Volumizing Shampoo with Waxy Materials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hair care products often deposit oily conditioning materials, leading to flat and weighed-down hair, making it difficult to achieve the desirable fullness and volume, especially in non-clean hair.
Innovation Solution
A volumizing shampoo composition containing 0.5% to 20% surfactants and 0.1% to 1% of waxy materials like C 24 -C 26 alkyl dimethicone, candelilla wax, and bees wax, with minimal hair treatment materials that form an oily coating, along with conventional hair care ingredients, to provide volume, body, and stylability without leaving a greasy residue.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hair treatment materials such as silicones and long chain quaternary ammonium compounds are used to provide conditioning benefits, then hair smoothness and manageability are improved, but hair volume and fullness deteriorate due to oily coating deposition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes harmful oily coating materials (silicones, long chain quaternary ammonium compounds) from the hair care composition. By formulating a shampoo that is substantially free of these materials, the invention eliminates the source of the problem while maintaining cleansing functionality, thus preventing volume loss without relying on harmful conditioning agents.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the chemical composition parameters of the hair care product by selecting alternative surfactant systems and conditioning agents that do not form oily coatings. The patent specifies particular surfactant combinations and excludes certain ingredient classes, thereby altering the fundamental parameters of the formulation to achieve both manageability and volume.
2Ease of operation
If high levels of waxy materials are used in hair waxes and pomades to provide shape and styling, then styling capability is improved, but the composition becomes suitable only for dry hair application and may weigh hair down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a multi-functional composition that serves as both a shampoo (for cleansing) and a styling product (for volume and shape). By incorporating low levels of specific waxy materials into a shampoo base, the invention achieves universal functionality - it can be applied to various hair conditions including oily and dirty hair, providing both cleaning and styling benefits in one product.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a composite formulation combining surfactants, waxy materials, and other hair care ingredients in specific proportions. This composite approach allows the product to exhibit multiple properties: cleansing from surfactants, light conditioning from limited waxy materials, and volumizing effects, all while maintaining adaptability to different hair states.
3Ease of operation
If conventional hair care products deposit conditioning materials on hair, then hair feels softer and more conditioned, but hair appears flat and lacks volume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the potential harm of conditioning material deposition into a benefit by using minimal amounts of specifically selected waxy materials that provide light conditioning without the harmful oily coating effect. These materials condition the hair sufficiently for manageability while their limited quantity and specific selection prevent the weighing-down effect, thus turning a potential problem into a solution.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively enhances hair volume, body, and stylability by leaving a light, smooth film that holds hair up, facilitating styling while avoiding the oily coating issues of traditional products.
Implementation Method 1
a waxy material having a melting point of from 55°C to 75°C
Data Source
AI summary
Volumizing compositions, including shampoos, which provide volume, body, fullness, movement and/or stylability benefits to the hair are disclosed. The compositions contain a waxy material selected from natural waxes of animal or plant origin, alkyl-modified dimethicones, copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone and long chain alpha-olefins, synthetic wax/highly branched polyalpha olefin polymers and mixtures thereof. The compositions are substantially free of materials which form an oily coating on the hair, such as dimethicone gums, oils, triglycerides, petrolatums, unsaturated fatty acids, oils, Ci8-C28 mono- long chain alkyl quaternary ammonium materials, and combinations of those materials. Shampoo compositions and the method of providing volume to the hair, utilizing the defined waxy materials, are also disclosed.