HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING BRIGHTENING AND SHINE

Abstract

The instant disclosure relates to hair treatment compositions that provide brightening, shine, luster, and cleanliness and/or conditioning to hair, wherein the hair treatment compositions include: (a) ascorbyl glucoside; (b) an amino acid chelant; (c) N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) one or more surfactants; and (e) water. Also disclosed are methods for using the hair treatment compositions, for example, for enhancing brightness, shine, luster, and cleanliness and/or conditioning of the hair.

Claims

1. A hair treatment composition comprising: (a) ascorbyl glucoside; (b) an amino acid chelant; (c) N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) one or more surfactants; and (e) water.

2. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 comprising; (a) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of the ascorbyl glucoside; (b) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of the amino acid chelant; (c) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of the N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) about 0.5 to about 25 wt. % of the one or more surfactants; and (e) about 50 to about 95 wt. % of the water; wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

3. The hair treatment composition of claim 1, wherein the amino acid chelant is chosen from glycine, lysine, methionine, and combinations thereof.

4. The hair treatment composition of claim 3, wherein the amino acid chelant is glycine.

5. The hair treatment composition of claim 1, wherein the N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof is tetrasodium glutamate diacetate.

6. The hair treatment composition of claim 1, further comprising: (f) about 0.1 to about 25 wt. % of one or more water-soluble solvents.

7. The hair treatment composition of claim 6, wherein the water-soluble solvents are chosen from glycerin, mono-alcohols, polyols (polyhydric alcohols), glycols, and a mixture thereof.

8. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 being a shampoo, wherein the one or more surfactants (d) comprises one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants are in an amount of about 5 to about 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

9. The hair treatment composition of claim 8, wherein the one or more anionic surfactants are chosen from alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, alkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfoacetates, acyl isethionates, alkoxylated monoacids, acyl amino acids such as acyl taurates, acyl glycinates, acyl glutamates, acyl sarcosinates, salts thereof, and a mixture thereof.

10. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 being a conditioner, wherein the one or more surfactants (d) comprises one or more cationic surfactants, wherein the one or more cationic surfactants are in an amount of about 0.1 to about 10 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

11. The hair treatment composition of claim 10, wherein the one or more cationic surfactants are chosen from cetrimonium chloride, stearimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, behentrimonium methosulfate, behenam idopropyltrimonium methosulfate, stearamidopropyltrimonium chloride, arachidtrimonium chloride, distearyldimonium chloride, dicetyldimonium chloride, tricetylmonium chloride, oleamidopropyl dimethylamine, linoleamidopropyl dimethylamine, isostearamidopropyl dimethylamine, oleyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline, stearamidopropyldimethylamine, behenamidopropyldimethylamine, behenamidopropyldiethylamine, behenamidoethyldiethyl-amine, behenamidoethyldimethylamine, arachidamidopropyldimethylamine, arachidamido-propyidiethylamine, arachidamidoethyidiethylamine, arachidamidoethyidimethylamine, and mixtures thereof.

12. The hair treatment composition of claim 1, further comprising: (g) one or more cationic conditioning polymers.

13. The hair treatment composition of claim 12, wherein the one or more cationic conditioning polymers are chosen from cationic cellulose derivatives, quaternized hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationic starch derivatives, cationic guar gum derivatives (hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride), copolymers of acrylamide and dimethyldiallyammonium chloride, polyquaterniums, and a mixture thereof.

14. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 being free from hair coloring dyes, pigments, and colorants.

15. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 that is not a hair coloring or bleaching composition and not a permanent hair shaping composition.

16. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 being a shampoo comprising: (a) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of the ascorbyl glucoside; (b) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of an amino acid chelant, which is glycine; (c) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of the N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) about 5 to about 25 wt. % the one or more anionic surfactants; (e) about 50 to about 95 wt. % of the water; and (f) about 0.1 to about 25 wt. % of one or more water-soluble solvents. wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

17. The hair treatment composition of claim 1 being a conditioner comprising: (a) about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of the ascorbyl glucoside; (b) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of an amino acid chelant, which is glycine; (c) about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of the N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % the one or more cationic surfactants; (e) about 50 to about 95 wt. % of the water; (f) about 0.1 to about 25 wt. % of one or more water-soluble solvents; (g) about 0.1 to about 25 wt. % of one or more fatty compounds; and (g) optionally, one or more silicones; wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the hair treatment composition.

