic composition according to claim 26, wherein the one or more cationic polysaccharide(s) is chosen from cationic derivatives of cassia gum.

28. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, wherein the one or more cationic polysaccharide(s) is present in a total amount ranging from 0.01% to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

29. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, further comprising one or more additional cationic polymers other than cationic polysaccharides, wherein the one or more additional cationic polymers is chosen from: (1) homopolymers or copolymers derived from acrylic or methacrylic esters or amides and including at least one of the units having the following formulae: ##STR00010## wherein: R3, which may be identical or different, denotes a hydrogen atom or a CH3 radical; A, which may be identical or different, represents a linear or branched divalent alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R4, R5 and R6, which may be identical or different, represent an alkyl group containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a benzyl radical R1 and R2, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X denotes an anion derived from a mineral or organic acid; (2) polymers comprising piperazinyl units and divalent alkylene or hydroxyalkylene radicals containing linear or branched chains, optionally interrupted with oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atoms or with aromatic or heterocyclic rings, and the oxidation and/or quaternization products thereof; (3) water-soluble polyaminoamides; (4) polyaminoamide derivatives resulting from the condensation of polyalkylene polyamines with polycarboxylic acids followed by alkylation with difunctional agents; (5) polymers obtained by reacting a polyalkylene polyamine including two primary amine groups and at least one secondary amine group with a dicarboxylic acid chosen from diglycolic acid and saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acids containing from 3 to 8 carbon atoms; (6) alkyldiallylamine or dialkyldiallylammonium cyclopolymers comprising units corresponding to formula (I) or (II): ##STR00011## wherein: k and t are equal to 0 or 1, the sum k+t being equal to 1; R12 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical; R10 and R11 which may be identical or different denote a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C5 hydroxyalkyl group, a C1-C4 amidoalkyl group; or alternatively R10 and R11 denote, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a heterocyclic group such as piperidyl or morpholinyl; Y.sup.− is an anion such as bromide, chloride, acetate, borate, citrate, tartrate, bisulfate, bisulfite, sulfate or phosphate; (7) quaternary diammonium polymers comprising repeating units of formula: ##STR00012## wherein: R13, R14, R15 and R16, which may be identical or different, represent aliphatic, alicyclic or arylaliphatic radicals comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or C1-C12 hydroxyalkyl aliphatic radicals, or R13, R14, R15 and R16, together or separately, comprise, with the nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, heterocycles optionally comprising a second non-nitrogen heteroatom; or R13, R14, R15 and R16, which may be identical or different, represent a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl radical substituted with a nitrile, ester, acyl, amide or —COO—O—R17-D or —CO—NH—R17-D group, where R17 is an alkylene and D is a quaternary ammonium group; A1 and B1 represent linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, divalent polymethylene groups comprising from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which may contain, linked to or intercalated in the main chain, one or more aromatic rings or one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or sulfoxide, sulfone, disulfide, amino, alkylamino, hydroxyl, quaternary ammonium, ureido, amide or ester groups, and X.sup.− denotes an anion derived from a mineral or organic acid; wherein A1, R13 and R15 can form, with the two nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, a piperazine ring; and wherein, if A1 denotes a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkylene or hydroxyalkylene radical, B1 may also denote a group (CH.sub.2)n-CO-D-OC—(CH.sub.2)p- with n and p, which may be identical or different, being integers ranging from 2 to 20, and D denoting: a) a glycol residue of formula —O—Z—O—, wherein Z denotes a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based radical or a group corresponding to one of the following formulae: —(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O)x-CH.sub.2CH.sub.2— and —[CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.3)O]y-CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.3)—, wherein x and y denote an integer from 1 to 4, representing a defined and unique degree of polymerization or any number from 1 to 4 representing an average degree of polymerization; b) a bis-secondary diamine residue; c) a bis-primary diamine residue of formula —NH—Y—NH—, wherein Y denotes a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based radical, or else the divalent radical —CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—S—S—CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—; d) a ureylene group of formula —NH—CO—NH—. (8) polyquaternary ammonium polymers comprising units of formula (V): ##STR00013## wherein: R18, R19, R20 and R21, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl, ethyl, propyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-hydroxypropyl or a CH.sub.2CH.sub.2(OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2)pOH radical, wherein p is equal to 0 or an integer between 1 and 6, with the proviso that R18, R19, R20 and R21 do not all simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom, r and s, which may be identical or different, are integers between 1 and 6, q is equal to 0 or to an integer between 1 and 34, X— denotes an anion such as a halide, A denotes a divalent dihalide radical or represents —CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O—CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—; (9) quaternary polymers of vinylpyrrolidone and/or of vinylimidazole; (10) polyamines; (11) polymers comprising: (a) one or more units corresponding to formula (A) below: ##STR00014## (b) optionally one or more units corresponding to formula (B) below: ##STR00015##

30. The cosmetic composition according to claim 29, wherein the one or more additional cationic polymers is chosen from water-soluble polyaminoamides, wherein the water-soluble polyaminoamides are prepared by polycondensation of an acidic compound with a polyamine; wherein the polyaminoamides may be crosslinked with an epihalohydrin, a diepoxide, a dianhydride, an unsaturated dianhydride, a bis-unsaturated derivative, a bis-halohydrin, a bis-azetidinium, a bis-haloacyldiamine, a bis-alkyl halide or alternatively with an oligomer resulting from the reaction of a difunctional compound which is reactive with a bis-halohydrin, a bis-azetidinium, a bis-haloacyldiamine, a bis-alkyl halide, an epihalohydrin, a diepoxide or a bis-unsaturated derivative; wherein the crosslinking agent is used in proportions ranging from 0.025 to 0.35 mol per amine group of the polyaminoamide; and wherein the polyaminoamides may be alkylated, or wherein if present, one or more tertiary amine functions of the polyaminoamides may be quaternized.

