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US 7,731,944 B2Granted
Hair cosmetic compositions
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsSachiko Tajima, Fumio Shibue, Kenichi Kaneko
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Abstract
A hair cosmetic formulation, comprises (A) a fragrance ingredient comprising cis-3-hexenol; and (B) monoethanolamine.
Claims9
A method, which comprises:
- improving the odor of a monoethanolamine containing hair cosmetic formulation by combining in the formulation (i) an amount of fragrance ingredient (A) ranging from 0.1 to 1.0% by wt. that contains from 1 to 50 wt. % of cis-3-hexenol and (ii) an amount of 0.1 to 10.0% by wt. monoethanolamine, the formulation having a pH ranging from 8 to 12 and the interaction of monoethanolamine and cis-3-hexenol producing a distinct odor that is different from the individual odors of monoethanolamine and cis-3-hexenol.
A method of treating the hair, which comprises:
- applying an oxidation hair coloring or hair bleaching formulation to the hair, wherein the applied formulation comprises (A) from 0.1 to 1.0% by wt. a fragrance ingredient that contains from 1 to 50% by wt. cis-3-hexenol, and (B) from 0.1 to 10.0% by wt. monoethanolamine, the formulation having a pH ranging from 8 to 12 and the interaction of monoethanolamine and cis-3-hexenol producing a distinct odor that is different from the individual odors of monoethanolamine and cis-3-hexenol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.