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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1992
Stephen L Kopolow, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Edward W Walls, Jr, Cranford, NJ (US);
Robert B Login, Oakland, NJ (US);
Mohammed Tazi, Marietta, GA (US);
ISP Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A hair spray composition is provided herein which is capable of delivering a fine finishing mist at a high resin solids level. The composition is substantially moisture resistant, provides a stiff resin film having excellent hair holding power, and has a relatively low concentration of volatile organic compounds therein. The composition of the invention attains its unique attributes by including therein a water soluble or dispersible alkylated polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) copolymer powders having a predetermined blend of two monomer components, one being PVP having a defined molecular weight (K-value 15-120, preferably 30-90) and concentration (80-99%, preferably 90-95%) and the other being an alkylene having a selected number of carbon atoms (C.sub.4 -C.sub.10, preferably (C.sub.6 -C.sub.8), linear or branched, in a defined concentration (1-20%, preferably 5-10%).