Vegetable sterol ester-containing composition and additive that increases the feeling effects from hair cosmetic

Abstract

A safe additive that increases the feeling effects from a hair cosmetic is provided at low costs. The additive that increases the feeling effects has less stickiness, can be easily and uniformly mixed with hair cosmetics, and can provide feelings, effects and advantages that are similar to those of sterol wax and lanolins including lanolin itself, liquid lanolin, and hard lanolin. The additive that increases the feeling effects comprises a composition (I) prepared by distillation, fatty acid esterification, decoloring, and deodorization of a by-product obtained when tocopherol is extracted, separated and purified from a vegetable oil deodorized distillate.

1 . A composition (I) prepared by distillation, fatty acid esterification, decoloring, and deodorization of a by-product obtained when tocopherol is extracted, separated and purified from a vegetable oil deordorized distillate.  
     
     
         2 . An additive that increases the feeling effects from a hair cosmetic comprising the composition (I) according to  claim 1 , and a vegetable-derived fat and oil (II).  
     
     
         3 . An additive that increases the feeling effects from a hair cosmetic according to  claim 2 , wherein the fat and oil (II) is a vegetable oil and/or a (partially) hydrogenated vegetable oil.  
     
     
         4 . An additive that increases the feeling effects from a hair cosmetic according to  claim 2 , further comprising a sucrose fatty acid ester (III) and a liquid higher fatty acid (IV).  
     
     
         5 . An additive that increases the feeling effects from a hair cosmetic according to  claim 3 , further comprising a sucrose fatty acid ester (III) and a liquid higher fatty acid (IV).