Kao Soap Company, Ltd.

Hiroshi Ando

Takeo Okumura

There is disclosed a hair setting lotion which comprises a predetermined amount of a polymeric compound for setting the hair and a propylene oxide and ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol. The adduct is contained in an amount of 0.05-1.0 time the polymeric compound on the weight basis. In order to further improve the hair setting effect, squalane can be added in an amount of 0.05-2.0 times the polymeric compound on the weight basis.

Hair setting lotion

A preshampoo-type, hair-treating composition comprising a polymer having a cyclic cationic group, and optionally containing a peptide having a molecular weight of 300 to 10,000.

Preshampoo-type hair-treating composition

The specification describes a hair setting composition comprising as an effective component polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 6,000-30,000. It also describes a hair setting composition comprising as effective components the following ingredients: (A) polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 6,000-30,000 and (B) a divalent or trivalent metal salt of pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid and/or a polyoxyalkylene-added silicone oil. Such hair setting compositions may be formulated into an aerosol type or lotion or pump spray type and facilitates long-lasting hair styling without damaging hair.

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Funabashi, Japan

Hiroshi Ando