Conditioning rinse compositions which facilitates setting of hair

Hair rinse compositions, in emulsion or dispersion form, which condition the hair and facilitates setting thereof, includes a hair conditioning and emulsifying cationic compound, a water insoluble acrylic or acrylate polymer and a solvent which is a stabilizing and compatibilizing proportion of the composition comprising a higher aliphatic alcohol and/or alcohol ethoxylate, in an aqueous medium. The cationic compound is a quarternary ammonium salt preferably a higher alkyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and the polymer is preferably an acrylamide acrylate copolymer. Preferably solvents in the compositions are C.sub.9-20 aliphatic alcohols and/or C.sub.9-20 alcohol ethoxylates having less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole. The preferred emulsion, which is normally of the oil-in-water type, preferably includes propylene glycol and a nonionic surfactant, and the aqueous medium is preferably water, or is essentially water. The invention also includes processes for making and using the invented hair rinse compositions.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to hair rinse compositions, which, in addition to 
conditioning the hair to which it has been applied and from which it has 
been rinsed, improves its body and settability. Thus, in a single 
application of the invented hair rinse one can obtain hair treatment 
benefits that formerly required a first application of a Conditioning 
rinse, followed by rinsing and then by spraying on the hair of a hair 
spray or emulsion or application to the hair of a setting liquid, gel or 
mousse. 
BACKGROUND ART 
Prior to the present invention it had often been found that utilization of 
a conditioning rinse, while it made the treated hair easier to comb, 
decreased objectionable "flyaway" and softened it to the touch, did not 
sufficiently improve settability of the hair, so that use of a setting 
composition was necessitated. Therefore, subsequent to shampooing and 
conditioning and rinsing it has been customary to apply a setting 
composition to the conditioned hair tresses or to the shaped hair, which 
is allowed to remain on the hair (not rinsed off). Such setting 
compositions facilitate setting of the hair by improving holding power of 
the hair shapes or curls, and giving it body (or stiffness), all of which 
help to retain it in set shape, after drying. Now such improved 
settability, together with conditioning, can be achieved by use of the 
invented rinse compositions, without the need for a separate application 
of a setting composition. 
The discovery of the present conditioning rinses that improve settability 
of hair was surprising because two of the materials employed, quaternary 
ammonium salt and water insoluble acrylic (or acrylate) polymer, normally 
being oppositely charged, would be expected to react detrimentally. 
Applicants have discovered that in the presence of solvents comprising 
higher aliphatic alcohols and/or alcohol ethoxylates having on average 
less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole, an aqueous oil-in-water emulsion (or 
dispersion) can be made of the quaternary ammonium salt (quat) and the 
polymer, and that the quat and the polymer are substantive to the hair 
when applied to it in such emulsion (or dispersion) and remain on it even 
after rinsing, so that they can exert their conditioning and bodying 
actions on it. Hair treated with the invented composition combs easily and 
yet is of sufficient body or stiffness so that it is easily set, and 
remains in place afterward, obviating the need for application to the hair 
of a separate setting composition (which is not subjectable to rinsing). 
It is believed that the quat and the polymer form a complex which is 
adherent to the hair and imparts to it the properties of its components, 
the conditioning action of the quat and the bodying action of the polymer, 
but such theory has not yet been completely verified and it is not to be 
considered that applicants are bound by it. Additionally, a suitable 
surfactant, such as a nonionic surfactant (sometimes in mixture with an 
anionic surfactant) may serve as a wetting agent in the composition and 
improve the contacting of the hair by the composition, thereby improving 
conditioning and settability. 
A search of the prior art has shown that quaternary ammonium compounds have 
been employed in hair conditioning compositions as hair conditioning 
agents. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,711,776 to Suzuki et al. describes 
certain quats in a hair rinse and U.S. Pat. No. 4,777,037 to Wagman et al. 
describes certain quats in a hair conditioning emulsion also containing 
silicones, higher fatty alcohol, surfactant and water. U.S. Pat. No. 
4,997,641, issued to the present inventors, mentions conditioning shampoos 
containing quats, long chain alcohols, silicones and thickeners in 
shampoos based on certain anionic detergents. U.S. Pat. No. 4,196,190 to 
Gehman et al. relates to an acrylic polymer solution that can be employed 
for hair setting and U.S. Pat. No. 3,907,984 to Calvert et al. describes 
hair holding compositions that include acrylates, methacrylates, 
acrylamides and methacrylamides in water insoluble block copolymers, while 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,543,249 to Nelson describes a hair spray that contains 
methylmethacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymers. In a BASF provisional 
technical information bulletin (Register 12), issued in 1989, 
Luviflex.TM.VBM 35 is described as a PVP-acrylates copolymer which is 
useful in hair sprays, setting lotions and mousses as a film former, but 
it is said to be incompatible with cationic compounds. U.S. Pat. No. 
5,019,377 to Torgerson describes hair styling compositions including 
neutralized polymer components of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and 
their salts, but these neutralized polymers are said to be incompatible 
with cationic materials. U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,855 describes a conditioning 
shampoo that may contain a nonionic surfactant, a water insoluble 
silicone, a quaternary ammonium chloride, ethylene glycol and water. 
From the prior art mentioned it is seen that various quaternary ammonium 
salts, nonionic wetting agents, acrylic and acrylate polymers, and long 
chain alcohols have been employed in hair treating compositions, including 
rinses and shampoos, for conditioning or bodying the hair, however none of 
these references teach the combination of a quaternary ammonium salt hair 
conditioning agent, acrylic or acrylate polymer and long chain alcohol in 
an aqueous hair rinse that conditions hair and improves its body to 
facilitate setting thereof. This invention is directed to the provision of 
such hair rinse compositions that comprise quaternary ammonium salts, 
acrylic or acrylate polymers and solvents comprising long chain alcohols 
and/or alcohol ethoxylates. It would be appreciated that advantage over 
known conditioning rinse compositions would be obtained by providing such 
hair rinse compositions which improve both the hair's body and 
settability. 
In addition, the prior art does not show that the solvent component 
comprising higher alcohols and/or alcohol ethoxylates play an important 
role in making the quat compatible with the polymer and at the same time 
improves both the conditioning and bodying effects of the active 
components. This is important because the solvent, in addition to helping 
to stabilize the rinse emulsion, also helps to control the sorption by 
and/or deposition on the hair of the quat and the polymer (or the complex, 
which it might help to form), leading to a desired balance of conditioning 
and bodying effects. Without the particular solvents present in the 
described rinses conditioning and bodying effects have been found to be 
diminished or in some cases such effects are unbalanced, with bodying 
(settability) being adversely affected. The solvent itself acts as a 
conditioning agent but in the present compositions also performs a 
valuable function in compatibilizing the quat and polymer so that they 
form an emulsion (which term is intended to include dispersions, too), 
with the polymer thereof being of the right water insolubility to best 
hold to the hair. 
Accordingly, it is a broad object of the invention to provide hair rinse 
compositions which in addition to conditioning the hair to which it has 
been applied and from which it has been rinsed, improves its body and 
settability. 
A more specific object of the invention is to provide hair rinse 
compositions in oil-in-water emulsion or dispersion form comprising a hair 
conditioning and emulsifying proportion of a cationic hair conditioning 
agent, a hair setting proportion of a water insoluble hair setting acrylic 
or acrylate polymer and a solvent which is a stabilizing and 
compatibilizing proportion of the composition comprising a higher 
aliphatic alcohol and/or alcohol ethoxylates, in an aqueous medium. 
Another object of the invention is to provide hair rinse compositions which 
improve settability and conditioning in a single application. 
Another object of the invention is to provide a process for manufacture of 
the hair rinse compositions in the form of oil-in-water emulsions. 
A further specific object of the invention is to provide a simplified 
process for simultaneously conditioning hair and making it more readily 
settable. 
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
In the present invention, these purpose, as well as others which will be 
apparent, are achieved generally by providing hair rinse compositions 
which in addition to conditioning hair improves its body and settability. 
