Permanent Waving Or Straightening Patents (Class 424/70.2)
  • Publication number: 20090194124
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ready-to-use cosmetic compositions for permanently shaping keratin fibers comprising, as a permanent hair-shaping active agent, an imine not belonging to the hydroxide family. The disclosure also provides kits comprising compartments to be placed in contact to form the ready-to-use compositions, and processes using these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Damien Lavergne, Michel Philippe
  • Publication number: 20090194122
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ready-to-use composition for permanently shaping keratin fibers comprising, as permanent shaping agent, at least one tetramethylguanidine, a kit comprising compartments comprising the contents of the ready-to-use composition, and also to a process for using this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Damien Lavergne
  • Publication number: 20090194123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ready-to-use cosmetic composition for relaxing keratin fibers comprising, as relaxing agent, at least one secondary or tertiary amine. Further disclosed herein are a kit comprising at least two compartments to be placed in contact to form the ready-to-use composition, and a process using this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Damien Lavergne, Xavier Radisson
  • Publication number: 20090194121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ready-to-use cosmetic composition for permanently shaping keratin fibers comprising, as the active permanent shaping agent, at least one amine chosen from secondary and tertiary amines. The present disclosure is also directed to a kit comprising the ready-to-use composition, and also to a process using this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Damien Lavergne, Xavier Radisson
  • Publication number: 20090185993
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for colouring and permanent shaping keratin fibres especially human hair in a single process. The novel process for colouring and permanently shaping keratin fibres especially human hair according to the present invention includes the following steps: a—an aqueous colouring composition based on at least one hair direct dye and not comprising any oxidative dye precursors and/or couplers is applied onto hair and rinsed off from hair with water after processing 1 to 45 min at a temperature of 20 to 45° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Nocker, Jonathan Wood, Kornelia Weissbach, Horst Kubatz
  • Publication number: 20090175804
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cationic terpolymers, methods to make them, and the use of compositions containing said terpolymers in personal care compositions. The polymers are useful in personal care applications. The cationic terpolymers of this present invention provide the extra conditioning benefits required in a personal care product. These cationic terpolymers also contribute useful conditioning properties to hair-care and skin-care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: John Jennings, Xian-Zhi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090165812
    Abstract: The present invention includes a hair straightening formulation consisting of a hair fixative that will straighten the hair for at least 2-3 months after one application despite frequent washings of the hair as well as methods for obtaining said formulation. The formulation comprises as active ingredients one or more keratin hydrolysates and an aldehyde. Hair straightening system comprising shampoo and one or more conditioners are also provided. The invention is further directed to a method for straightening hair using said formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Lionel Resnick, Irwin Grams, Angela Goodfellow, David Allice
  • Patent number: 7550136
    Abstract: The invention provides new methods to treat hair to achieve a permanent wave, curl, or straightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: John C. Warner, Amy S. Cannon, Jennifer Raudys, Arundhati Undurti
  • Patent number: 7550137
    Abstract: An improved process and composition for straightening or waving hair is achieved combining ammonium bisulfite and ethanolamine sulfite in a single mixture which is maintained at a pH of between about 6.5 and 8.0. By employing the present invention, long lasting, waved or straightened hair is attained. Furthermore, using the hair waving/straightening composition and method of the present invention, the desired waving and/or straightening of hair fiber is achieved in a single step, without the need for a separate application of an oxidizing or neutralizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Zotos International, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Savaide, Rushi Tasker, Wesley A. Evans
  • Publication number: 20090155198
    Abstract: A process for treating hair fibers comprising: applying to the hair fibers at least one cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one polysiloxane/polyurea block copolymer; and subsequently or simultaneously heating the hair fibers at a temperature ranging from 50 to 280° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Gabin VIC, Gaelle BRUN, Luc GOURLAOUEN
  • Publication number: 20090142288
    Abstract: A hair straightening composition comprising at least one hydroxide ion generator and a disaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Karen Maria Devine, Richard Skinner, Cheryl Anne Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090139537
    Abstract: The disclosure provides ready-to-use cosmetic compositions for relaxing keratin fibers in a cosmetically acceptable medium free of polyhydroxylated alkane, containing, as a relaxing agent, an imine not belonging to the hydroxide family. The disclosure also provides kits containing compartments to be placed in contact to form the ready-to-use compositions, and processes using these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard MALLE, Damien Lavergne, Michel Philippe
  • Patent number: 7510705
    Abstract: A process for permanently reshaping keratin fibers, comprising the application to the keratin fibers, before reducing and/or after the fixing, of a pre-treatment and/or post-treatment cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one aminosilicone, as defined herein, in non-microemulsified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: L'Oreal, S.A.
