Cosmetic composition for treating skin and hair containing apple wax and methods of making them

US5587174A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wella GmbH · DE

Inventors

• G unther Lang · Reinheim, DE
• Dieter Hoch · Pfungstadt, DE
• Eugen Konrad · Darmstadt, DE
• Wolfram Geibel · Nettetal, DE
• Harald Wendel · Ober-Ramstadt, DE
• Thomas Kripp · Fränkisch-Crumbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 24, 1996
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/001
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The skin and hair treatment composition includes 0.5 to 2 percent by weight apple wax, 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least one anionic, cationic, amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactant, a solvent consisting of water, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, glycols or mixtures thereof and one or more cosmetic additives selected from the group consisting of perfume oils; opacifiers; pearlescing agents; bacterial and fungicidal ingredients; coconut fatty acid diethanolamide; buffer substances; coloring materials; solubilizers; light stabilizers; antioxidants; complexing agents and antidandruff active ingredients. Methods for obtaining the apple wax used in these compositions include extraction of depectinized apple pomace with a variety of solvents and purification and evaporation of the extract to obtain an apple wax product.