The hair rinse compositions, in oil-in-water emulsion or dispersion form, 
comprise a hair conditioning and emulsifying proportion of a cationic hair 
conditioning agent, a hair setting proportion of a water insoluble hair 
setting acrylic or acrylate polymer, and a solvent which is a stabilizing 
and compatibilizing proportion of the compositions comprising a higher 
aliphatic alcohol and/or alcohol ethoxylates, in an aqueous medium. 
The primary components of the invented rinses are a cationic hair 
conditioning agent, an acrylic or acrylate polymer and a solvent 
comprising a higher aliphatic alcohol and/or alcohol ethoxylates. The 
cationic hair conditioning agent is preferably a quaternary ammonium salt 
and possesses hair conditioning and emulsifying and/or dispersing effects. 
The quaternary ammonium salts (quats) that are preferably utilized are 
alkyl compounds, with at least one higher alkyl and at least one lower 
alkyl on the quaternary nitrogen. Some examples of preferred quats are 
cetyl (or hexadecyl) trimethyl ammonium chloride, tallowyl trimethyl 
ammonium chloride, hydrogenated tallowyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, 
lauryl (or dodecyl) ammonium chloride, stearyl (or octadecyl) trimethyl 
ammonium chloride, and corresponding bromides, when acceptable. Other 
cationic compounds, such as corresponding amine hydrochlorides, may also 
be used in the invention compositions. 
The polymer component of the invented rinse compositions are normally water 
insoluble acrylic or acrylate polymers. The presence of the quat is 
instrumental in helping to regulate polymer or complex solubility, and 
tends to insolubilize the polymeric material. Among the various types of 
acrylic or acrylate polymers that may be employed in accordance with the 
present invention are polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, corresponding 
acrylic and methacrylic polymers, acrylic/methacrylic copolymers, 
octylacrylamide/acrylate copolymers, and vinylpyrrolidone/acrylate or PVP 
acrylate copolymers, such as vinylpyrrolidone/t-butyl acrylate copolymers, 
which are only representative of this class of polymers. 
The acrylic polymers may also be partially neutralized to regulate the 
extent of water insolubility (or solubility) thereof, which can affect the 
stability of the emulsion rinse and the substantivity to the hair of the 
quat and polymer (or quat/polymer complex), as well as the nature of any 
complex formed with the quat (and the solvent). 
The solvents employed in the invention are nonaqueous C.sub.9-20 aliphatic 
alcohols and/or C.sub.9-20 alcohol ethoxylates. The presence of the 
solvent helps to solubilize the polymer in the rinse compositions and also 
serves to stabilize the emulsion or dispersion made. The alcohols are 
preferably alkanols and more preferably linear fatty alcohols. The alcohol 
ethoxylates have on average less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole. 
Preferred alcohol solvents are C.sub.9-14 alcohols, more preferably dodecyl 
alcohol, such as lauryl alcohol, and tetradecanol, but other alcohols are 
also employable. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates are C.sub.10-20 alcohol 
ethoxylates and more preferably C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates. Solvent 
mixtures comprising both alcohols and alcohol ethoxylates are also used in 
the invention. Preferred mixtures are comprised of C.sub.10-20 alcohols 
and C.sub.14-20 C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylates, and more preferably 
C.sub.14-20 alcohols and alcohol ethoxylates, in the ratio of 2:1 to 1:3. 
A preferred solvent mixture comprises tetradecanol and tetradeceth-1, 
which has an average degree of ethoxylation of one, in the ratio of 2:1. 
The C.sub.14-20 alcohols and/or C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates have 
boiling points greater than 280.degree. C., preferably between 280.degree. 
and 380.degree. C. and have solubilities in water at 25.degree. C. less 
than 0.1% and preferably less than 0.01%. The C.sub.9-13 alcohols have 
boiling points in the range of 200.degree.-300.degree. C., preferably less 
than 280.degree. C. and have solubilities in water at 25.degree. C. less 
than 0.1% and preferably, less than 0.01%. 
Effectiveness of the invented rinses are enhanced by the presence of 
nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants and propylene glycol. Various 
adjuvants including perfumes, dyes, brighteners, anti-dandruff agents, 
bactericides, fungicides, ultraviolet light absorbers, silicone agents and 
thickeners may also be included in the invented compositions. 
The proportions of the various components of the invention rinses are 0.5 
to 5% of the cationic component, preferably 1 to 4%; 0.5 to 6% of the 
acrylic or acrylate polymer, preferably 1 to 4%; and 1.5 to 10%, 
preferably 3 to 8% of the solvent component. The water content of the hair 
compositions are usually at least 80%, preferably from 80 to 97.5%. 
Ordinary adjuvants which may be present in the invention rinses replace 
part of the water content. The surface active wetting agents and propylene 
glycol, which are optional additional components of the compositions, if 
present are in the range of 0.1 to 0.75% and 1 to 5%, respectively. 
Surprisingly, the invented rinse compositions, even after rinsing of the 
hair with water after application of the composition to the hair, deposit 
on the hair enough of the quaternary ammonium salt to condition the hair 
(facilitating combing thereof) and deposit enough of the copolymer to give 
the hair body and facilitate setting thereof in a desired hairstyle. Such 
desirable results are surprising because usually conditioning agents cause 
a diminution in settability and bodying agents diminish conditioning. The 
present invention is a noteworthy advance in the hair treating art because 
it permits one-step conditioning and settability, improves (bodying) rinse 
application and obviates any separate application of a spray, mousse or 
other setting composition to the hair after a rinse treatment to improve 
hair conditioning, the components of which setting compositions (except 
those evaporated off) would otherwise remain on the hair. 
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be 
apparent when the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the 
invention are considered. 
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
In accordance with the present invention a hair rinse composition in 
oil-in-water emulsion or dispersion form, which conditions the hair and 
facilitates setting thereof, comprises a hair conditioning and emulsifying 
proportion of a cationic compound preferably a quaternary ammonium salt 
(quat) hair conditioning agent, a hair setting proportion of a water 
insoluble hair setting acrylic or acrylate polymer, and a solvent which is 
a stabilizing and compatibilizing proportion of the compositions 
comprising a higher aliphatic alcohol and/or alcohol ethoxylates, in an 
aqueous medium. Also within the invention are processes for manufacturing 
and for using the invented compositions. 
The primary components of the invented rinses are the quat, polymer and 
solvent, which will be described herein in that order. The quat may be any 
suitable quaternary ammonium salt, which possesses hair conditioning and 
emulsifying and/or dispersing effects. By hair conditioning is meant 
improving ease of wet and dry combing of the hair, especially wet combing, 
so that snarls are avoided or are comparatively easily untangled during 
combing of the hair, especially immediately after shampooing, and rinsing 
with an invented preparation. By emulsifying and/or dispersing is meant 
such action as makes the components of the rinse, especially the polymer, 
solvent and any other normally water insoluble components emulsifiable or 
dispersible so that they remain suspended in the aqueous medium, without 
objectionable setting out or separation for considerable periods of time, 
e.g., 6 months or a year at room temperature, and the products described 
are considered to be stable. 
The quaternary ammonium salts that are utilizable include those which have 
the desired hair conditioning properties and which also act as 
emulsifiers. Such emulsifying property is desirable, as in the 
preparations of the invented compositions in emulsion form, especially 
when the quantity of any other emulsifier present is inadequate for good 
emulsification. Other cationic compounds of similar properties may be 
substituted for the quats but usually the results will not be as 
satisfactory as when the described quats are employed. The quaternary 
ammonium salts that are preferably utilized are alkyl compounds, with at 
least one higher alkyl and at least one lower alkyl on the quaternary 
nitrogen. The salt-forming anion of the quat may be any such anion, 
including the various suitable halogens, sulfate and methosulfate, of 
which chloride is most preferred. A preferred quat is of the formula 
##STR1## 
wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are lower alkyl, of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 
R.sup.3 is either hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.4 is higher alkyl of 10 
to 18 carbon atoms, and X.sup.- is a salt-forming anion. 