    Inventors: Priscille Devin-Baudoin, Anne Sabbagh
  • Publication number: 20090074692
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: (i) at least one cationic polymer which are produced by polymerization of a mixture of monomers comprising: a) at least one vinyl monomer substituted with at least one amino group, b) at least one hydrophobic nonionic vinyl monomer, c) at least one associative vinyl monomer, and e) at least one hydroxylated nonionic vinyl monomer, and (ii) at least one anionic associative polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Olga BIGANSKA, Pascale Lazzeri-Vigouroux
  • Publication number: 20090074689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, a volatile silicone fatty phase comprising at least one non-cyclic volatile silicone oil, wherein the volatile silicone fatty phase has an evaporation profile such that the mass of the at least one volatile silicone oil evaporated after 30 minutes is from 2 mg/cm2 to 9 mg/cm2. The invention also relates to making up and caring for human keratin materials using the inventive compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Frederic AUGUSTE
  • Publication number: 20090074690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium (i) at least one cationic polymer, produced by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising: a) at least one vinyl monomer substituted with at least one amino group, b) at least one hydrophobic nonionic vinyl monomer, chosen from formulae (I) and (II): CH2?C(X)Z,??(I) CH2?CH—OC(O)R;??(II) wherein: X is chosen from a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; Z is chosen from the groups —C(O)OR1, —C(O)NH2, —C(O)NHR1, —C(O)N(R1)2, —C6H5, —C6H4R1, —C6H4OR1, —C6H4Cl, —CN, —NHC(O)CH3, —NHC(O)H, N-(2-pyrrolidonyl), N-caprolactamyl, —C(O)NHC(CH3)3, —C(O)NHCH2CH2—NH—CH2CH2-urea, —Si(R)3, —C(O)O(CH2)xSi(R)3, —C(O)NH(CH2)xSi(R)3, and —(CH2)xSi(R)3; x is an integer ranging from 1 to 6; each R is independently chosen from aC1-C30 alkyl group; each R1 is independently chosen from aC1-C30 alkyl group, a C2-C30 hydroxyalkyl group, and a C1-C30 haloalkyl group, and c) at least one associative vinyl monome
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Olga BIGANSKA, Pascale Lazzeri-Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 7504093
    Abstract: A hair treatment composition comprises particles having a first non-aqueous phase and, retained within said first non-aqueous phase, a second hydrophilic phase which is an aqueous solution, dispersion, emulsion or a solid or liquid having a log P value less than 1, said second phase comprising a hair benefit agent, wherein said first non-aqueous phase has a melting point of from 30° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gillian Bracken, Julie Hutchison Cooper, Paul John Cunningham, Paul Howard Neill, Robert George Riley, Sigrun Tollerton
  • Publication number: 20090047230
    Abstract: Personal care products exhibiting superior conditioning and/or color fastness can be obtained by use of mixtures of certain phosphate esters and polyquats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Croda, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Caballero, Abel G. Pereira, Charles Moses, Robert Comber
  • Publication number: 20090041701
    Abstract: A method for relaxing hair comprising the following steps: i) applying to the hair for a sufficient period of time to lanthionize the hair a relaxer composition; ii) terminating the lanthionization process; iii) applying to the lanthionized hair a post-lanthionization composition comprising a triglyceride having alkyl groups with 4 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Cheryl Anne Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090041700
    Abstract: Summary The present invention concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair used both for the permanent waving of human hair with an excellent waving effect as well as for the straightening of curled hair comprising at least one arylated silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Molenda, Martin Hoffmann, Mustafa Grit
  • Patent number: 7488470
    Abstract: A two-stage treatment process suitable for the permanent deformation and/or shaping of keratinous substances and, in particular, the hair includes the application of a reducing composition containing, in addition to a reducing agent, an organic absorbing agent followed, after an optional rinsing, by the application of a neutralizing composition and by the rinsing of the keratinous substances thus treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Ly-Lan Nguyen, Anne Sabbagh, Priscilla Devin-Baudoin
  • Publication number: 20090004130
    Abstract: The present innovation concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair comprising at least one reducing agent at a concentration of above 2% by weight an aminated silicone compound at a concentration in the range of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight calculated to total composition and a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and quaternized vinylimidazole at a concentration in the range of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight calculated to total composition and process for permanent shaping human hair with the said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: KPSS-KAO PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: JONATHAN WOOD, BRITTA PUNSCH, JORG SCHNEIDER, KORNELIA WEISSBACH
  • Publication number: 20090004129
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair comprising a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and quaternized vinylimidazole at a concentration in the range of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight calculated to total composition and process for permanent shaping human hair with the said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbH
