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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for straightening hair, wherein the method of straightening hair comprises the step of: (1) applying to the hair a hair treatment composition comprising: i) gluconolactone, in which the level of gluconolactone is from 1.5 to 5 wt % of the total hair treatment composition; and ii) citric acid, in which the level of citric acid is from 1 to 5 wt % of the total hair treatment composition; and (2) applying heat to the hair at a temperature of greater than 120° C. for at least 10 seconds after the hair treatment composition is applied to the hair, wherein the hair treatment composition is applied to dry hair.