Instead of employing such a mono-higher alkyl-containing quat one may use a 
mixture of it and a quat of the formula 
##STR2## 
wherein R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and R.sup.6 is higher alkyl 
and R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are both higher alkyls or one is higher alkyl and 
one is a lower alkyl, and X.sup.- is a salt-forming anion. 
When mixtures of the quats of the given formula are present it will be 
preferred that the proportions thereof will be 1 to 9 parts of the A 
formula and 1 to 9 parts of the B formula, more preferably 5 to 9 parts of 
A and 1 to 5 parts of B. The preferred lower alkyl groups are methyl or 
ethyl groups, most preferably methyl, and the preferred higher alkyl 
groups are of 12 to 18 carbon atoms, more preferably lauryl, stearyl, 
cetyl, "tallowyl" and "hydrogenated tallowyl". Instead of alkyl 
substituents on the quaternary nitrogen other substituents may be 
employed, including lower alkoxy alkyls, poly-lower alkoxy alkyls, aryls, 
such as phenyl, and others that are known in the art. 
The preferred anion of the quats is chlorine ion, although sometimes 
bromine ion may replace it, at least in part. Many such quats are mixtures 
and this specification and the claims should be interpreted to apply to 
such also, as well as to pure compounds, and similarly, descriptions 
herein of other components of the present compositions should be 
considered in the same manner. 
Some examples of preferred quats are cetyl (or hexadecyl) trimethyl 
ammonium chloride, tallowyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, hydrogenated 
tallowyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, lauryl (or dodecyl) ammonium 
chloride, stearyl (or octadecyl) trimethyl ammonium chloride, and 
corresponding bromides, when acceptable. In some instances ethyl, 
n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl and sec-butyl may be substituted, preferably 
only in part, for some or all of the methyl groups of the preferred quats, 
and other higher alkyls may be similarly substituted for those disclosed 
herein. In making all such substitutions and in formulating the present 
rinses, in general, care should be exercised so that the particular 
quat/polymer combination and the proportion of quat:polymer are such as to 
make an emulsion or dispersion (which can also be in gel or other suitable 
physical form), which has the desired substantivity to the hair (and is of 
desired insolubility during rinsing), and possesses the desired balance of 
conditioning and bodying properties, so that after use of the rinse the 
hair is easily combed and yet is readily settable (and holds the set). For 
simplicity's sake reference herein will be to the preferred quats and to 
emulsions but it should be understood that other cationic compounds, such 
as corresponding amine hydrochlorides, may also be used, and dispersions 
are included within the term "emulsions", as employed herein. 
The polymer component of the invented rinse compositions is one which may 
be characterized as a normally water insoluble acrylic or acrylate 
polymer. By normally water insoluble is meant that while it may be 
emulsifiable or dispersible it is insoluble in water alone. The solubility 
in water of the unneutralized polymer is desirably less than 0.1% and such 
solubilities may be diminished by the presence of quats. Such polymers 
have also been characterized as film-forming, which property is considered 
to be useful in helping treated hair develop more body and be more easily 
settable (and set retaining). 
The acrylic polymers may be partially neutralized to regulate the extent of 
water insolubility (or solubility) thereof, which can affect the stability 
of the emulsion rinse and the substantivity to the hair of the quat and 
polymer (or quat/polymer complex), as well as the nature of any complex 
formed with the quat (and the solvent). 
By regulating the solubility of the polymer or the complex, which often can 
be done by partial neutralization thereof, one is able to produce a rinse 
which includes a polymer or complex which is insoluble enough in the 
rinsing operation to hold to the hair. Another advantage of partial 
neutralization of the polymer or complex is that it improves removal 
thereof on subsequent shampooing, preventing unwanted excessive build-up 
of deposited materials on the hair, which makes conditioning and bodying 
more controllable. The presence of the quat is also instrumental in 
helping to regulate polymer or complex solubility, and tends to 
insolubilize such polymeric material. 
Among the various types of acrylic or acrylate polymers that may be 
employed in accordance with the present invention there may be 
specifically mentioned polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, corresponding 
acrylic and methacrylic polymers, acrylic/methacrylic copolymers, 
octylacrylamide/acrylate copolymers, and vinylpyrrolidone/acrylate or PVP 
acrylate copolymers, such as vinylpyrrolidone/t-butyl acrylate copolymers, 
which are only representative of this class of polymers. Such polymers are 
available commercially or on an experimental basis under various trade 
names and from various manufacturers. For example, Versatyl.RTM.42, which 
is highly preferred copolymer component of the present compositions, is an 
octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer, and is available from National Starch 
Corp., as are similar products under the trade identifications 
Dermacryl.TM.-70 and National Starch.TM.28-4979. Such 
octylacrylamide/acrylate copolymers may be made from octylacrylamide and 
one or more monomers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or simple esters 
thereof. 
In addition other highly preferred copolymer components of the present 
compositions are a group comprising terpolymers of acrylic acid, ethyl 
acrylate and N-t-butyl acrylamide. Preferred copolymers of this group are 
Ultrahold.RTM.8 and Ultrahold.RTM.Strong manufactured by BASF A.G. 
Ultrahold.RTM.8 comprises 8% acrylic acid and is used as a film former and 
fixative in hair-care preparations. Ultrahold.RTM.Strong comprises 10% 
acrylic acid and provides a stronger hold than Ultrahold.RTM.8. 
Also useful in the present compositions as polymer components thereof are 
Luviflex.TM.VBM 35 and Luviflex.TM.VBM 70, manufactured by BASF A.G., both 
of which are copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, t-butyl acrylate and 
methacrylic acid, and Luviflex.TM.VB (No. 23618/30/1), also made by BASF 
A.G., which is a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and t-butyl acrylate. 
Another copolymer of this general type is that sold under the name 
Amphomer.RTM. (octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate 
polymer), which is made by National Starch. Co. Sometimes, to decrease 
polymer solubility in water, a carboxylic acid containing polymer, such as 
Amphomer.RTM.28-4910, which is sometimes considered to be of greater 
solubility than desired, can be reacted with a higher alkyl amine, such as 
Armeen.RTM.DM12D (N,N-dimethyl dodecyl amine), preferably during 
manufacture of the rinse composition. Such action improves the bodying 
effect of the resulting rinse on the hair. 
The various acrylic or acrylate polymers or copolymers may be of a wide 
variety of molecular weights, which are considered to be within the range 
of 20,000 to 5,000,000, preferably 50,000 to 1,000,000, more preferably 
80,000 to 400,000 and most preferably 100,000 to 200,000. However, instead 
of relying on the weights of the polymers it is preferred to describe the 
useful polymeric materials which are present in the invented compositions 
in a more functional manner, as those which will yield a conditioning and 
bodying rinse for the hair when in a rinse with quat and solvent. Of the 
described polymers the Versatyl.RTM.-42, Ultrahold.RTM.8 and 
Ultrahold.RTM.Strong are the best, on that basis, but by modifying 
proportions and the types of quats and solvents employed, and sometimes 
also by changing the wetting agent accordingly, good results are 
considered to be attainable with the other mentioned polymers and various 
other acrylic or acrylate polymers, too. 
It may be noted that the polymers have been referred to as acrylic or 
acrylate polymers and such reference is deliberate because they may 
include free carboxylic acid groups or such groups may be neutralized, as 
described above. Also, such carboxylic groups may be esterified, as by 
lower alcohols, to form lower alcohol esters thereof. While polymers 
containing either free carboxylic acid moieties or neutralized acidic 
groups may be employed it has been found that often the best products, 
from the viewpoint of possessing a good balance between effective 
conditioning and bodying properties, are those which are partially 
neutralized. 