    Inventors: JONATHAN WOOD, BRITTA PUNSCH, JORG SCHNEIDER, KORNELIA WEISSBACH
  • Publication number: 20080311050
    Abstract: A method for achieving a retrievable hair restyling is described. Here a composition is applied to the hair, said composition containing at least one first active ingredient or active ingredient complex which can provide a shape memory effect by itself or in combination with other substances after being applied to the hair and after the performance of the treatment of the hair according to the invention. The composition additionally contains at least one second active ingredient, namely a hydrophobic substance with a water solubility of ?5 percent by weight at 20° C. The hair is arranged into a given (permanent) shape and said permanent shape is then fixed by inducing a chemical or physical modification of the applied active ingredients, wherein after a wanted or unwanted deformation of the shape memory, the original shape memory can be restored by means of a physical stimulation. In addition to the permanent hairstyle, a second (temporary) shape can be impressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: MNEMOSCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Lendlein, Tareq Ali Abdulla Hasson, Karl Kratz, Leonid Kuper, Thomas Krause, Axel Kalbfleisch, Anja Duchscherer, Angelika Beyer
  • Publication number: 20080286218
    Abstract: The invention concerns cosmetic compositions comprising: A) at least one conditioning agent selected among synthetic oils, mineral oils, vegetable oils, fluorinated and perfluorinated oils, natural or synthetic waxes, silicones, cationic polymers whereof the cationic filler density is less than 5 meq/g, cationic proteins, cationic protein hydrolysates, ceramide type compounds, cationic surfactants, fatty amines, fatty acids and their derivatives, as well as mixtures of those various compounds, and B) at least one ethylene copolymer comprising, in weight percentage based on the total weight of the polymer: a) 10-60 wt. % of one or more monomers of formula (I) as defined below; b) 40-90 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Franck Giroud, Laurence Paul
  • Publication number: 20080279802
    Abstract: A process for improving the color stability of colored fibers containing keratin, in particular human hair, during the permanent shaping of fibers containing keratin, compositions suitable for this purpose comprising at least one silk protein hydrolyzate derivatized with at least one fatty acid and at least one keratin-reducing compound, and also a process for the permanent shaping of colored fibers containing keratin using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Burkhard MULLER, Meike LUDWIG, Thorsten KNAPPE
  • Publication number: 20080274070
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for permanently reshaping the keratin fibers, for example permanently reshaping the hair, comprising: setting the keratin fibers under tension, then applying a reducing composition onto the keratin fibers so as to reduce the keratin disulfide bonds, said reducing composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable medium from 0.1 to 3% by weight of at least one reducing agent, as relative to the total weight of the reducing composition, then, after an optional rinsing operation, drying the keratin fibers, then oxidation fixing, so as to reform said bonds, by applying an oxidizing composition onto the keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Catherine Campain, Katia Dutheil-Gouret, Gaelle Petit, Francoise Gevaudan
  • Publication number: 20080274069
    Abstract: Copolymers prepared by a process comprising free-radical polymerizing: (a) more than 15 to 40% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; (b) 30 to less than 85% by weight of ethyl methacrylate; and (c) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one additional free-radically polymerizable monomer other than the at least one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and ethyl methacrylate; wherein the total amount of (a), (b) and (c) equals 100% by weight; with the proviso that where the process comprises a solution polymerization, (a) consists of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and (c) is an ester of (meth)acrylic acid and an aliphatic C8-C18-alcohol, then the ester of (meth)acrylic acid and an aliphatic C8-C18-alcohol is not present in an amount of 5 to 40% by weight; and with the proviso that where (c) is selected from the group consisting of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylcaprolactam and mixtures thereof; then the N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylcaprolactam or mixture thereof is present in
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gabi Winter, Matthias Laubender, Claudia Wood
  • Publication number: 20080267897
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cosmetic compositions comprising: at least one carboxylic anionic surfactant, and at least one vinylformamide/vinylformamine copolymer comprising from 10 to 90 mol % of units of formula A: and from 90 to 10 mol % of units of formula B: and processes for use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Franck Giroud, Laurence Paul, Henri Samain
  • Publication number: 20080260666
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cosmetic compositions comprising: at least one non-ionic surfactant chosen from alkylpolyglycosides and mono- and polyglycerolated surfactants, and at least one vinylformamide/vinylamine copolymer comprising: from 10 to 90 mol % of units of following formula A: and from 90 to 10 mol % of units of following formula B: and a method for treating keratinous substances using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Franck Giroud, Laurence Paul, Henri Samain
