Hair fixatives

Claim 2

A hair treating composition comprising a mixture of at least one solvent and a film forming material which is an interpenetrating polymer network including a substituted vinyl copolymer having polar functionality selected from the group consisting of acrylic, carboxylate, ether, and derivatives thereof, and an organosilicon compound which is a nonpolar silsesquioxane having a formula selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## and hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, and alkenoxy, derivatives thereof, wherein R, R', R", and R'", are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and alkylaryl, radicals having from one to twenty carbon atoms; x, y, and z, are each integers having a value of from zero to about one thousand, and w is an integer having a value of from one to about one thousand.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1 in which the vinyl copolymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone-ethyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymer, vinyl acetate-crotonic acid copolymer, vinyl acetate-crotonic acid-vinyl neodeconate terpolymer, poly(vinylpyrrolidone-ethylmethacrylate) methacrylic acid copolymer, vinyl methyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer, octylacrylamide-acrylate-butylaminoethyl-methacrylate copolymer, poly(vinylpyrrolidone-dimethylaminoethyl-methacrylate) copolymer, and derivatives.

Claim 4

The composition of claim 2 in which the vinyl copolymer is vinyl methyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 1 in which the interpenetrating polymer network includes 0.1 to thirty weight percent of nonpolar silsesquioxane and one to thirty weight percent of substituted vinyl copolymer.

Claim 6

The composition of claim 4 in which the interpenetrating polymer network includes one to five weight percent of nonpolar silsesquioxane and four to ten weight percent of substituted vinyl copolymer.

Claim 7

In a hair treating method for imparting curl retention to hair in which at least one film forming ingredient is applied to the hair, the improvement comprising utilizing as the film forming ingredient an interpenetrating polymer network including a substituted vinyl copolymer having polar functionality selected from the group consisting of acrylic, carboxylate, ether, and derivatives thereof, and an organosilicon compound which is a nonpolar silsesquioxane having a formula selected from the group consisting of ##STR4## and hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, and alkenoxy, derivatives thereof, wherein R, R', R", and R'", are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and alkylaryl, radicals having from one to twenty carbon atoms; x, y, and z, are each integers having a value of from zero to about one thousand, and w is an integer having a value of from one to about one thousand.

Claim 8

In a hair treating method for imparting curl retention to hair in which at least one film forming ingredient is applied to the hair, the improvement comprising utilizing as the film forming ingredient an interpenetrating polymer network including a substituted vinyl copolymer having polar functionality selected from the group consisting of acrylic, carboxylate, ether, and derivatives thereof, and an organosilicon compound which is a nonpolar silsesquioxane having a formula selected from the group consisting of ##STR4## and hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, and alkenoxy, derivatives thereof, wherein R, R', R", and R'", are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and alkylaryl, radicals having from one to twenty carbon atoms; x, y, and z, are each integers having a value of from zero to about one thousand, and w is an integer having a value of from one to about one thousand.

Claim 9

The method of claim 6 in which the interpenetrating polymer network includes 0.1 to thirty weight percent of nonpolar silsesquioxane and one to thirty weight percent of substituted vinyl copolymer.

Claim 10

The method of claim 6 in which the vinyl copolymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone-ethyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymer, vinyl acetate-crotonic acid copolymer, vinyl acetate-crotonic acid-vinyl neodeconate terpolymer, poly(vinylpyrrolidone-ethylmethacrylate) methacrylic acid copolymer, vinyl methyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer, octylacrylamide-acrylate-butylaminoethyl-methacrylate copolymer, poly(vinylpyrrolidone-dimethylaminoethyl-methacrylate) copolymer, and derivatives.

Claim 11

The method of claim 8 in which the vinyl copolymer is vinyl methyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer.

Claim 12

The method of claim 8 in which the interpenetrating polymer network includes one to five weight percent of nonpolar silsesquioxane and four to ten weight percent of substituted vinyl copolymer.