In compositions containing solvents comprising C.sub.9-20 alcohols and/or 
C.sub.9-20 alcohol ethoxylates such neutralization is normally to the 
extent of 5 to 100%. Where the solvent is a C.sub.13-20 alcohol and/or 
C.sub.13-20 alcohol ethoxylate having less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole, 
such partial neutralization is preferably 5 to 50% and more preferably 5 
to 15%. In compositions containing solvents comprising C.sub.9-20 alcohols 
such partial neutralization is normally to the extent of 30 to 90%, 
preferably 40 to 75%, more preferably 40 to 65%, and for the preferred 
octylacrylamide/acrylate copolymer, about 48% and for the preferred 
terpolymers of acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate and N-t-butyl acrylamide 40 to 
65%. 
By partial neutralization is meant that the acid number or acidity of the 
polymer is reduced by a percentage in the range of or like those given 
above, e.g., from 1 to 5 milli-equivalents per gram to 0.6 to 3 me./g. 
Reduction of acidity of the polymer tends to make it less water insoluble 
but when esters of the acrylic or methacrylic acid are the monomers of the 
polymers and are completely neutralized it is possible to have a low acid 
number (including zero) and still have water insoluble polymers. In any 
case it is desirable to carefully match or balance the polymer type and 
solubility (or insolubility) with the quat and the solvent to make the 
best conditioning and bodying rinse. 
The solvent helps to solubilize the polymer in the rinse composition and 
also serves to stabilize the emulsion or dispersion made and 
compatibilizes the quat and the polymer, which are of opposite charges 
(the quat being positively charged and the polymer being negatively 
charged, like human hair), thereby increasing both conditioning and 
bodying effects on the treated (and rinsed) hair. 
The solvents employed in the invention are nonaqueous C.sub.9-20 aliphatic 
alcohols and/or C.sub.9-20 alcohol ethoxylates. The alcohols are 
preferably alkanols and more preferably linear fatty alcohols, but some 
branching of the alkanols may be permissible. The alcohol ethoxylates have 
on average less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole. 
Preferred alcohol solvents are C.sub.9-14 alcohols, more preferably dodecyl 
alcohol, such as lauryl alcohol, and tetradecanol, but other higher 
alcohols of 9 to 20 carbon atoms are also employable. Below 9 carbon atoms 
the alcohols are ineffective, and some are of unacceptable odor for a 
cosmetic product. Even the 9- and 10- carbon alcohols emit objectionable 
odors, as does the C-11 alcohol (but to a lesser extent), possibly because 
it contains some malodorous, C.sub.10 compound. 
Preferred alcohol ethoxylate solvents are C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylates 
and more preferably C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates. Solvent mixtures 
comprising both alcohols and alcohol ethoxylates are also used in the 
invention compositions. Preferred mixtures are comprised of C.sub.10-20 
alcohols and C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylates, and more preferably 
C.sub.14-20 alcohols and C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates, in the ratio of 
2:1 to 1:3. A preferred solvent mixture comprises tetradecanol and 
tetradeceth-1, which has an average degree of ethoxylation of one, in the 
ratio of 2:1. 
All the solvents used in the compositions except C14-1EO (tetradeceth-1) 
are solids. The C14-1EO has a melting point between 20.degree.-26.degree. 
C. and is a mixture of solid and liquid phases. The solvent being in the 
solid phase makes the polymer less sticky on the hands and gives a better, 
less greasy feel to the hair. 
The C.sub.14-20 alcohols and/or C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates have 
boiling points greater than 280.degree. C., preferably between 280.degree. 
and 380.degree. C. and have solubilities in water at 25.degree. C. less 
than 0.1% and preferably less than 0.01%. The C.sub.9-13 alcohols have 
boiling points in the range of 200.degree.-300.degree. C., preferably less 
than 280.degree. C. and have solubilities in water at 25.degree. C. less 
than 0.1% and preferably less than 0.01%. The boiling point of C.sub.9 
(1-nonanol) is 213.5.degree. C.; C.sub.10 (1-decanol) is 229.degree. C.; 
and C.sub.11 (1-undecanol) is 243.degree. C. 
Preferred alcohols and alcohol ethoxylates used are from Vista Chemical 
Company, Austin, Texas. The tables below illustrate the % ethoxylation and 
% free alcohol of the alcohol ethoxylates and boiling points and 
solubility in water of some of the alcohols used as solvents in the 
compositions. 
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% ETHOXYLATION 
% FREE 
ALFONIC .RTM. 
AL- 
ETHOXYLATE 
COHOL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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12-10 (121/2EO) 
68.4 19.9 9.2 1.2 
14-9 (14-1/2EO) 
71.0 17.6 7.0 2.1 1.0 
16-8 (16-1/2EO) 
78.9 14.8 4.8 1.0 
18-7 (18-1/2EO) 
71.1 17.1 8.2 2.1 
12-19 (12-1EO) 
50.9 15.4 9.5 8.0 5.5 4.8 2.5 1.6 0.9 
14-17 (14-1EO) 
49.3 16.4 10.6 7.7 5.2 4.3 2.5 1.7 1.0 
16-15 (16-1EO) 
38.0 20.9 13.9 9.1 6.1 4.7 2.8 1.8 1.2 
18-14 (18-1EO) 
33.0 25.4 15.3 9.6 6.0 3.7 2.4 1.6 1.0 
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The above ethoxylates begin to boil at the boiling points of the 
corresponding unethoxylated alcohols. After the free alcohols boil off, 
the boiling temperatures increase. 
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BOILING SOLUBILITY IN WATER 
ALFOL .RTM. ALCOHOL 
POINT .degree.C. 
(g/ml) 
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12 254-259 0.0016 
14 298-301 NIL 
16 330-332 NIL 
18 350-354 NIL 
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The solvent appears to act like a cosolvent for the quat and polymer, 
stabilizing them and holding them both in suspension or emulsion form in 
the aqueous medium, but the solvent could also be a means for promoting 
formation of a complex of the quat and polymer, which complex is adherent 
to or sorbed by the hair and so is not completely rinsed off it with the 
rest of the rinse composition. Also the solvent could help the quat and 
polymer adhere to the hair, due to its film-forming action. Whatever the 
action of the solvent, it is an important component of the present rinses 
and increases their effectiveness markedly. 
The water employed may be any clean water but deionized water is preferred. 
Normally it will be desirable for the water to be of a hardness less than 
300 p.p.m., as CaCO.sub.3, preferably less than 150 p.p.m. and more 
preferably less than 50 p.p.m. Usually the presence of any water soluble 
solvent material in the compositions will be avoided because such tend to 
diminish deposition to the quat and polymer (and solvent) on the hair, but 
a small proportion of lower alcohol solvent may sometimes be tolerated, 
e.g., up to 5%, when it is useful to dissolve a dye or when it is present 
in a component, as supplied, and is inconvenient or difficult to remove. 
Although the four most important components of the present rinse 
compositions have been described, two other types of compounds are also 
helpful in increasing the effectiveness of the invented rinses. It has 
been found that a nonionic surfactant (which may be replaced or partially 
replaced by an anionic surfactant) which acts as a wetting agent, can also 
increase the hair conditioning effect of the present rinses without 
adversely affecting settability. It is surprising, even amazing, that such 
improved effects are obtainable with such a small proportion of surfactant 
in the invented rinses. Among the nonionic surfactants that are useful are 
various lower alkoxylated compounds, such as derivatives of ethylene 
oxide, sometimes with propylene oxide. Condensation products of ethylene 
oxide and higher fatty alcohols or of ethylene oxide and alkylphenols are 
useful wetting agents, and of these the higher fatty alcohol polyglycol 
ethers are preferred. The condensation products of higher alcohol and 
ethylene oxide will usually contain 3 to 10 ethoxy (or glycol) groups per 
mol, with the higher alcohol being of 8-14 carbon atoms. Preferably the 
alcohol will be of 9-11 carbon atoms and will be condensed with 6 or about 
6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol (C 9-11 pareth-6). 
