The Procter Gamble Company

Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.

David Michael Stentz

Jose Antonio Carballada

Dennis Eugene Kuhlman

Shinji Nishimura

Kazunori Nakasai

Daniel Scott Cobb

Michael Albert Snyder

Vincent J Kwasniewski

Raymond E Bolish, Jr

A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (); each having heating block (), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (); at least one holding part () containing liquid container (), liquid holder () that brings the liquid in liquid container () in contact with heating block () as the liquid in liquid container () is transferred to heating block (), and steam path () that sprays from holding surface () the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container () is heated by the contact surface with heating block () of liquid holder (). Hair is held between the holding surfaces () of the pair of holding parts (), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (), the hairstyle is set. In this hair iron (), the liquid container () is set on the side of the heating block () opposite to the holding surface (), and at the same time, the liquid holder () is set between the heating block () and the liquid container ().

Hair iron

A hair styling device for smoothing and straightening hair strands on a scalp region, comprising, in combination: two hingedly attached, movably opposed arms each of said arms comprising a hair strand gripping means; heating means incorporated into the gripping means for providing heat to the hair strands; a reservoir in fluid communication with a means of delivery of the gripping means which delivers a nonvolatile styling active delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns. A method for straightening hair strands on a scalp region wherein hair to be straightened is passed under tension between a gripping means, wherein the gripping means provides a heating means, and a styling active comprising nonvolatile compounds, wherein the styling active is delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns.

Device for achieving smooth and straight hair

Hair care compositions which give both improved style retention and hair conditioning properties. The compositions comprise from about 0.01% to about 10% of a rigid silicone polymer and a volatile carrier.

Hair care compositions containing a rigid silicone polymer

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

David Michael Stentz