Hair treating compositions and processes for improving the condition of hair

US4855130A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wella GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Eugen Konrad · Darmstadt, DE
• Herbert Mager · Freiberg, DE
• Dietrich Hoch · Pfungstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1987
• Grant date: Aug 8, 1989
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/262
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a composition and a process for improving the condition of hair are improved based on a synergistic combination of glycine with a physiologically compatible aliphatic organic acid which is free of amino groups, particularly citric acid, and a wax and/or oil component, particularly a mixture of petrolatum and fatty alcohols. The combination of glycine, physiologically compatible aliphatic organic acid which is free of amino groups, and wax and/or oil components, which combination has a hair conditioning action, is completely harmless physiologically and can also be used together with anionic surfactants. The compositions, according to the invention, act on the hair so as to disentangle it, smooth the hair surface and improve the feel as well as the ability of the hair to be combed.