In some instances it may be desirable to employ a mixture of nonionic and 
anionic surfactant wetting agents, in which case the proportions thereof 
will desirably be in the range of 1 to 10 parts of the nonionic surfactant 
to 3 to 1 part of the anionic surfactant, preferably about equal parts of 
each. While various anionic wetting agent surfactants may be used it is 
preferred to employ higher alcohol ethoxylate sulfates wherein the alcohol 
is of 12 to 18 carbon atoms, is condensed with 5 to 12 mols of ethylene 
oxide per mol, and the sulfate is a sodium salt. More preferably the 
anionic surfactant is a C.sub.18 alcohol ethoxylate sulfate, sodium salt, 
wherein there are 8 mols or about 8 mols of ethylene oxide per mol of 
higher alcohol (sodium octadeceth-8 sulfate). In some instances the 
proportion of anionic wetting agent may be more than that of the nonionic 
wetting agent, when a mixture is present in the invented rinses, and 
sometimes the anionic surfactant may replace the nonionic one entirely. 
However, when such greater proportions of anionic surfactant are used it 
has been noted that the settability property of the preparation is 
diminished, which is usually undesirable. 
Another component of the rinse which improves bodying of the hair and 
therefore is a desired part of the more effective formulas is propylene 
glycol. It is surprising that it has the described bodying effect in the 
present rinses because it is miscible with water, and because ethylene 
glycol and butylene glycol, homologues thereof, are ineffective. 
Various adjuvants may be included in the invented compositions for 
particular purposes, such as perfumes, dyes, brighteners, anti-dandruff 
agents, bactericides, fungicides, ultraviolet light absorbers and 
thickeners, but care will be exercised when formulating such materials 
into the rinses that they do not interfere with the desired conditioning 
and bodying of the hair. Among such adjuvants may also be included 
silicone or silicone-like hair treating agents, such as 
trimethylsilylamodimethicone, cyclomethicone, dimethylsiloxane polymers 
and stearoxytrimethyl silane, which are available from Dow-Corning Corp. 
as or in products identified as Q2-7224, 344 (and 345) fluid, 200 fluid 
and Q5-0158 wax, respectively, which can serve to improve conditioning 
without seriously adversely affecting bodying when proportions in the 
range of 0.1 to 1% are employed in applicants' rinses. When such materials 
are used care will be exercised to make sure that the amount thereof 
employed does not seriously adversely affect bodying ability of the rinse. 
While it is considered that the invention is broad enough to require only 
functional limitations, especially with respect to the proportions of the 
quat, polymer and solvent that result in a rinse which satisfactorily and 
surprisingly conditions the hair and gives it body so that it is more 
readily settable and holds the set given, normally the various components 
of these rinses will be in certain preferred ranges of proportions. Thus, 
for the quat, the invented compositions will normally contain 0.5 to 5% 
thereof, preferably 1 to 4%, more preferably 1 to 3%, and most preferably 
2 or about 2%. Such proportions, in conjunction with the desired 
proportions of polymer and solvent, result in best balancing of 
conditioning and setting actions being obtainable from the invented 
rinses. The content of acrylic or acrylate polymer in the present rinses 
will usually be in the range of 0.5 to 6%, preferably being in the range 
of 1 to 4%, more preferably 1 to 2%, and most preferably 1.5% or about 
1.5%. The solvent content is normally in the range of 1.5 to 10%, 
preferably in the range of 3 to 8%, more preferably 5 to 7% and most 
preferably is 6% or about 6%. 
In the preferred compositions containing the mentioned three important 
components and waters, which compositions may also contain propylene 
glycol and wetting agent(s), it is often most preferred to employ a 
mixture of about equal parts of lauryl trimethylammonium chloride and 
cetyl trimethylammonium chloride as the quat, with an acrylamide acrylate 
copolymer, most preferably either an octyl-acrylamide/acrylate copolymer, 
such as Versatyl.RTM.42, or a terpolymer of acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate 
and N-t-butyl acrylamide such as Ultrahold.RTM.8 or Ultrahold.RTM.Strong, 
as the polymer, and C.sub.10-14 alcohol, most preferably dodecyl (or 
lauryl) alcohol or tetradecanol, as the higher alcohol and/or a 
C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, preferably tetradeceth-1, with an average- 
degree of ethoxylation of one. The aqueous medium in which the quat, 
polymer and solvent are present in the invented rinses is mostly water and 
on a composition basis the water content is usually at least 80%. Ranges 
of water contents, from less preferred to more preferred ranges, are 80 to 
97.5%, 80 to 95% and 80 to 89.5%, with 87.8% or 89% or about such 
percentages being most preferred (not including any allowances for any 
ordinary adjuvants that may also be present, which will replace part of 
the water content. 
Two optional but very useful additional components, which are not 
considered to be ordinary adjuvants, are surface active wetting agent(s) 
and propylene glycol. The surfactant content is usually in the range of 
0.1 to 0.5%, preferably 0.1 to 0.3% and most preferably is 0.2 or about 
0.2%. When the surfactant includes anionic surfactant, as well as nonionic 
surfactant, the ratio of one to the other will preferably be in the range 
of 1:4 to 4:1, more preferably 1:2 to 2:1 and most preferably will be 1:1 
or about 1:1. The propylene glycol content will usually be in the range of 
1 to 5%, preferably 2 to 4%, more preferably 2 to 3% and most preferably 
2.5% or about 2.5%. Any adjuvants present, including any small proportion 
of solvent, e.g., ethanol, will normally be limited to no more than 5 or 
10% of the rinse and preferably will be in the range of 0.1 to 3% thereof. 
When only perfume is present as such an adjuvant the proportion thereof 
will usually be no more than 1% and often will be in the range of 0.1 to 
0.75%. 
The rinse compositions may be made by a comparatively simple procedure, 
which yields stable products which are attractively opaque in appearance 
and are effective conditioning and bodying agents. In such a procedure an 
oil-in-water emulsion is made by making separate water and oil phase 
mixtures of the rinse components, with the water and a proportion of quat 
(such as about a half) in the water phase mix and with the polymer, 
solvent and the rest of the quat in the oil phase mix. When, as is most 
desirable, surfactant(s) and propylene glycol are also present, the 
surfactant(s) will be in the water phase mix and the propylene glycol will 
be in the oil phase mix. Both mixes are then heated separately to a 
temperature in the range of 75.degree. to 90.degree. C., preferably 
80.degree. to 85.degree. C., and the oil phase mix is added slowly to the 
water phase mix, with stirring, which causes formation of the desired 
stable opaque oil-in-water emulsion, which is then cooled to room 
temperature (usually in the range of 20.degree. to 30.degree. C.). During 
cooling or afterward a solution of alkali, which may be sodium or 
potassium hydroxide or other alkaline material, may be added to the 
emulsion (or dispersion, which may be a more proper term because part of 
the "liquid phase" can be solid polymer) in relatively small proportion to 
partially neutralize the polymer. Alternatively, the polymer could be 
partially neutralized before commencement of the formulation. 
After cooling, any perfume and other adjuvants which are unstable or 
undesirably reactive and higher temperatures may be added. If other 
adjuvants are to be present they may be added to the appropriate 
hydrophilic or lipophilic mixes before heating if they are heat stable and 
do not interfere with the formation of the emulsion; otherwise, they will 
be added after making of the emulsion has been effected. The rinse 
composition resulting is of a viscosity in the range of 500 to 10,000 
centipoises, preferably 1,000 to 5,000 centipoises, more preferably 2,000 
to 3,500 cp., is of attractive opaque and "glossy" appearance, is of a pH 
in the range of 3-7, preferably 3.5 to 6, and is an effective conditioning 
and bodying rinse for human hair, as has been established in actual use 
and by laboratory tests and evaluations. 
