Wella Aktiengesellschaft

The Procter Gamble Company

Wella Gmbh

Axel Kalbfleisch

Michael Franzke

Susanne Birkel

Thomas Krause

Harald Wendel

Bernd Stein

Juergen Allwohn

Birgit Schreiber

Werner Brocks

Thomas Schulz

Bryan Patrick Murphy

Timothy Roy Nijakowski

Jose Antonio Carballada

Sabine Baecker

Thomas Karlen

Daniel Chambettaz

Michael Lede

Gerhard Sendelbach

Sarah Maillefer

Andre Rehmann

Matthias Pfaffernoschke

Angelika Beyer

Alexis M J A Huyghues-Despointes

Chantal Borcard

Alexis MJA Huyghues-Despointes

A method of preventing color loss from dyed hair comprising the application of a hair care composition comprising from about 0.1% to about 20% of a sulfoalkyl(meth)acrylate compound, an alkylacetamido(meth)acrylate, or a mixture thereof, and a dermatologically acceptable carrier wherein the sulfoalkyl(meth)acrylate compound and the alkylacetamido(meth)acrylate undergo polymerization inside the hair fibers.

Method and composition for maintaining hair dye color

A method of setting up, caring for and later removing a temporary rasta hairstyle is described. This method includes one or more of the following steps: applying a roughness-increasing substance to the hair to roughen the hair, applying an adherence-increasing substance to the hair to increase adherence of hairs to each other, and subsequently setting up the temporary rasta hairstyle by intertwining hair strandwise. The cleaning of the temporary rasta hairstyle occurs preferably using a concave sponge, without disturbing the temporary rasta hairstyle. To again remove the temporary rasta hairstyle a composition that increases the combability is applied to the hair and the rasta strands are opened and unwound or untwisted. Multi-component kits and compositions for performing the method are also described.

Method of setting up, caring for and later removing a temporary rasta hairstyle

A cosmetic preparation in gel form is described which contains undissolved, water-swollen polymer particles and at the interface with gaseous substances forms reversibly a grainy, uneven, light-scattering surface and at the interface with solids forms reversibly a smooth, level, non-light-scattering surface. Preferred gel formers are superabsorbing polymers. A preferred use is the hair-end protection in permanent wave treatment.

Cosmetic preparation in gel form

The object of the invention is a hair-treatment agent in the form of a two-phase gel, containing comminuted particles of a firm and shape-retaining gel based on a carrageenan-containing aqueous base in a fluid polyol matrix. The gel is a clear product with properties of a hair wax or hair cream and it can be dispensed, sprayed or foamed from a suitable container by means of a propellant.

Two-phase hair gel

The wax composition for styling human hair provides hold, strength and rigidity, includes at least one wax and/or waxy material, and has a density of less than or equal to 0.9 g/ml, after being foamed in a fluid or softened state with a gas, preferably air or a non-reactive gas, such as nitrogen, so that it includes a bubble and/or pore structure. In the method for styling human hair this wax composition is applied to the hair and the hair is shaped with the wax composition applied to it.

Hair wax product with reduced density

Cosmetic agent in the form of a gel

A hair wax product is made by a process, in which a solid wax composition is heated to melt or soften it and then foamed with a gas in a mixer that applies shear energy to it. The gas is preferably air or a non-reactive gas, such as nitrogen. The gas is introduced to the liquified or softened solid wax composition in a sufficient amount so that the density of the resulting hair wax product is less than or equal to 0.9 g/ml, preferably 0.6 to 0.8 g/ml. The hair wax product contains bubbles and/or pores having a size of from 0.0001 to 5 mm and has melting and softening properties such that rubbing it by hand is sufficient to remove a waxy portion from it and work the waxy portion into hair.

A hair treatment product and method for imparting volume to a hairdo or for strengthening the hair shafts of the hairdo is provided. The hair treatment product is a pressure-resistant aerosol container containing a composition, which forms fast-breaking foam on a section of the hairdo including the hair shafts by means of a spraying head having a comparatively narrow spraying angle. The composition in the aerosol container includes at least 60 percent by weight of water; from 1 to 30 percent by weight of C - to C -monovalent alcohol as a foam-breaking agent; from 0.01 to 5 percent by weight of a foam-forming surfactant; from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of at least one hair-fixing polymer; and an aerosol propellant.

Volume-imparting hair treatment product for strengthening the hair shaft

The hair treatment composition has the Theological properties of an oil but contains non-hydrophobic ingredients. It includes at least one fatty acid glyceride polyalkylene glycol ether or at least one fatty acid partial glyceride polyalkylene glycol ether with at least 30 alkylene glycol units respectively; at least one surfactant different from the at least one fatty acid glyceride polyalkylene glycol ether and the at least one fatty acid partial glyceride polyalkylene glycol ether with at least 30 alkylene glycol units and at least one thickener. The hair treatment composition is dfree of ingredients that cause foaming of the composition prior to or during application to hair. It provides hair to which it is applied with improved hair shaping, long-lasting luster and soft feel. It behaves like an oil, without having an oil in the classical sense as its principal ingredient.

Hair styling oil

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Darmstadt, Germany

Axel Kalbfleisch