Tartaric Acid Cosmetic Composition for Hair Texture and Regulatory Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cosmetic compositions supplemented with nucleic acid or citric acid often fail to adequately improve hair texture due to cost and stability issues, and those containing nucleic acid may not be approved for use in foreign countries like the United States.
Innovation Solution
A novel cosmetic composition formulated with tartaric acid, glycine, sodium citrate, alanine, disodium succinate, and sodium sulfate, without nucleic acid, optimized for high improving effects on hair texture and compliance with foreign country regulations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If nucleic acid is added to cosmetic composition to improve hair texture, then hair texture improvement effect is enhanced, but the composition may not be approved for use in foreign countries like the United States
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes nucleic acid from the cosmetic composition while retaining other beneficial components like citric acid, amino acids, and plant extracts. This extraction allows the composition to maintain hair texture improvement effects through alternative mechanisms while ensuring compliance with foreign regulations that prohibit or restrict nucleic acid in cosmetics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the compositional parameters by replacing nucleic acid with a combination of citric acid (0.01-10% by mass), amino acids (0.01-5% by mass), and plant extracts (0.01-5% by mass). This parameter change maintains the functional benefits for hair texture while achieving regulatory compliance in international markets.
2Reliability
If the amount of nucleic acid or citric acid is increased to improve hair texture, then the improving effect is enhanced, but cost and formulation stability problems occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a composite formulation combining multiple ingredients at optimized concentrations: citric acid (0.01-10% by mass), amino acids (0.01-5% by mass), plant extracts (0.01-5% by mass), and other cosmetic components. This composite approach achieves synergistic effects that improve hair texture while maintaining formulation stability and controlling costs, avoiding the need to excessively increase single ingredient amounts.
3Reliability
If the amount of nucleic acid or citric acid is increased to improve hair texture, then the improving effect is enhanced, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration parameters of key ingredients to achieve cost-effective formulation. Citric acid is used at 0.01-10% by mass, amino acids at 0.01-5% by mass, and plant extracts at 0.01-5% by mass. These parameter ranges provide sufficient hair texture improvement effects while controlling material costs, avoiding excessive ingredient loading.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite material strategy combining multiple ingredients with complementary functions at moderate concentrations. This approach distributes the cost across several affordable components rather than relying on large amounts of expensive single ingredients, achieving cost-effective hair texture improvement.
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AI summary
A cosmetic composition comprises tartaric acid, glycine, Na citrate, alanine, 2Na succinate, and Na sulfate, wherein an amount of the tartaric acid is 57.07% by mass based on the total mass of the composition, an amount of the glycine is 13.42% by mass based on the total mass of the composition, an amount of the Na citrate is 10.41% by mass based on the total mass of the composition, an amount of the alanine is 7.61% by mass based on the total mass of the composition, an amount of the 2Na succinate is 7.48% by mass based on the total mass of the composition, and an amount of the Na sulfate is 4.01% by mass based on the total mass of the composition.