Although it is highly preferred to make oil-in-water emulsion rinses by the 
procedure described above, it is also possible to make a water-in-oil 
emulsion and "invert" it to oil-in-water form. This can be accomplished, 
using the appropriate polymer, quat and solvent, for example, by mixing 
0.2 part of oleth-2 wetting agent with 3.55 parts of water and heating to 
85 .degree. C., dissolving the polymer in the solvent by adding 1.5 parts 
of either octylacrylamide/acrylate copolymer or a terpolymer of acrylic 
acid, ethyl acrylate and N-t-butyl acrylamide to 6 parts of solvent and 
heating to 82.degree. C., then adding 2.5 parts of propylene glycol, 1 
part of laurtrimonium chloride and 0.25 part of tricetylmonium chloride to 
the oil phase and heating again to 82 .degree. C. The water phase is then 
added to the oil phase while stirring, thus forming a water-in-oil 
emulsion, which is inverted to an oil-in-water emulsion by adding it to 85 
parts of water, also at 82.degree. C., with stirring. The resulting 
oil-in-water emulsion is cooled to 25.degree. C. and is ready for use as a 
stable conditioning and bodying hair rinse. 
In use, the rinse is applied to the hair on the head after normal 
shampooing and rinsing. The amount applied will normally be from 1 to 50 
milliliters, preferably 1 to 30 ml., depending on hair to be conditioned, 
and the rinse will be allowed to be in contact with the hair for 1/2 to 5 
minutes, preferably 1/2 to 3 minutes and more preferably for 1 minute or 
about 1 minute. It is a feature of this invention that the contact time 
with the hair need not be lengthy (which increases consumer acceptance of 
the product) and, in fact, it is possible to obtain good effects from the 
rinse by removing it by rinsing immediately after completion of 
application of it to the hair to be treated. The rinse water employed is 
desirably of a temperature in the range of 25.degree. to 50.degree. C., 
preferably 30.degree. to 45.degree. C., e.g. 49.degree. C. The result of 
the application and rinsing off of the applied rinse by the procedure 
described herein is that the treated hair is satisfactorily conditioned 
and combs easily, while at the same time it is of improved body, stiffer 
in feel, more readily settable and capable of holding a set better, 
compared to similar rinses that do not contain applicants' quat, polymer 
and solvent. Such advantages are obtained by use of this novel and 
unobvious product in a one-step rinse application, without any requirement 
for rinse conditioning of the hair with subsequent application of a 
bodying agent. 
The following examples illustrate various aspects of the invention but are 
not to be interpreted as limiting it. Unless otherwise indicated all parts 
are by weight and all temperatures are in .degree.C.

EXAMPLE 1 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimoniun chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol af 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The first three components of the above formula are mixed together and 
heated to 82.degree. C. The solvent (lauryl alcohol) and polymer are 
separately heated to 82.degree. C., at which temperature the polymer is in 
the liquid state. The remaining components are then added to the polymer 
solution and heating continued to 82.degree. C. The second mixture is then 
mixed with the first, so as to form the desired emulsion or dispersion, 
which is then cooled to room temperature, about 25.degree. C. During the 
cooling aqueous potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution is added to partially 
neutralize the carboxylic acid groups of the polymer, to the extent of 48% 
neutralization thereof. After cooling to room temperature the rinse 
resulting is of a pH of about 6 and its viscosity is about 3,500 
centipoises, as measured by a Brookfield viscometer, Model RVTD, using a 
No. 3 spindle rotating at 20 r.p.m. 
The rinse preparation resulting is an attractive opaque "shiny" or 
"glistening" liquid which is pourable from a comparatively narrow-necked 
container. When perfumed with conventional perfumes that are employed for 
such products it is clean smelling and fragrant, and it transmits that 
fragrance to the hair treated with it. When it is tested for conditioning 
action and for setting action by a panel of scientist/evaluators 
experienced in evaluating such products it is found to make the hair 
rinsed with it easy to comb and desirably settable, receiving averaged 
ratings of 3.5 for both characteristics, on scales that run from 1 to 5, 
with hard combing being 1, very easy combing being 5, not stiff (not 
settable) being 1 and very readily settable being 5. In these tests the 
tresses of human hair, which weigh 3.5 grams each, were shampooed, rinsed 
with water, treated with two ml. of the described rinse for one minute, 
rinsed with warm water (about 30.degree. C.) and dried. The tresses were 
then examined by the trained evaluators and were tested by them for 
combability and stiffness (considered to be a test of settability because 
stiffer hair takes a set better). The evaluations were averaged and 
rounded off to the nearest half unit. In actual use of the described 
composition, testing it on hair on the head during showering, shampooing 
and setting, similar good results are obtainable. In actual uses of the 
rinses each rinse composition is allowed to be in contact with the hair 
for one minute and is rinsed off with water that is tepid, at a 
temperature in the range of 30.degree. to 45.degree. C., but good effects 
are obtained with even lower contact times, too. 
When the formula is remanufactured and reevaluated the laboratory results 
and actual use results are about the same, with the conditioning being 
even better, indicating that an average value of about 4 for conditioning 
(ease of combing) might be more appropriate. When the nonionic wetting 
agent is replaced by sodium octadeth-8 sulfate there are slight changes in 
the testing results, with conditioning being increased and settability 
being decreased. Use of equal parts (0.1% each) of the anionic and 
nonionic surfactants results in lower ratings than the uses of nonionic 
surfactants alone, which (nonionic surfactant alone) is preferred. 
In a variation on the principal formula given in this example the copolymer 
is completely neutralized with KOH, instead of being partially 
neutralized. Conditioning and settability ratings resulting are 3.0 and 
2.5, respectively. 
When the principal formula is changed by replacing the C9-11 pareth-6 with 
sodium deceth-3 sulfate and not neutralizing the copolymer a combing 
rating of 2.0 and a stiffness rating of 3.5 are obtained, which become 2.5 
and 3.0, respectively, when the copolymer is neutralized to the extent of 
48%, which also indicates that neutralization diminishes settability (and 
improves conditioning). 
EXAMPLE 2 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
*** Tallow trimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
*** Tallowalkyl trimethylammonium chloride 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in the same manner as 
described in EXAMPLE 1 and is tested for conditioning and settability in 
the same way, too. By the laboratory test it is awarded ratings of 4.0 and 
4.5 for conditioning and settability, respectively, indicating that it is 
an excellent rinse for applicants' purposes. Similar results are 
obtainable when the tallow trimonium chloride is replaced by cetrimonium 
chloride. Such experimental results are confirmed by actual testing on 
human hair on the head, when the amount of rinse composition applied to 
the hair is about 1/2 ounce (about 14 grams) and it is rinsed off with 
tepid water after about a minute's contact with the hair. 
EXAMPLE 3 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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**** Oleth-2 0.2 
** Cetrimoniumn chloride 
0.1 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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**** Diethoxylated oleyl alcohol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made and tested in the same manner 
as described for the compositions of EXAMPLES 1 and 2 and is rated at 3.0 
for conditioning and 3.5 for stiffness (or settability). The formula is 
the same as that of EXAMPLE 1 except for the replacement of the C9-11 
Pareth-6 nonionic wetting agent with Oleth-2, which apparently indicates 
that the more ethoxylated lower (relatively) alcohol promotes conditioning 
more than does the less ethoxylated higher alcohol in such compositions. 
When this formula is changed by replacing 7.5 parts of water with 3 parts 
of lauryl alcohol and 4.5 parts of copolymer ratings of 3.0 and 3.0 are 
obtained, showing that increasing such proportions of the higher alcohol 
and hair stiffening copolymer do not improve conditioning and settability. 
When the given principal formula of this example is changed by eliminating 
the Oleth-2 from the formulation (replacing it with water) ratings of 3.0 
and 3.0 are obtained, indicating that settability has been determined. 
