Patent ID: 6673371
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A composition which has a thickened fluid form comprising:(i) a first phase, the shear gel phase, comprising at least one polymer which is capable of forming a shear gel, which polymer is present in the composition as a multiplicity of separate gel particles which have been formed by subjecting the polymer to shear while gel formation takes place; and (ii) a second phase, the entrapped phase, which is in the form of particles or droplets comprising a hair benefit agent, wherein at least 50 wt % of the hair benefit agent based on its total weight in the composition is entrapped and resides within the gel particles of the shear gel phase, and wherein each gel particle contains on average a plurality of particles or droplets of the hair benefit agent; and (III) a third phase, the suspended phase, which is suspended in the shear gel phase wherein the third phase is not entrapped and does not reside within the gel particles of the shear gel phase.