Use of an aqueous dispersion based on organopolysiloxanes and on a crosslinked ammonium acrylate/acrylamide compolymer in cosmetics, for the treatment of hair or the skin and/or in dermatology

Claim 2

An aqueous dispersion intended for the cosmetic treatment of hair or the skin and/or in dermatology, which contains at least an organopolysiloxane and a crosslinked ammonium acrylate/acrylamide copolymer in a cosmetically or physiologically acceptable aqueous medium.

Claim 3

Dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the organosiloxane is a volatile silicone which has a boiling point of between 60° C. and 260° C., chosen from: (i) cyclic silicones containing 3 to 7 and preferably 4 to 5 silicon atoms or cyclocopolymers of the dimethylsiloxane/methylalkylsiloxane type of formula: ##STR14## (ii) linear silicones containing 2 to 9 silicon atoms and having a viscosity lower than or equal to 5 cSt at 25° C.

Claim 4

Dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the organopolysiloxane is a nonvolatile silicone chosen from polyalkylsiloxanes, polyarylsiloxanes, polyalkylarylsiloxanes, polyethersiloxane copolymers, modified or otherwise, silicone gums and resins, organomodified polysiloxanes and mixtures thereof.

Claim 5

Dispersion according to claim 3, in which the organopolysiloxane is chosen from: A) polyalkyl(C 1 -C 20 )siloxanes, linear polydimethylsiloxanes containing trimethylsilyl end groups, with a viscosity of 5 to 2,500,000 cSt at 25° C. and preferably 10 to 1,000,000 and linear polydimethylsiloxanes containing trihydroxysilyl end groups; B) linear and/or branched polydimethylphenylsiloxanes and polydimethyldiphenylsiloxanes with a viscosity of 10 to 50,000 cSt at 25° C.; C) copolymers of propylene and/or ethylene oxide with a diorganosiloxane; D) gums with a molecular mass between 200,000 and 1,000,000, employed by themselves or in the form of a mixture in a solvent, which are chosen from the group consisting of the following copolymers: poly[(dimethylsiloxane)/(methylvinylsiloxane)] poly[(dimethylsiloxane)/(diphenylsiloxane)] poly[(dimethylsiloxane)/(phenylmethylsiloxane)] poly[(dimethylsiloxane)/(diphenylsiloxane)/(methylvinylsiloxane)]; and the following mixtures: the mixtures made from a polydimethylsiloxane hydroxylated at a chain end and cyclic polydimethylsiloxanes; the mixtures made from a polydimethylsiloxane gum and a cyclic silicone; mixtures of two polydimethylsiloxanes of different viscosities; mixtures of a polydimethylsiloxane with a polyoxyethylenated or polyoxypropylenated side chain and of a cyclic polydimethylsiloxane; E) organopolysiloxane resins consisting of crosslinked siloxane systems containing the units R 2 SiO 2/2 , RSiO 3/2 or SiO 4/2 , in which R denotes a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.

Claim 6

Dispersion according to claim 3, wherein the organopolysiloxane includes in its general structure one or more organofunctional group(s) attached directly to the siloxane chain or attached through the intermediacy of a hydrocarbon radical, and in that it is chosen from polyorganosiloxanes containing: a) substituted or substituted amine groups; thiol groups; c) carboxylate groups; d) hydroxyalkyl groups, and corresponding to the following formula: ##STR15## in which: radicals R 1 , which are identical or different, are chosen from methyl and phenyl radicals, at least 60 mol % of the radicals R 1 being methyl; the radical R' 1 is a C 2 -C 18 divalent alkylene hydrocarbon chain unit; p is between 1 and 30 inclusive; 1 is between 1 and 150 inclusive; e) alkoxylated groups; f) acyloxyalkyl groups corresponding to the following formula: ##STR16## in which: R 2 denotes methyl, phenyl, --COOR" 2 or hydroxyl, only one of the R 2 per silicon atom may be OH; R' 2 denotes methyl, phenyl, at least 60 mol % of the set of the radicals R 2 and R' 2 are methyl; R" denotes C 8 -C 20 alkyl or alkenyl; R denotes a linear or branched C 2 -C 18 divalent alkylene hydrocarbon; r is between 1 and 120 inclusive; p is between 1 and 30; q is 0 or smaller than 0.5 p, p+q being between 1 and 30; it being possible for the polymers of formula (II) to contain ##STR17## groups in proportions not exceeding 15% of the sum p+q+r; g) diester groups, in particular dimethyl itaconate, corresponding to the following formula: ##STR18## in which: the radicals R 3 , which are identical or different, denote a C 1 -C 20 alkyl, vinyl, phenyl, 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl or hydroxyl, provided that only one radical R 3 may denote OH per silicon atom; the symbols Z', which are identical or different, denote R 3 or Z; Z is chosen from the groups: --CH 2 --CH--(COOR' 3 )--CH 2 --COOR' 3 --C(CH 3 )(COOR' 3 )--CH 2 --COOR' 3 R' 3 denotes a C 1 -C 12 monovalent saturated hydrocarbon radical, a C 2 -C 12 monovalent alkoxyalkyl or a C 6 -C 12 aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl; r is between 0 and 500 inclusive; s is between 0 and 50 inclusive; if s is equal to 0, one of the symbols Z' is Z; h) quaternary ammonium groups; i) amphoteric or betainic groups; j) anionic groups of alkylcarboxylic 2-hydroxyalkylsulphonate or 2-hydroxyalkylthiosulphate type.

