Shiseido Company, Limited

Sanae Kubo

Fumiaki Nakamura

Tomiyuki Nanba

Toshihiko Nakane

Emiko Kawada

A composition for treating hair comprised of a thiol compound that is a superior hair reductant and hair cosmetic, especially in terms of waving effect, odor, hair damage, texture and safety and where the thiol compound has the formula HS--(CH2)n--NH--(CH2)-m-NH2 and the n and the m are integers from 1 to 4. The composition may include the salts of the compound. The composition is useful for a method of treating hair by applying the composition to the hair; leaving the composition on the hair for a sufficient period of time, depending on the desired effect; and then removing the composition. The invention, in particular, relates to hair reductants as well as primary agents for permanent waving, pretreatment agents for hair dyeing, cosmetics for heated hair curling, cosmetics for frizzy hair and cosmetics for human hair removing.

Composition for treating human hair and method of use

A neutralizer for cold waving comprising: (i) an oxidizing agent and (ii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds having the general formula (I) to (XII), as follows. ##STR1## wherein --R.sub.1 and --R.sub.2 are independently --CH.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 Cl, --CH.sub.2 Br, --CH.sub.2 I, ##STR2## --CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.6, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.6, --CH.sub.2 COR.sub.6, --COR.sub.6, ##STR3## --R.sub.3, --R.sub.4, and --R.sub.5 are independently --H, --COR.sub.6, --COOR.sub.6, --Cl, --Br, --I, --NO.sub.2, --OCH.sub.3, --OH, and --COOH;

Neutralizer for cold waving

A waving lotion for cold waving comprising:

Waving lotion for cold waving

An aqueous waving lotion for cold waving comprising:

Growing community of inventors

Sagamihara, Japan

Sanae Kubo