Touch-up kit
OwnerBarry R. Critesinventor
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Abstract
A kit comprised of a series of strips of impervious, thin plastic material interleaved with strips of the same size and shape made of tissue paper, a container of protein gel conditioner, and an optional perm board. The interleaved strips are assembled into a pack. The traditional tissue end papers used when perming hair has been replaced in the present invention with "end papers" made of a thin plastic film. The plastic end papers are used to cover hair that has been previously permed. In doing so, only the "new growth", i.e., the hair growth which is virgin hair, gets permed without reperming and damaging previously permed hair. The previously permed hair which is placed under the plastic wrap is coated with a liquid protein to further ensure protection against the perming solution.
Claims8
A touch-up kit for use in protecting permanently waved hair during touch-up and root permanent waving processes, comprising:
- a covered box with a plurality of compartments;
- a plurality of strips of impervious, thin plastic material contained within at least one of said compartments;
- a plurality of paper strips interleaved with said plastic strips and having of the same size and shape as said plastic strips;
- a conditioner applicator container contained within another of said compartments;
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- a protein gel conditioner contained within said conditioner container.
A method for protecting permanently waved hair during touch-up and root permanent waving processes from damage caused by permanent wave or hair straightening solutions, utilizing a touch-up kit containing a plurality of strips of impervious, thin plastic film with tissue paper strips interleaved between said plastic strips and having of the same size and shape as said plastic strips, said plastic strips having a lower portion and an upper portion separated by a phantom line, an applicator containing a protein gel conditioner, and a perm board, comprising the steps of:
- separating said waved hair into a tress;
- placing the previously waved portion of the tress onto the upper portion of one of said plastic strips;
- applying said protein gel to the portion of the tress on the upper portion of said plastic strip;
- folding the plastic strip at said phantom line so that the plastic strip lower portion covers the coated portion of the tress;
- rolling the entire tress in a croquignole winding to the scalp;
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- repeating the above steps over the entire head or for selected sections of the hair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.