Hair spray composition containing a water-dispersible silicone wax

摘要

The invention refers to a hair spray containing a low proportion of volatile compounds and having improved spraying and setting properties comprising a) about 5% to about 50% of at least one lower alcohol selected from the group of ethanol, n-propanol and (or) isopropyl alcohol; b) about 15% to about 70% by wt. water; c) about 1% to about 15% by wt. of at least one film-forming polymer; d) about 0.1% to about 3% by wt. of a water-dispersible silicone wax of the general formula I, (I) wherein n and m may be identical or different and denote an integer between 10 and 20; which is either packed e1) as an aerosol spray composition with dimethyl ether or a compressed gas selected from the group of di-nitrogen oxide, air, nitrogen and (or) carbon dioxide as propellent, or e2) as a manually operated pump spray.