18. A kit comprising: (i) a shampoo composition comprising: (a) ascorbyl glucoside; (b) an amino acid chelant; (c) N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) one or more anionic surfactants; and (e) water; and/or (ii) a conditioner composition comprising: (a) ascorbyl glucoside; (b) an amino acid chelant; (c) N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) one or more cationic surfactants; and (e) water.

19. A method for treating hair comprising: (i) applying a hair treatment composition to the hair, wherein the hair treatment composition comprises: (a) ascorbyl glucoside; (b) an amino acid chelant; (c) N,N-dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid, a salt thereof, and/or a combination thereof; (d) one or more surfactants; and (e) water; and (ii) rinsing the hair treatment composition from the hair.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the hair treatment composition is a shampoo or a conditioner and/or wherein the hair has been artificially colored, bleached, or chemically treated.

Description

EXAMPLES

[0209] The following Examples are intended to be non-restrictive and explanatory only.

[0210] The ingredient amounts in the compositions/formulas described below are expressed in % by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

Example 1

(Inventive Compositions)

[0211]

TABLE-US-00001 Inventive A B C Shampoo Shampoo Conditioner (a) Ascorbyl Glucoside ASCORBYL GLUCOSIDE 1.0 0.5 0.5 (b) Amino Acid Chelant GLYCINE 0.15 0.15 0.15 (c) Glutamate Chelant TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE 0.15 0.15 0.15 DIACETATE (d) Anionic Surfactant SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE 10.5 10.5 Cationic Surfactant CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, 1.8 BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATE, AND BEHENTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Amphoteric Surfactant COCO-BETAINE 1.8 1.8 Nonionic Surfactant TRIDECETH-6 0.1 (f) Water Soluble Solvent HEXYLENE GLYCOL, 2.5 2.5 1.2 GLYCERIN, AND ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (g) Cationic Conditioning HYDROXYPROPYL GUAR 0.3 0.3 Polymer HYDROXYPROPYL- TRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Fatty Compound CETEARYL ALCOHOL 4.0 Silicone AMODIMETHICONE 0.9 Miscellaneous SALTS, PH ADJUSTERS, 0-4 0-4 0-4 PRESERVATIVES, PERFUME, ETC. (e) WATER QS 100 QS 100 QS 100 pH PH 5.0-5.6 5.0-5.6 3.5-4.5

Example 2

(Inventive and Comparative Shampoo Compositions)

[0212]

TABLE-US-00002 Inventive Comparative B B-1 B-2 B-3 Shampoo Shampoo Shampoo Shampoo (a) Ascorbyl ASCORBYL GLUCOSIDE 0.5 — 0.5 — Glucoside (b) Amino Acid GLYCINE 0.15 0.15 — — Chelant (c) Glutamate TETRASODIUM 0.15 0.15 — — Chelant GLUTAMATE DIACETATE (d) Anionic SODIUM LAURETH 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 Surfactant SULFATE Amphoteric COCO-BETAINE 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 Surfactant (f) Water Soluble HEXYLENE GLYCOL, 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 Solvent GLYCERIN, AND ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (g) Cationic HYDROXYPROPYL GUAR 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Conditioning HYDROXYPROPYL- Polymer TRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Miscellaneous SALTS, PH 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 ADJUSTERS, PRESERVATIVES, PERFUME, ETC. (e) WATER QS 100 QS 100 QS 100 QS 100 pH pH 5.0-5.6 5.0-5.6 5.0-5.6 5.0-5.6

Example 3

(Inventive and Comparative Conditioner Compositions)

[0213]

TABLE-US-00003 C C-1 C-2 C-3 Conditioner Conditioner Conditioner Conditioner (a) Ascorbyl ASCORBYL 0.5 — 0.5 — Glucoside GLUCOSIDE (b) Amino Acid GLYCINE 0.15 0.15 — — Chelant (c) Glutamate TETRASODIUM 0.15 0.15 — — Chelant GLUTAMATE DIACETATE (d) Cationic CETRIMONIUM 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 Surfactant CHLORIDE, BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATE, AND BEHENTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE Nonionic TRIDECETH-6 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 Surfactant (f) Water Soluble HEXYLENE GLYCOL, 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 Solvent GLYCERIN, AND ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL Fatty CETEARYL ALCOHOL 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Compound Silicone AMODIMETHICONE 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (h) Miscellaneous SALTS, PH 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 ADJUSTERS, PRESERVATIVES, PERFUME, ETC. (e) WATER QS 100 QS 100 QS 100 QS100 pH pH 3.5-4.5 3.5-4.5 3.5-4.5 3.5-4.5