Removal of the cetrimonium chloride from the formula and replacement of it 
with 0.05 part of Dow-Corning Q2-7224 conditioning agent (35% nonionic 
emulsion of an amine-functional silicone polymer) and 0.95% of water, with 
the Q2-7224 being added in the "oil phase", results in ratings of 4.0 and 
2.5, respectively, showing that this silicone hair conditioning agent 
increases conditioning when it replaces quat conditioner but also that it 
reduces stiffness (or settability). 
EXAMPLE 4 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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**** Oleth-2 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
+++ Octylacrylamide/acrylates/ 
1.5 
butylaminoethyl methacrylate polymer 
Propylene Glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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**** Diethoxylated oleyl alcohol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
+++ Amphomer .RTM.(National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 100,00 to 
150,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made by the same procedure 
previously described in EXAMPLES 1-3 except that it is neutralized to 50% 
of the polymer capacity, after which it is tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair. It is found that the 
ratings are 4.0 and 3.0, respectively (conditioning and settability), 
indicating that the rinse composition is useful as a one-step preparation 
for conditioning and bodying the hair. 
EXAMPLE 5 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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**** Oleth-2 0.2 
Deionized water 88.5 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
++++ Copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone 
2.0 
and t-butyl acrylate 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 1.0 
.sup.o 
Stearoxytrimethylsilane (and stearyl alcohol) 
0.25 
100.00 
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**** Diethoxylated oleyl alcohol 
++++ Luviflex .TM.VB (No. 23618/30/1, manufactured by BASF A.G.) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.o DowCorning .RTM.Q50158A wax 
The above formula is of a product that is made and tested by the procedures 
described in the previous examples, and the test results are 4.0 and 3.5 
for conditioning and stiffness, respectively. 
EXAMPLE 6 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
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**** Oleth-2 0.2 
Deionized water 86.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.sup.oo 
Trimethylsilylamodimethicone (35% 
1.0 
emulsion,which includes Octoxynol-40, 
Isolaureth-6 and propylene glycol) 
.sup.ooo 
Distearyl dimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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**** Diethoxylated oleyl alcohol 
+ Versatyl .RTM. (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammomium chloride 
.sup.oo DowCorning .RTM.Q27224 conditioning agent 
.sup.ooo Distearyl dimethylammonium chloride 
The formula is made in the same manner as the previous working examples and 
is similarly tested, resulting in evaluations of 3.5 for both conditioning 
and stiffness. It is noted that in the formula a di-higher alkyl di-lower 
alkylammonium salt is present, together with a silicone conditioning 
agent, and the quat is omitted from the initial aqueous phase materials. 
EXAMPLE 7 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
.sup.oooo 
Acrylamide/acrylate copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.oooo Ultrahold .RTM.8 (BASF, A.G.) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in the same manner as the 
previous working examples, except that it is neutralized to 48% of the 
polymer capacity, after which it is tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair. It is found that the 
ratings are 4.0 and 3.5, for conditioning and stiffness, respectively. 
EXAMPLE 8 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
.sup.oooo 
Acrylamide/acrylate copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.oooo Ultrahold .RTM.8 (BASF, A.G.) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in the same manner as the 
previous working examples, except that it is neutralized to 90% of the 
polymer capacity, after which it is tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair. It is found that the 
ratings are 4.0 and 2.5, for conditioning and stiffness, respectively. 
EXAMPLE 9 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
Deionized water 88.8 
Lauryl alcohol 6.0 
.sup.oooo 
Acrylamide/acrylate copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimoniun chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
.sup.oooo Ultrahold .RTM.8 (BASF, A.G.) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in the same manner as the 
previous working examples, except that it is neutralized to 48% of the 
polymer capacity, after which it is tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair. It is found that the 
ratings are 4.0 and 3.0, for conditioning and stiffness, respectively. 
EXAMPLE 10 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.sup.o 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.sup.oo 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
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* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.o Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.sup.oo Alfonic 200 14-17 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., ethoxylated 
tetradecanol (14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The solvent used is in this example is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol 
and C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in 
the ratio of approximately 2:1. 
The rinse composition of this example is made by the following phase 
inversion technique. 
For the water phase, water is placed in a beaker with mixing and heating. 
During heating, the next components, the wetting agent and quat, are added 
one at a time while mixing until 82.degree. C. is attained. 
The other components are combined as a separate "oil" phase. This oil phase 
is begun by heating the solvent in a beaker while stirring. When the 
solvent temperature reaches 50.degree. C. the polymer is added. The 
heating is continued until 82.degree. C. is reached at which point the 
polymer is completely dispersed in the solvent. At this point the 
remaining ingredients of the oil phase are added and heating continued 
until 82.degree. C. is reached once again. 
While keeping the oil phase mixing and at 82.degree. C., the water phase is 
slowly added to the oil phase such that substantial thickening occurs. As 
the water phase continues to be added, the emulsion then begins to thin. 
At this point the desired phase inversion has occurred. Once this has 
occurred, the emulsion can be added to the remaining amount of the water 
phase and mixed at 82.degree. C. for five minutes after which the heat is 
removed. 
During the cooling, at 32.degree. C., aqueous potassium hydroxide is added 
to partially neutralize the carboxylic acid groups of the polymer to the 
desired neutralization thereof. In this example it is neutralized to 5% of 
the polymer capacity. The resulting rinse composition is of a pH of about 
3.7 and its viscosity is about 2,000 cp. 
The composition was tested by the same tests for conditioning and setting 
properties on human hair as in the previous examples. It is found that the 
ratings are 3.75 and 3.75, for conditioning and stiffness, respectively. 
Thus, the results using a mixture of alkanol and alkanol ethoxylates as 
the solvent provide the same desirable results as using the higher 
aliphatic alcohols illustrated in Examples 1 to 9. 
EXAMPLE 11 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.sup.o 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.sup.oo 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.o Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.sup.oo Alfonic .RTM.14-17 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., ethoxylated 
tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as the 
phase inversion technique in EXAMPLE 10, except that the polymer has not 
been neutralized. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol 
and C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in 
the ratio of approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same 
tests for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the 
previous examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set 
forth in Table I. 
EXAMPLE 12 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.sup.o 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.sup.oo 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.sup.o Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.sup.oo Alfonic .RTM.14-17 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., ethoxylated 
tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as the 
phase inversion technique in EXAMPLE 10, except that the it is neutralized 
to 10% of the polymer capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a 
C.sub.10-14 alkanol and C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy 
group per mole, in the ratio of approximately 2:1. The resulting rinse 
composition is of a pH of about 4.0 and its viscosity is about 2,000 to 
2,500 cp. The composition was tested by the same tests for conditioning 
and setting properties on human hair as in the previous examples. The 
ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in Table I. 
EXAMPLE 13 
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Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 14 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.tangle-solidup. 
Protachem GMS 165 1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.tangle-solidup. Protachem GMS 165 (Protameen Chemicals, Inc., glycerol 
monostearate and polyoxyethylene stearate) 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 2:1. The presence of Protachem GMS 165 acts as an 
emulsifying and thickening agent of the composition increasing the 
viscosity to over 5,000 cp. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 15 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.tangle-solidup. 
Protachem GMS 165 0.3 
Deionized water 87.2 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
.tangle-solidup..tangle-solidup. 
Acrylamide/acrylate copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.tangle-solidup. 
Protachem GMS 165 0.3 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.tangle-solidup. Protachem GMS 165 (Protameen Chemicals, Inc., glycerol 
monostearate and polyoxyethylene stearate) 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
.tangle-solidup..tangle-solidup. Ultrahold .RTM.Strong (BASF, A.G., 10% 
carboxylic acid monomer) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 16 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.cndot..cndot. 
1-Tridecanol 3.0 
.cndot..cndot..cndot..cndot. 
C-16 1EO 3.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.13 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot..cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1614 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical 
Co., ethoxylated hexadecanol (C16), with an average degree of ethoxylatio 
of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the poller 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 1:1. The resulting rinse composition is of a pH of 
about 5.5 and its viscosity is about 3,500 cp. The composition was tested 
by the same tests for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as 
in the previous examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are 
set forth in Table I. 
