Hair setting composition and method
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsAnn F. Bresak, Eva Tolgyesi
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Abstract
This invention deals with compositions for and a method of imparting temporary set to human hair involving the application of an aqueous composition containing a dialdehyde polysaccharide and a hydroxyaromatic compound in which two hydroxyl groups are meta to each other. After application of the composition, the tress is wrapped and heated using a conventional heated rod or brush type curling iron, heated roller, or salon or handheld hot air blower hair dryer to cause the polysaccharide and hydroxyaromatic compound to react with one another.
Claims5
A composition for setting hair comprising an aqueous dispersion containing a hydrated dialdehyde polysaccharide having a molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 50,000 and a hydroxyaromatic compound selected from the group consisting of reactive derivatives of benzene or naphthalene having hydroxy groups which are meta(1,3) to each other, the ratio by weight of said dialdehyde polysaccharide and said hydroxyaromatic compound being from about 1:0.75 to about 1:2.0, the quantity of said aldehyde polysaccharide and said hydroxyaromatic compound being about 2 to about 8% by weight of the total composition.
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