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US 6,444,196 B1Granted
Hair treatment composition and method
AssigneeEthnic Magic, Inc.
InventorBenjamin F. Evans
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Abstract
A method of manufacture of a water emulsion and a new use of applying the composition to hair that improves the condition of excessively curly hair that has been subjected to a straightening process, the composition including at least three emollients chosen from the group consisting of mineral oil, isopropyl myristate, propylene glycol, cetyl alcohol, and lanolin, stearic acid, and a nonionic surfactant.
Claims18
A composition comprising an emulsion of:
- (a) about 5 to about 10 percent by weight of mineral oil,
- (b) about 5 to about 10 percent by weight of isopropyl myristate,
- (c) about 1 to about 5 percent by weight of propylene glycol,
- (d) about 1 to about 4 percent by weight of stearic acid,
- (e) about 5 to about 10 percent by weight of cetyl alcohol,
- (f) about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant, and
- (g) the balance water;
- wherein applying said composition to hair improves the condition of hair that has been subjected to an alkali treatment.
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A method of treating hair that has been subjected to an alkali treatment, the method comprising:
- (A) providing a composition comprising:
- (a) about 7 to about 40 percent by weight of at least three emollients chosen from the group consisting of mineral oil, an alkyl myristate, an alkylene or polyalkylene glycol, a fatty alkyl alcohol having ten to twenty carbon atoms, and lanolin,
- (b) about one-half to about 10 percent by weight of a fatty acid,
- (c) about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant,
- (d) at least one additional ingredient chosen from the group consisting of fragrances, stabilizing agents, dyes, antimicrobal agents, antibacterial agents, antiagglomerates, and ultraviolet radiation absorbers, and
- (e) the balance water, and
- (B) applying the composition to the hair.
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A composition comprising:
- (a) about 7 to about 40 percent by weight of at least three emollients chosen from the group consisting of mineral oil, an alkyl myristate, an alkylene glycol, a fatty alkyl alcohol having ten to twenty carbon atoms, and lanolin,
- (b) about one-half to about 10 percent by weight of a fatty acid,
- (c) about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant,
- (d) at least one additional ingredient chosen from the group consisting of fragrances, stabilizing agents, dyes, antimicrobal agents, antibacterial agents, antiagglomerates, and ultraviolet radiation absorbers, and
- (e) the balance water;
- wherein applying said composition to hair improves the condition of hair that has been subjected to an alkali treatment.
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A method of conditioning hair comprising:
- (i) providing a person whose hair that has been subjected to an alkali treatment,
- (ii) providing a composition comprising:
- (a) about 7 to about 40 percent by weight of at least two emollients chosen from the group consisting of mineral oil, an alkyl myristate, an alkylene glycol, a fatty alkyl alcohol having ten to twenty carbon atoms, and lanolin,
- (b) about one-half to about 10 percent by weight of a fatty acid,
- (c) about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant,
- (d) at least one additional ingredient chosen from the group consisting of fragrances, stabilizing agents, dyes, antimicrobal agents, antibacterial agents, antiagglomerates, and ultraviolet radiation absorbers, and
- (e) the balance water,
- (iii) applying the composition to the person's hair,
- (iv) allowing the composition to remain on the hair an effective period of time, and
- (v) rinsing the composition from the hair with water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.