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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2005
Kelvin Brian Dickinson, Wirral, GB;
Anand Ramchandra Mahadeshwar, Hamburg, DE;
Ruby Loo Bick Tan-walker, Wirral, GB;
Kelvin Brian Dickinson, Wirral, GB;
Anand Ramchandra Mahadeshwar, Hamburg, DE;
Ruby Loo Bick Tan-Walker, Wirral, GB;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a gelled water-in-oil microemulsion for hair treatment comprising: (a) an oil phase comprising: (i) a first oily component which is one or more glyceride fatty esters, and (ii) a second oily component which is one or more hydrocarbon oils of average carbon chain length less than 20 carbon atoms; (b) a hydrophilic phase comprising: (i) water, (ii) a nonionic emulsifier which is an ethoxylated alcohol having an HLB of at least 6, and (iii) preferably, a hair styling agent or hair conditioning agent, and (c) a gelling agent.