Claim 7

Dispersion according to claim 1, in which the organopolysiloxane is chosen from octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, linear polyalkylsiloxanes containing trimethylsilyl end groups, mixtures of organosiloxanes and cyclic silicones, dimethyl/trimethylsiloxane resin, polymers of formula (I) in which R 1 denotes methyl and R' 1 a trimethylene or 2-methyltrimethylene group, polymers of formula (II), in which R 2 and R' 2 denote methyl, R" a mixture of C 16 H 33 and C 18 H 37 radicals and R denotes trimethylene or 2-methyltrimethylene; and polymers of formula (III) in which R 3 denotes CH 3 and Z' denotes OH.

Claim 8

Dispersion according to claim 1 which contains an ammonium acrylate/acrylamide (95/5 by weight) copolymer crosslinked with a crosslinking agent containing olefinic polyunsaturation, taken from the group consisting of divinylbenzene, tetraallyloxyethane, diallyl ether, polyallylpolyglyceryl ethers and the allyl ethers of alcohols from the sugar series.

Claim 9

Dispersion according to claim 1, which the organopolysiloxane is present in the dispersion in proportions of between 0.5 and 50% by weight and preferably between 1 and 30% by weight and the ammonium acrylate/acrylamide copolymer is present in proportions of between 0.1 and 10% by weight and preferably between 0.1 and 4% by weight relative to the total weight of the dispersion.

Claim 10

Dispersion according to claim 1, which additionally contains at least one nonionic emulsifying agent and a mineral oil.

Claim 11

Dispersion according to claim 9, in which the nonionic emulsifying agent is chosen from oil-soluble surfactants in which the hydrophile/lipophile ratio is lower than 7.

Claim 12

Dispersion according to claim 9, wherein the emulsifying agent consists of a mixture of sorbitan stearate and of a hydrophilic ethoxylated derivative.

Claim 13

Dispersion according to claim 9, in which the mineral oil is liquid paraffin.

Claim 14

Dispersion according to claim 9, wherein the nonionic emulsifying agent is present in proportions of between 0.01 and 10% by weight and preferably between 0.01 and 0.6% by weight, and the mineral oil is present in proportions of between 0.08 and 6.5% by weight and preferably between 0.08 and 2.5% by weight, the weights being defined in relation to the total weight of the dispersion.

Claim 15

Dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the crosslinked ammonium acrylate/acrylamide (95/5 by weight) copolymer is dispersed in a proportion of 30% by weight in a water-in-oil emulsion consisting of 25% by weight of paraffin, 4% by weight of a mixture of sorbitan stearate and of hydrophilic ethoxylated derivative and of 41% by weight of water.

Claim 16

Dispersion according to claim 14, in which the water-in-oil emulsion containing the crosslinked ammonium acrylate/acrylamide (95/5 by weight) copolymer is present in the dispersion in proportions such that the concentration of copolymer is between 0.05 and 10% by weight and preferably between 0.1 and 5% by weight of active substance as copolymer relative to the total weight of the dispersion.

Claim 17

Composition according to claim 1, which additionally contains adjuvants usually employed in cosmetics, which are chosen from perfumes, colorants, preserving agents, anionic, nonionic, amphoteric or cationic surface-active agents, sequestrants, foam stabilizers, polymers, sunscreens, propellants and cosmetically active substances.

Claim 18

Composition according to claim 1, which has a pH of between 3 and 10 and preferably between 5 and 7.

Claim 19

Composition according to claim 1, intended for the treatment of hair which is in the form of shampoo, or rinsing product, to be applied before or after shampooing, before or after dyeing or bleaching, before or after permanent waving or straightening, or as unrinsed styling products.

Claim 20

Composition according to claim 1, intended for the treatment of the skin which is in the form of a bath or shower product, of a suntanning product, of antisolar composition, of a product for shaving, of a treatment cream or milk or of a perfumed lotion.

Claim 21

Process for cosmetic treatment of hair, in which at least one composition such as defined in claim 18 is applied to the latter.

Claim 22

Process for cosmetic treatment of the skin, in which a composition such as defined in claim 19 is applied to the latter.

Claim 23

Dermatological composition in the form of aqueous dispersion in which the aqueous dispersion is such as defined in claim 1 and contains at least one dermatologically active substance in an effective quantity.