31. The cosmetic composition according to claim 29, wherein the one or more additional cationic polymers is chosen from polymers obtained by reacting a polyalkylene polyamine including two primary amine groups and at least one secondary amine group with a dicarboxylic acid chosen from diglycolic acid and saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acids containing from 3 to 8 carbon atoms; wherein the mole ratio between the polyalkylene polyamine and the dicarboxylic acid being between 0.8:1 and 1.4:1; the resulting polyaminoamide being reacted with epichlorohydrin in a mole ratio of epichlorohydrin relative to the secondary amine group of the polyaminoamide of between 0.5:1 and 1.8:1.

32. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, further comprising one or more alcohol ethers comprising from 12 to 40 carbon atoms.

33. The cosmetic composition according to claim 16, further comprising water in an amount ranging from 50% to 98% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

34. A cosmetic treatment process for caring for and/or cleansing keratin materials, comprising: applying to the keratin materials a cosmetic composition comprising: one or more anionic surfactants, one or more amphoteric surfactants, one or more cationic polysaccharides, and one or more unsaturated fatty alcohols, in a total amount of less than 1% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.

35. A cosmetic treatment process for caring for and/or cleansing keratin materials according to claim 34, wherein applying the composition to said keratin materials is done in the presence of water, further comprising massaging the keratin materials to form a foam, and removing the foam formed and soiling residues from the keratin materials by rinsing with water.

Description

EXAMPLE 1

[0317] The washing compositions (shampoo) below according to the invention are prepared:

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Composition A Composition B Ingredients (weight % AM) (weight % AM) Sodium laureth sulfate 9.8 9.8 Cocoyl betaine 3.5 3.5 Oleyl alcohol 0.175 0.175 Hydroxypropyl guar 0.2 0.2 hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride Polyquaternium 7 0.1 0.1 NaCl 0.75 0.75 Dicaprylyl ether 0.35 0.3 PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil 0.5 — PPG-5-ceteth-20 0.7 0.7 Propylene glycol 0.2 0.2 PEG-55 propylene glycol oleate 0.2 0.2 pH agent qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 Preserving agents, fragrance, dye qs qs Water qs 100% qs 100%

[0318] Transparent compositions which have good cosmetic properties and which may be used for washing the hair are obtained. The viscosity of these compositions (cF8 at 25° C.) is between 60 and 90 seconds.

EXAMPLE 2

[0319] The washing compositions (shampoo) below according to the invention are prepared:

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Composition C Composition D Ingredients (weight % AM) (weight % AM) Sodium laureth sulfate 9.8 9.8 Cocoyl betaine 3.5 3.5 Oleyl alcohol 0.175 0.175 Hydroxypropyl guar 0.2 0.2 hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride Polyquaternium 7 0.1 0.1 NaCl 0.75 0.75 Dicaprylyl ether 0.35 0.35 Fatty substance (Ricinus communis 0.02 — castor seed oil) and (Theobroma cacao seed butter) PPG-5-ceteth-20 0.7 0.6 Propylene glycol 0.2 0.2 PEG-55 propylene glycol oleate 0.2 0.2 Glycerol — 2 pH agent qs pH qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 Preserving agents, fragrance qs qs Water qs 100% qs 100%

[0320] Transparent compositions which have good cosmetic properties and which may be used for washing the hair are obtained. The viscosity of these compositions (cF8 at 25° C.) is between 60 and 90 seconds.

EXAMPLE 3

[0321] The washing compositions below are prepared:

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Composition E Comparative Ingredients Invention Composition E′ Sodium laureth sulfate 9.8 9.8 Cocoyl betaine 3.5 3.5 Oleyl alcohol 0.2 1.0 Hydroxypropyl guar 0.2 0.2 hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride Polyquaternium 7 0.1 0.1 NaCl 0.75 0.75 Dicaprylyl ether 0.35 0.35 PPG-5-ceteth-20 0.2 0.2 pH agent qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 Preserving agents, fragrance qs qs Water qs 100% qs 100%

[0322] Composition E according to the invention has a clear appearance, whereas comparative composition E′ has a cloudy appearance.

EXAMPLE 4

[0323] The washing compositions below are prepared:

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Ingredients Composition F Composition F′ Composition F″ Composition F′′′ Composition F′′′′ Sodium laureth sulfate 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 Cocoyl betaine 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 Oleyl alcohol 0.175 — — — — Octyldodecanol — 0.5 — — — Virgin olive oil — — 0.175 — — Soybean oil (Glycine soja oil) — — — 0.175 — Cetearyl alcohol — — — — 0.175 Hydroxypropyl guar 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride Polyquaternium 7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Propylene glycol 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 NaCl 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 Dicaprylyl ether 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 PPG-5-ceteth-20 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 PEG-55 propylene glycol 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 oleate pH agent qs pH qs pH qs pH qs pH qs pH 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.3 Preserving agents, fragrance qs qs qs qs qs Water qs 100% qs 100% qs 100% qs 100% qs 100% Transmittance (%) 98.5 0.155 0.397 0.231

[0324] It is observed that the composition according to the invention has a clear appearance (98.5% transmittance), whereas the comparative compositions are cloudy.