  • Publication number: 20080219942
    Abstract: An improved hair treatment composition that strengthens cellulosic fiber found in the composition of hair, that eliminates the degradation of hair, and that provides for skin protection from the adverse reaction of caustic alkaline preparations found in professional hair products that are used in the bleaching and strengthening hair. The composition of the present invention may also be safely used by non professional hair stylist without deteriorating the texture and quality of the end user's hair, without permanent or temporary hair loss, and without injury to the scalp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Warren Chambers
  • Publication number: 20080175800
    Abstract: The use is described of a compound of the formula (I) or (ent-I) or a blend consisting of two, three or more compounds of the formula (I) or (ent-I) (a) as a cooling substance for non-therapeutic purposes or (b) for the production of a medicament, wherein in each of the formulae (I) and (ent-I) R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 mutually independently in each case mean hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SYMRISE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Schoening, Bernd Wiedwald
  • Patent number: 7402181
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pre-treatment composition comprising at least one organopolysiloxane especially polysilicone-9 and to a process for application of the said composition, which has an acidic pH and is applied to hair, especially damaged hair, prior to hair colouration in order to improve the color intensity and at the same time to achieve durable hair color. pH of the pre-treatment compositions is from 2 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: KPSS - KAO Professional Salon Services GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Noecker, Fariba Ghiasi
  • Publication number: 20080152605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel cosmetic compositions comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium: from 0.1% to 2% by weight of at least one starch, and from 0.1% to 1% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one diester of a carboxylic acid comprising 8 to 30 carbon atoms and of polyethylene glycol. The cosmetic compositions provides a fondant texture, and these compositions rinse out easily. Hair treated with this composition has a soft feel, free of residue. These compositions are may be used for washing and/or conditioning keratin materials such as the hair or the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Veronique Mahe, Jean-Michel Sturla
  • Publication number: 20080131469
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous composition that can alleviate at least one of the problems that conventional aqueous compositions for cosmetics have (e.g., insufficient temporal stability, insufficient viscosity increase, being incapable of being used in a variety of pH ranges and being incapable of providing sufficient thixotropy). The aqueous composition for cosmetics includes: (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of a cross-linked product of a hydroxyalkyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 5, a cross-linked product of a hydroxyalkyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 5 and an acyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 18 and a cross-linked product of an acyl modified starch with a carbon number of 2 to 18; and (B) a water-soluble polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: National Starch and Chemical Inverstment Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20080087293
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hair treatment application system (10) and methods to use the same. The hair treatment application system (10) comprises the combination of at least one absorbent substrate (30) having specific median pore radius of from about 300 microns to about 3,000 microns and of one or more hair treatment composition (15), each having a viscosity of from about 3,00 cPs to about 150,000 cPs. The hair treatment application system (10) according to the invention allows for easy, non-messy and precise application of hair treatment compositions (15) in particular of highlighting compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Glenn, Paul James Smith
  • Patent number: 7335236
    Abstract: The invention herein encompasses the use of aminosilicones to enhance the colour perception of artificially coloured hair. Also encompassed are compositions, a method of use, a kit-of-parts and an article of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Graham Neil McKelvey
  • Patent number: 7332155
    Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-containing cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, a silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, a fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser, Christoph Kayser
  • Patent number: 7306790
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a hair-treatment agent in the form of a two-phase gel, containing comminuted particles of a firm and shape-retaining gel based on a carrageenan-containing aqueous base in a fluid polyol matrix. The gel is a clear product with properties of a hair wax or hair cream and it can be dispensed, sprayed or foamed from a suitable container by means of a propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Axel Kalbfleisch, Thomas Krause, Gerhard Sendelbach, Angelika Beyer, Sabine Baecker, Matthias Pfaffernoschke
  • Publication number: 20070280896
