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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jitendra Patel, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
Gerald Patrick Newell, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Margie Fowler, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/13 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/13 ;
Abstract
A method for permanently dyeing hair is provided which includes subjecting the hair to a number of treatments, having a set time interval between each two consecutive such treatments, and wherein each treatment comprises contacting the hair for a period from about 5 seconds to about 3 minutes with a recently made mixture of an alkaline and an acidic composition, followed by a rinsing step. A shampoo or conditioner base is present in the alkaline and acidic compositions.