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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dipak K. Ghosh, Woodridge, IL (US);
Rose A. Casanova-Gugliotta, Chicago, IL (US);
Natalya Gurman, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Alberto-Culver Company, Melrose Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/06 ;
Abstract
An aqueous hair conditioning composition is disclosed. The composition includes stearalkonium chloride and a stabilizing component comprising a polyoxyethylene glycol ether of stearyl alcohol, such as, for example, polyoxyethylene (21) stearyl ether. The polyoxyethylene stearyl ether is provided in an amount sufficient to inhibit precipitation of stearalkonium chloride in the composition. Also disclosed are a method of conditioning hair and a method of inhibiting precipitation of a stearalkonium chloride in an aqueous cosmetic hair conditioning composition.