    Abstract: A process for straightening or relaxing hair involving the steps of: (a) providing a hair straightening/relaxing composition containing: (i) from about 0.1 to about 50% by weight of at least one weak non-hydroxide base; and(ii) remainder, to 100%, a cosmetically acceptable medium, all weights based on the weight of the hair straightening/relaxing composition; (b) contacting the hair with the hair straightening/relaxing composition to form treated hair; (c) optionally, rinsing the hair straightening/relaxing composition from the treated hair; (d) optionally, contacting the treated hair with a non-volatile oil; and (e) smoothing the treated hair using a combination of heat and means for physically smoothing hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Nghi Van Nguyen, David W. Cannell, Cynthia Chong Espino, Sawa Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7297328
    Abstract: The invention provides a surfactant-free cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, one or more silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, one or more fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser
  • Patent number: 7279154
    Abstract: The invention relates to uses of comb polymers of acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological applications as thickeners, dispersing agents, suspending agents, emulsifiers, stabilizers, solubilizers, conditioning agents, consistency-giving agents, lubricants, bonding agents and/or conditioners. The comb polymers of the present invention comprise at least one copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser, Manfred Schade
  • Patent number: 7244421
    Abstract: The invention relates to cosmetic and dermatological hair treatment compositions comprising at least one copolymer. The copolymer is obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, and B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, one or more silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, one or more fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) optionally, the copolymerization taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Matthlas Löffler, Roman Morschhäuser, Jan Glauder
  • Patent number: 7226585
    Abstract: The present invention includes a hair clarifying composition for removing residue from hair. The composition includes an acid component and an amphoteric surfactant. The present invention further includes a method for using the hair clarifying composition to remove residue from the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Kenra, LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Browning
  • Patent number: 7211268
    Abstract: A process for preparing compounds from the polysaccharide betainate family, novel compounds so obtained, and their use in cosmetics or in dermatology, as well as the compositions, such as cosmetic or dermatological compositions, comprising said novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Dubief, Marguerite Rinaudo, Rachel Auzely-Velty
  • Patent number: 7204855
    Abstract: Compositions comprising (a) at least one cationic homopolymer comprising repeating units of formula (I); (b) at least one fatty alcohol; (c) at least one alkoxylated fatty alcohol; (d) at least one fatty amide; and (e) at least one oxidizing agent, and methods using the same to provide physical stability to an oxidizing composition, and in treatment compositions for keratinous fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Ascione, Michael De George
  • Patent number: 7195755
    Abstract: Compositions, optionally heat-activated, methods and kits for lanthionizing keratinous fibers to achieve relaxation of said keratinous fibers comprising applying to keratinous fibers a composition comprising at least one hydroxide compound and at least one reducing agent chosen from thiols, sulfites, and derivatives thereof, and heating the keratinous fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Nghi Van Nguyen, David W. Cannell
  • Patent number: 7189267
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a hair pre-treatment anti-penetration composition comprising an efficient amount of at least one oxyethylenated copolymer. The invention also relates to a method for limiting the penetration into the skin and/or the keratin fibres of at least one dye, contained in a hair dyeing composition, involving the pre-treatment application on the hair of such an anti-penetration composition, before the hair dye process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Frank Dreher
  • Patent number: 7186275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hair care compositions comprising an oxidizing agent and chelants having log ? ? K CuL log ? ? K CaL ratio calculated at pH 10 of at least 3.20 wherein log KCuL is the common logarithm of the Conditional Stability Constant of said chelant with Cu2+ and log KCaL is the common logarithm of the Conditional Stability Constant of said chelant with Ca2+. Suitable chelants are diamine-N,N?-dipolyacids or monoamine monoamide-N,N?-dipolyacids. The compositions according to the present invention contribute to reducing the oxidative damage sustained by a keratinous fiber such as hair during bleaching, dyeing, perming or other oxidative treatments. Especially preferred diamine dipolyacid is ethylenediamine-N,N?-disuccinic acid (EDDS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Henry Drummond Boswell, Jennifer Mary Marsh, John Scott Park, Michael Andrew Olshavsky
  • Patent number: 7179300
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic composition which is intended, in particular, for bleaching human keratin fibers, particularly hair, which have been dyed with oxidation dyes and/or direct dyes. The inventive composition comprises sulphunic acid derivatives having general formula (I) in a cosmetically-acceptable medium, at a pH of between 1.5 and 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Frédéric Legrand, Alain Lagrange