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US 6,660,254 B1Granted
Leave-in foaming composition for conditioning, lightening and highlighting hair
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsGerald Newell, Charles Montgomery, Jr., Richard Abbott
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Abstract
There is described an aqueous, foamable composition delivered from a foaming device for conditioning, lightening and highlighting hair which comprises: (i) a conditioning agent, (ii) a peroxygen compound, (iii) an acid, and (iv) a foaming agent; said composition having a pH of 5 or less. There is also described a method for conditioning lightening and highlighting hair which comprises treating said hair with a composition of the invention.
Claims7
A foaming product for hair comprising:
- (A) an aqueous, foamable composition comprising:
- (i) from about 0.025% to about 3% by weight of the composition of a conditioning agent;
- (ii) from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of the composition of a peroxygen compound;
- (iii) from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of the composition of an acid;
- and
- (iv) from about 0.025% to about 3% by weight of the composition cationic surfactant foaming agent;
- wherein said composition has a pH of about 5 or less;
- (B) a foam dispensing device charged with the foamable composition, the device comprising a foaming chamber communicating with a homogenizing element interposed between an air-mixing chamber and a discharge orifice;
- and
- wherein the product delivers a foamed composition to areas of the hair in a pattern manipulated by a consumer to gradually lighten or highlight the hair.
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