Process for Curling Eyelashes Using a Composition Comprising Cysteine and an Organic Base

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for coating keratin fibres, in particular eyelashes, and more particularly for curling said keratin fibres, comprising the application to said keratin fibres of a composition comprising, in particular in a physiologically acceptable medium: a) at least 40.0% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the composition; and b) at least 1% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition of cysteine and/or a salt thereof; and c) at least one organic base; said composition having a pH of greater than 3.0; said process not comprising an oxidation step using an oxidizing agent other than air. The present invention also relates to a composition as defined previously, in which the organic base is monoethanolamine.

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