The development of hair styling products with new “ Aspartate polymer (Poly amino acid derivative) ”

  • Yonetani, Akio (Product Development Dept, Health & Beauty Business HQ, SUNST AR INC) ;
  • Hono, Masaya (Product Development Dept, Health & Beauty Business HQ, SUNST AR IN) ;
  • Miyata, Minori (Product Development Dept, Health & Beauty Business HQ, SUNST AR IN) ;
  • Katoh, Toshio (Organic Synthesis Group, Catalysis Science Laboratory, R&D Center, MITSUI CHEMICALS IN) ;
  • Nagatomo, Akinori (Fine Chemicals Group, Process Technology Laboratory, R&D Center, MITSUI CHEMICALS INC)
  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

There have been many kinds of hair styling sprays with various setting effects. Consumers have used strong setting effect hair sprays to get a long lasting hold. In recent years, however, more and more consumers have come to prefer a "soft & natural" touch feeling, keeping the same long lasting hold. Nonetheless, the existing approaches to this feature could not respond to the consumers′ needs, since products lose the hold strength if the soft feeling is pursued, and vice versa. We have researched and developed a new products to attain a compatible feature with both long lasting hold and natural feeling. Then, we have developed a new multifunctional hair styling material "Poly Amino Acid Derivative (PAAD)." We have focused on the PAAD′s feature that highly diffuses onto a hair and makes thin and even layer on a hair, and have made trials and errors to improve holding strength. "P AAD" excellently makes hair memorize its curl shape which is as the same effect as existing ordinary acrylic resin. Further more, it leaves a soft and natural touch feeling on the hair. We have accomplished a new Poly Amino Acid Derivative with ambivalent features, "soft & natural finish" and "long lasting hold ", and now we report about it.

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