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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
G unther Lang, Reinheim, DE;
Dieter Hoch, Pfungstadt-Eich, DE;
Eugen Konrad, Darmstadt, DE;
Wolfram Geibel, H unfeld, DE;
Harald Wendel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Thomas Kripp, Fr ankisch-Crumbach, DE;
Wella Aktiengsellschaft, Darmstadt, DE;
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.