EXAMPLE 17 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.diamond-solid. 
C-18 1/2EO 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.diamond-solid. Alfonic .RTM.187 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated octadecanol (C18), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
1/2) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, having 1/2 
ethoxy group per mole. The composition was tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 18 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid. 
C-16 1/2EO 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid. Alfonic .RTM.168 ethoxylate (Vista Chemica 
Co., ethoxylated hexadecanol (C16), with an average degree of ethoxylatio 
of 1/2) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, having 1/2 
ethoxy group per mole. The composition was tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 19 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.cndot. 1-Tetradecanol 3.0 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid..diamond-solid. 
C-16 1EO 3.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.13 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid..diamond-solid. Alfonic .RTM.1614 ethoxylat 
(Vista Chemical Co., ethoxylated hexadecanol (C16), with an average degre 
of ethoxylation of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
.sup.++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 1:1. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 20 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 87.8 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 1.5 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
4.5 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 1:3. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 21 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.tangle-solidup. 
Protachem GMS 165 1.0 
Deionized water 85.8 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
.tangle-solidup. 
Protachem GMS 165 1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.tangle-solidup. Protachem GMS 165 (Protameen Chemicals, Inc., glycerol 
monostearate and polyethylene stearate) 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 22 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 86.55 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 3.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
3.0 
.tangle-solidup..tangle-solidup. 
Acrylamide/acrylate copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
.tangle-solidup..tangle-solidup. Ultrahold .RTM.Strong (BASF, A.G., 10% 
carboxylic acid monomer) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that the it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer 
capacity. The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and 
C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the 
ratio of approximately 1:1. The composition was tested by the same tests 
for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 23 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 88.8 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamid/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Germaben II preservative 
0.5 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
.sup.++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as the 
phase inversion technique in EXAMPLE 10. The polymer was neutralized to 5% 
capacity. The solvent used in this example is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 
alkanol and C.sub.10-14 alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per 
mole, in the ratio of approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the 
same tests for conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the 
previous examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set 
forth in Table I. 
EXAMPLE 24 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 83.3 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid. 
C-16 1/2EO 6.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
Propylene glycol 2.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Germaben II preservative 
0.5 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.diamond-solid..diamond-solid. Alfonic .RTM.168 ethoxylate (Vista Chemica 
Co., ethoxylated NAME hexadecanol (C16), with an average degree of 
ethoxylation of 1/2) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that it is neutralized to 5% of the polymer capacity. 
The solvent used is a C.sub.10-20 alcohol ethoxylate, having 1/2 ethoxy 
group per mole. The composition was tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 25 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 86.3 
Propylene Glycol 2.5 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Germaben II preservative 
0.5 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., ethoxylated tetradecano 
(C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
.sup.++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that it is neutralized to 5% of the polymer capacity. 
The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and C.sub.10-14 
alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the ratio of 
approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
EXAMPLE 26 
______________________________________ 
Component Percent (by weight) 
______________________________________ 
* C9-11 Pareth-6 0.2 
** Cetrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Deionized water 86.3 
Propylene Glycol 2.5 
.cndot. 
1-Tetradecanol 4.0 
.cndot..cndot. 
C-14 1EO (Tetradeceth-1) 
2.0 
+ Octylacrylamide/acrylates copolymer 
1.5 
++ Laurtrimonium chloride 
1.0 
Germaben II preservative 
0.5 
100.0 
______________________________________ 
* Ethoxylated C.sub.9-11 alcohol of 6 mols of ethylene oxide per mol 
** Cetyl trimethylammonium chloride 
.cndot. Alfol .RTM.14 alcohol (Vista Chemical Co.) 
.cndot..cndot. Alfonic .RTM.1417 ethoxylate (Vista Chemical Co., 
ethoxylated tetradecanol (C14), with an average degree of ethoxylation of 
one) 
+ Versatyl .RTM.42 (National Starch Corp., M.W. in range of 150,000 to 
200,000) 
++ Lauryl trimethylammonium chloride 
The rinse composition of this example is made in a similar manner as in 
EXAMPLE 1, except that it is neutralized to 48% of the polymer capacity. 
The solvent used is a mixture of a C.sub.10-14 alkanol and C.sub.10-14 
alcohol ethoxylate, having one ethoxy group per mole, in the ratio of 
approximately 2:1. The composition was tested by the same tests for 
conditioning and setting properties on human hair as in the previous 
examples. The ratings for conditioning and stiffness are set forth in 
Table I. 
TABLE I 
______________________________________ 
SUMMARY OF 
CONDITIONING AND SETTING PROPERTIES OF 
EXAMPLES 11 TO 26 
EXAMPLE COMBING STIFFNESS 
______________________________________ 
11 3.25 slight drag 
3.5 stiff 
12 3.50 easy combing 
3.25 fairly stiff 
13 4.0 easy combing 
3.5 stiff 
14 3.5 easy combing 
4.0 stiff 
15 3.5 easy combing 
3.25 rubbery stiff 
16 3.5 easy combing 
3.75 stiff 
17 3.5 easy combing 
3.5 rubbery stiff 
18 3.75 easy combing 
3.25 fairly stiff 
19 3.25 fairly easy 
3.5 rubbery stiff 
20 3.25 fairly easy 
3.75 stiff 
21 3.0 some snag 2.75 light hold 
22 3.25 fairly easy 
3.25 fairly stiff 
23 4.25 very smooth 
4.0 stiff 
24 3.25 slight drag 
3.75 stiff 
25 2.75 snags 2.25 light 
26 4.25 very smooth 
3.25-3.50 stiff 
______________________________________ 
The results in Table I summarizing the properties of Examples 11 to 26 
illustrate that compositions using solvents comprised of C.sub.10-14 
alcohols or C.sub.14-20 alcohol ethoxylates having less than 2 ethoxy 
groups per mole or mixtures of C.sub.10-14 alcohols and C.sub.14-20 
alcohol ethoxylates having less than 2 ethoxy groups per mole, in the 
ratio ranging from 2:1 to 1:3 provide desirable conditioning and setting 
properties. 
In all the compositions of the working examples, as illustrated in the 
formulas presented, the dispersion or emulsion made is a useful one-step 
rinse for imparting to the hair both conditioning and ease-of-setting 
properties. Examples 1-10, 12, 21 and 23-25 are the most stable 
composition formulations. All the rinses of the examples are in attractive 
thick lotion form, with viscosities in the range of 1,000 to 5,000 
centipoises and pH's in the range of 3-7. In all the examples the invented 
rinse composition is applied to shampooed hair but it is considered that 
the compositions are also applicable to hair that has not been shampooed 
immediately beforehand and that similar results will be obtained. 
The various advantages and unique features of the present invention have 
been mentioned previously but will be briefly summarized here, too. First 
and foremost, a one-step rinse application results in both conditioning of 
the hair and increasing the body thereof. Why such desirable results are 
obtained is not known for sure, and the observed results seem improbable 
from the art, especially in light of the negative electrical charge of the 
polymer, which would be expected to cause it to be repelled by the hair 
from relatively dilute aqueous media. On the contrary, when the present 
compositions are used the polymer deposits on the hair and stiffness it. 
Whether the quat and the polymer form a complex and, if they do, what the 
part of the solvent is in such formation has not been established for 
certain yet. Why certain solvent compositions are more effective than 
others in promoting improved conditioning (and bodying) by the invented 
compositions is not known. What is known is that when the types and 
proportions of the quat, polymer and solvent are properly balanced one is 
able to obtain conditioning and bodying from a single rinse, despite the 
fact that such properties have often been considered to be opposed to each 
other and even incompatible. 
The invention has been described with respect to illustrations and examples 
thereof but is not to be limited to those because it is considered that 
one of skill in the art will be able to utilize substitutes and 
equivalents to make such compositions without departing from the scope and 
spirit of the invention as defined in the claims appended hereto.