NAIL POLISH COMPOSITION BASED ON SOLVENT-FREE AQUEOUS POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS

Abstract

A nail polish composition, in particular nail polish formulation, is disclosed which is based on a specific solvent-free aqueous polyurethane polymer dispersion, which is derived from at least one isocyanate-terminated ethylenically unsaturated polyurethane pre-polymer in a reactive diluent, after a chain extension reaction with a chain extender bearing isocyanate-reactive groups. The polyurethane pre-polymer comprises at least one (meth)acrylate functional group and at least one isocyanate functional group.

Claims

1. A nail polish composition comprising a) at least one aqueous, actinic radiation curable polyurethane dispersion, which dispersion is free of non-reactive solvent and comprises a polyurethane polymer in at least one reactive diluent (F) and the said polyurethane polymer is formed by chain extending at least one isocyanate-terminated ethylenically unsaturated polyurethane pre-polymer (P) with at least one chain extender (E) bearing at least 2 isocyanate-reactive groups and wherein said pre-polymer is formed by reacting: (A) one or more isocyanate-reactive components containing at least one ethylenic unsaturation chosen from active hydrogen-containing (meth)acrylates; (B) one or more polyisocyanates; (C) one or more isocyanate reactive components containing ionic groups derived from acidic groups, with said component (C) bearing two isocyanate-reactive groups which are two OH groups; and (D) optionally, one or more isocyanate-reactive components other than component (A) or component (C), bearing two isocyanate-reactive groups Which are OH groups, such that the mole ratios of components (A), (B), (C) and (D) result in a polyurethane pre-polymer comprising terminal isocyanate group.

2. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein the nail polish composition is an actinic radiation-curable dispersion.

3. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein said component (A) is a polyol component comprising (A1) a monoalcohol bearing from 1 to 5 (meth)acrylate groups and optionally (A2) a diol bearing from 1 to 4 (meth)acrylate groups.

4. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein the component (A) is selected from the group consisting of polyester (meth)acrylates, epoxy (meth)acrylates, polyether (meth)acrylates, urethane (meth)acrylates, hydroxy-bearing (meth)acrylates and combinations thereof.

5. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein the component (C) is a diol bearing an ionic group resulting from an acidic group selected from the group consisting of carboxylic, sulfonic, phosphoric, phosphonic, phosphinic groups, and combinations thereof, with said acidic group being at least partly neutralized with a basic agent.

6. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein the polyurethane pre-polymer is further reacted with a component (E), comprising at least two isocyanate reactive groups selected from diamines.

7. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein the reactive diluent (F) represents from about 10 to about 90% by weight relative to the solids content of the dispersion.

8. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein said components (A) and (D) are respectively derived and based on bio-based polyols.

9. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein said polyurethane polymer aqueous dispersion a) is a solvent-free dispersion and comprises a polyurethane polymer bearing polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated pending (side-) groups and terminal (end-) groups.

10. The nail polish composition of claim 1, wherein said composition is a nail polish formulation and in addition to said aqueous polyurethane polymer dispersion component a), said formulation further comprises: b) a photoinitiator c) optionally, a leveling agent and d) optionally, a thickener, and wherein said formulation is free of non-reactive solvents.

11. The nail polish formulation of claim 10, wherein the nail polish formulation further comprises e) at least one coloring agent.

12. The nail polish formulation of claim 10, wherein the formulation is UV-curable.

13. The nail polish formulation of claim 10, wherein the formulation has a solids level of 20% to 30% and a viscosity of 500 to 3000 mPa.Math.s (cP) at room temperature.

14. A method of coating nails comprising using the nail polish composition of claim 1.

15. A method of preparing a nail polish formulation comprising using the aqueous, actinic radiation curable polyurethane polymer dispersion as defined according to claim 1.

16. A method of coating nails comprising using the aqueous, actinic radiation curable polyurethane polymer dispersion as defined according to claim 1.

17. Cured coating or varnish comprising a nail coating or varnish resulting from the UV cure of at least one nail polish composition as defined in claim 1.

18. The nail composition of claim 1, wherein the polyurethane polymer bears ethylenic unsaturation end-groups and optionally side groups.

19. The nail composition of claim 1, wherein the polyisocyanate is a diisocyanate.

20. The nail composition of claim 2, wherein the actinic radiation is: UV, LED or visible light (sunlight) radiation.

21. The nail composition of claim 7, wherein the reactive diluent (F) represents from 10 to 50% by weight relative to the solids content of the dispersion.

22. The nail composition of claim 8, wherein said biobased polyols are selected from the group consisting of polyester polyols, polyether polyols, alkylene polyols and combinations thereof.

23. The nail composition of claim 9, wherein said polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated pending (side-) groups and terminal (end-) groups are (meth)acrylate groups.

Description

EXAMPLES

Example 1

[0108] A reactive diluent (SR454, available from Sartomer), dimethylol propionic acid (DMPA), an inhibitor (IRGANOX 1035), a catalyst (REAXIS 0716) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) were charged to a reactor and agitated. The reaction mixture was heated to 70 C. until the desired isocyanate group ()/0 NCO) content was reached.

[0109] A polycarbonate polyol (OXYMER M112), an epoxy (meth)acrylate (CN104Z, available from Sartomer) and a hydroxyl containing (meth)acrylate were then added to the reactor and the mixture heated to 70 C. until the desired % NCO was reached.

[0110] Triethylamine was then added to neutralize remaining acidic groups.

[0111] Water and ethylene diamine (EDA) were then added to the polyurethane pre-polymer to disperse and chain-extend the pre-polymer, forming the aqueous polyurethane dispersion.

Example 2

Nail Polish Composition

[0112] 97.73 wt parts of the polyurethane dispersion of example 1, which has been diluted with water to 35% solids, is mixed with 0.17 wt part of a leveling agent (BYK-346, available from BYK-CHEMIE GMBH), 1.74 wt part of a photoinitiator (PL-4265 from PL Industries) and about 0.35 wt part of a thickener Acrysol RM825 to form a nail polish formulation (100 wt parts).

[0113] The formulation is coated on aluminum and cured under UV energy of 1 J/cm.sup.2. The measured 60 gloss is 170.

[0114] The formulation was also applied to acrylic artificial nails using a brush applicator. Once the water evaporated, a homogeneous film was formed without brush marks. After curing under UV energy of 1 J/cm.sup.2, the formulation produced a smooth, homogeneous and shiny film. The adhesion of the nail polish formulation on the acrylic artificial nails was excellent and could not be peeled or cracked off using finger nails.