[0214] Example 4 (Brightening Study)

[0215] A brightening study was carried out to determine how the inventive compositions of the instant case and comparative compositions impact the brightness and shine of hair. Highly bleached Caucasian hair swatches (SA40, 2.7 g, 27 cm) were soaked in a 2% aqueous solution of copper sulfate overnight. The next day, the hair swatches were rinsed with water and allowed to air dry. After drying, the hair swatches were shampooed with one of the shampoos from Example 2 (B, B-1, B-2, and B-3). The shampoo was massaged throughout the hair for 5 minutes and then rinsed from the hair swatches with water. After removing excess water, the hair swatches were conditioned with one of the conditioners from Example 3 (C, C-1, C-2, and C-3). The conditioner was massaged throughout the hair for 5 minutes and then rinsed from the hair swatches with water. The shampooing and conditioning were repeated for a total of 7 treatments each. After the seventh treatment, the hair swatches were dried with a blow dryer. The brightness and shine of the hair swatches was visually evaluated by a panel of experts relative to a control and the results (averages) reported in the table below. The control consisted of highly bleached Caucasian hair swatches (SA40, 2.7 g, 27 cm) that were soaked in the 2% aqueous solution of copper sulfate overnight but not subsequently treated with a shampoo and conditioner.

TABLE-US-00004 Inventive Comparative Inventive Comparative Comparative Comparative Shampoo B/ Shampoo B-1/ Shampoo B-2/ Shampoo B-3/ Inventive Comparative Comparative Comparative Main Constituents Conditioner C Conditioner C-1 Conditioner C-2 Conditioner C-3 Ascorbyl ✓ ✓ Glucoside Chelators ✓ ✓ (Glycine and GLDA) Attributes Brightening +++ ++ ++ + Shine +++ + + = “+++” indicates that the hair swatches were much brighter/much shinier than the control “++” indicates that the hair swatches were brighter/shinier than the control “+” indicates that the hair swatches were somewhat brighter/somewhat shinier than the control “=” indicates that the hair swatches were did not differ from the control with respect to brightness/shininess

[0216] The data show that ascorbyl glucoside provides some improvement with respect to brightening and slight improvement with respect to shine. Similarly, the chelants provided some improvement with respect to brightening and slight improvement with respect to shine. The use of both ascorbyl glucoside and chelants (glycine and GLDA), however, provided a significant and surprising improvement with respect to both brightness and shine.

[0217] The foregoing description illustrates and describes the invention. The disclosure shows and describes only the preferred embodiments but it should be understood that the invention is capable to use in various other combinations, modifications, and environments and is capable of changes or modifications within the scope of the inventive concepts as expressed herein, commensurate with the above teachings and/or the skill or knowledge of the relevant art. The embodiments described herein above are further intended to explain best modes known by applicant and to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure in such, or other, embodiments and with the various modifications required by the particular applications or uses thereof. Accordingly, the description is not intended to limit the invention to the form disclosed herein.

[0218] As used herein, the terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” (or “comprise,” “have,” and “include”) are used in their open, non-limiting sense. The phrase “consisting essentially of” limits the scope of a claim to the specified materials or steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention.

[0219] The terms “a,” “an,” and “the” are understood to encompass the plural as well as the singular.

[0220] Thus, the term “a mixture thereof” also relates to “mixtures thereof.” Throughout the disclosure, if the term “a mixture thereof” is used, following a list of elements as shown in the following example where letters A-F represent the elements: “one or more elements selected from the group consisting of A, B, C, D, E, F, or mixtures thereof.” The term, “a mixture thereof” does not require that the mixture include all of A, B, C, D, E, and F (although all of A, B, C, D, E, and F may be included). Rather, it indicates that a mixture of any two or more of A, B, C, D, E, and F can be included. In other words, it is equivalent to the phrase “one or more elements chosen from A, B, C, D, E, F, and a mixture of any two or more of A, B, C, D, E, and F.”

