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Merck Patent Gmbh

Uwe Lenz

Dieter Schonert

Anette Schmidt-Hoerr

Sabine Schoen

Wolfgang R Balzer

Manfred Schmitt

Christoph Schmidt

Carsten Plueg

Henk Niessink

A pigment mixture comprising at least two or three interference pigments of different interference colours selected from the colours red, green and blue, suitable for use in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses and in the preparation of pigment preparations, dry preparations and in particular cosmetic formulations.

Pigment mixture

The method for simultaneously dyeing and permanent shaping of hair includes winding hair strands onto curlers; mixing a dye component (B) containing 1 to 10 percent by weight of one or more dye compound and an amount of a keratin-reducing substance with a shaping component (A) containing from 6 to 15% by weight of the keratin-reducing substance in a weight ratio of from about 1:1 to 1:10 to form a dyeing and shaping composition, which necessarily contains from 5 to 18% by weight of the keratin-reducing substance; then allowing the hair with the dyeing and shaping composition to act on the hair for an acting time sufficient for permanent shaping; after that, allowing a fixing composition to act on the hair for 1 to 40 minutes and then subsequently rinsing the hair. The dye component (B) contains 4,5-diaminopyrazole derivatives and certain aminophenol derivatives.

Method for simultaneously dyeing and permanent shaping of hair

The method for simultaneously dyeing and permanent shaping of hair includes dividing the hair into strands an winding the strands onto curlers: mixing a hair shaping component (A) containing from 6 to 15 percent by weight of a keratin-reducing substance with a dye component (B) to form a dyeing and shaping composition prior to application on the hair; treating the hair with the dyeing and shaping composition and then allowing it to act on the hair for an acting time sufficient for the permanent shaping; after that, treating the hair with a fixing composition; allowing the fixing composition to act on the hair from 1 to 40 minutes and then subsequently rinsing the hair. The dye component (B) contains at least one oxidative coupler compound and at least one oxidative dyestuff selected from a group consisting of certain 4,5-diamino-pyrazole derivatives and certain aminophenol derivatives.

The composition for dyeing keratin fibers is mixed with water prior to use and contains from 35 to 75 percent by weight of at least one powdery vegetable dye material; from 25 to 65 percent by weight of at least one oil; and from 0.001 to 15 percent by weight of a physiologically unobjectionable nitro dye compound, azo dye compound, quinone dye compound and/or a triphenylmethane dye compound. A method of dyeing hair using this composition is also described.

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Zwingenberg, Germany

Uwe Lenz