Avon Products, Inc.

Andrew J Cunningham

Richard Tokosh

Fred M Tuffile

There is provided a bar soap having an improved resistance to cracking after exposure to repeated cycles of moistening and drying. The bar soap, which contain greater than 3 wt % glycerin, is prepared from an initial blend of about 60 wt % to about 85 wt % tallow, about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % coconut oil and about 15 wt % to about 35 wt % fatty acid. The present invention also relates to the process of transforming the initial blend into a bar soap having an improved resistance to wet cracking.

Soap bar having a resistance to cracking and the method of making the

A process for permanently dyeing keratinous fibers with halotriazinyl reactive dyes wherein good leveling and uptake is attained. More particularly, a process for dyeing human hair comprising subjecting the fibers to sequential treatment of first applying to the fibers a halotriazinyl reactive dye at a pH of from about 4 to 6.5 and then allowing the dye to bond with the fibers at a pH of about 8 to 8.5.

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Park Ridge, NJ, United States of America

Andrew J Cunningham