Abstract: An aerosol hair spray composition which provides both significantly increased holding power and decreased drying time contains about 3.5% to about 5% of a lower alkyl ester of an alkyl vinyl ether maleic-acid copolymer, from 50% to 80% of a lower aliphatic alcohol, from 0.53% to about 0.72% of a neutralizing agent, from 25% to about 35% of a propellant and the aerosol spray is maintained at 30 to 50 lbs./sq. inch and delivered at a rate of 0.4 to 0.8 grams/sec. at 70.degree. F.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 1990
Date of Patent:
March 10, 1992
Assignee:
Playtex Beauty Care, Inc.
Inventors:
Alice B. Benson, Joseph C. Hourihan, Uma Tripathi
Abstract: A hair-waving product comprises a polyurethane film containing a hair-waving composition which is released from the polyurethane film when the film is contacted with wet hair. The invention also relates to a process of hair waving comprising rolling the polyurethane film into wet hair and allowing sufficient hair-waving treatment time to release the hair-waving composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 20, 1989
Date of Patent:
March 19, 1991
Assignee:
Playtex Beauty Care, Inc.
Inventors:
Arun Nandagiri, Joseph C. Hourihan, Kathy Pilko, Alice B. Benson