[0221] Likewise, the term “a salt thereof” also relates to “salts thereof.” Thus, where the disclosure refers to “an element selected from the group consisting of A, B, C, D, E, F, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof,” it indicates that that one or more of A, B, C, D, and F may be included, one or more of a salt of A, a salt of B, a salt of C, a salt of D, a salt of

[0222] E, and a salt of F may be included, or a mixture of any two of A, B, C, D, E, F, a salt of A, a salt of B, a salt of C, a salt of D, a salt of E, and a salt of F may be included.

[0223] The salts referred to throughout the disclosure may include salts having a counter-ion such as an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or ammonium counterion. This list of counterions, however, is non-limiting.

[0224] The expression “one or more” means “at least one” and thus includes individual components as well as mixtures/combinations.

[0225] The term “plurality” means “more than one” or “two or more.”

[0226] Some of the various categories of components identified for the hair-treatment compositions may overlap. In such cases where overlap may exist and the composition/product includes two overlapping components (or more than two overlapping components), an overlapping component does not represent more than one component. For example, a fatty acid may be defined as both a “fatty compound” and a “surfactant/emulsifier.” If a particular composition/product includes both a fatty compound component and an emulsifier component, a single fatty acid can serve as only a fatty compound or a surfactant/emulsifier (a single fatty acid does not serve as both the fatty compound and the surfactant/emulsifier).

[0227] All percentages, parts and ratios herein are based upon the total weight of the compositions of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated.

[0228] All ranges and values disclosed herein are inclusive and combinable. For examples, any value or point described herein that falls within a range described herein can serve as a minimum or maximum value to derive a sub-range, etc. Furthermore, all ranges provided are meant to include every specific range within, and combination of sub-ranges between, the given ranges. Thus, a range from 1-5, includes specifically points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, as well as sub-ranges such as 2-5, 3-5, 2-3, 2-4, 1-4, etc.; and points of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 includes ranges and sub-ranges of 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 2-3, 2-4, 1-4, etc.

[0229] Other than in the operating examples, or where otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients and/or reaction conditions are understood to be modified by “about,” whether or not expressly stated. Additionally, all numbers are intended to represent exact figures as additional embodiments, whether or not modified by “about.” For example, “an amount of about 1%” includes an amount of exactly 1%.

[0230] As a further example, “an amount of 1%” includes an amount of about 1%. The term “about” is generally understood to encompass a range of +/−10% from the stated number, and is intended to cover amounts of +/−1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, and 10%.

[0231] The term “surfactants” includes salts of the surfactants even if not explicitly stated. In other words, whenever the disclosure refers to a surfactant, it is intended that salts of the surfactant are also encompassed to the extent such salts exist, even though the specification may not specifically refer to a salt (or may not refer to a salt in every instance throughout the disclosure), for example, by using language such as “a salt thereof” or “salts thereof.” Sodium and potassium are common cations that form salts with surfactants. However, additional cations such as ammonium ions, or alkanolammonium ions such as monoethanolammonium or triethanolammonium ions, may also form salts of surfactants.

[0232] The term “substantially free” or “essentially free” as used herein means the specific material may be present in small amounts that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention. For instance, there may be less than 2% by weight of a specific material added to a composition, based on the total weight of the compositions (provided that an amount of less than 2% by weight does not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed invention. Similarly, the compositions may include less than 2 wt %, less than 1.5 wt %, less than 1 wt %, less than 0.5 wt %, less than 0.1 wt %, less than 0.05 wt %, or less than 0.01 wt %, or none of the specified material. The term “substantially free” or “essentially free” as used herein may also mean that the specific material is not added to the composition but may still be present in a raw material that is included in the composition.

[0233] Furthermore, all components that are positively set forth in the instant disclosure may be negatively excluded from the claims, e.g., a claimed composition may be “free,” “essentially free” (or “substantially free”) of one or more components that are positively set forth in the instant disclosure.

[0234] All publications and patent applications cited in this specification are herein incorporated by reference, and for any and all purposes, as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. In the event of an inconsistency between the present disclosure and any publications or patent application incorporated herein by reference, the present disclosure controls.