Shiseido Company, Limited

Stephanie Wong

Thomas M Schultz

Jitendra Patel

Teresa Ferullo

By intermixing a gelling agent, water, a mercaptan-based reducing agent, and a certified dye designated as an F,D&C dye and/or a D&C dye, a highly effective, easily employed permanent dye/gel composition is obtained which imparts a desired color into both natural and synthetic fibers. In the preferred embodiment, the mercaptan-based reducing agent is added to the composition immediately prior to applying the permanent dye/gel composition to the fibers. By merely rubbing, or embrocating the permanent dye/gel composition into the natural or synthetic fibers, the desired color is permanently embedded into the fibers in a long-lasting durable manner. In view of the constituents employed in this permanent dye/gel composition, use as a permanent hair dye is highly effective.

Non-oxidative permanent dye formulation for hair and synthetic fibers

By incorporating an alkyl polyol and a water soluble or emulsifiable silicone based compound into a moderately viscous gel-type hair conditioning composition, a hair conditioning gel formulation is attained which is able to be delivered in a spray mist pattern using conventional small diametered pump spray nozzles. Preferably, the alkyl polyol has a carbon content ranging between 2 and 8, and the hydroxyl ion content ranges between 2 and 7 and are not spaced apart by more than 4 carbon atoms. It has been found that by employing this invention, the resulting gel formulation is able to be dispensed consistently, repeatedly and easily in a liquified spray mist through a pump nozzle having apertures ranging between about 0.010 and 0.030 mm.

Dispensing system for sprayable gel-type hair conditioner

By combining a fluoroscein-based dye with a mercaptan based permanent waving composition and maintaining the pH of the resulting composition between about 2.5 and 4.5, a composition is achieved which simultaneously colors and permanently waves the hair. In addition, even if no coloring or dying of the hair is desired, the use of a colorless or complimentary fluoroscein-based dye with the mercaptan based permanent waving composition achieves a composition which imparts a substantially improved curl configuration to the hair as well as substantially longer lasting curls. Preferably, the mercaptan based permanent waving composition employed comprises an ester of either thioglycolic acid, thiolactic acid, or the amide of 2-aminoethanethiol.

Product for improved permanent waving of hair and simultaneously

By combining a fluoroscein-based dye with a mercaptan based permanent waving composition and maintaining the pH of the resulting composition between about 2.5 and 4.5, a composition is achieved which simultaneously colors and permanently waves the hair. In addition, even if no coloring or dyeing of the hair is desired, the use of a colorless or complimentary fluoroscein-based dye with the mercaptan based permanent waving composition achieves a composition which imparts a substantially improved curl configuration to the hair as well as substantially longer lasting curls. Preferably, the mercaptan based permanent waving composition employed comprises an ester of either thioglycolic acid, thiolactic acid, or the amide of 2-aminoethanethiol.

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Bridgeport, CT, United States of America

Stephanie Wong