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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Michael Degeorge, Middletown, NJ (US);
Jeremy Puco, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Michael DeGeorge, Middletown, NJ (US);
Jeremy Puco, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and compositions of lightening the color of hair that has been recently contacted with a relaxing or straightening composition, the method comprising combining a bleach composition comprising at least one oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, their salts and mixtures thereof, and at least one rheology-modifying agent, with a developer composition comprising hydrogen peroxide and a cosmetically acceptable carrier in order to form a lightening composition, wherein the pH of the lightening composition is from about 2 to about 7; applying the lightening composition onto the hair; leaving the lightening composition on the hair for a time period sufficient to achieve an increase of 1 to 4 in the tone height of the hair; and rinsing the hair with water.