Abstract: A single formula, mild permanent wave reducing composition and method of permanently waving or reshaping human hair that provides a strong, long lasting curl and leaves the hair soft while minimizing further damage to already damaged hair. The composition contains a cysteamine reducing agent compound selected from the group consisting of cysteamine, a cysteamine salt, and mixtures thereof; and a second reducing agent selected from the group consisting of a monothioglycolate; an alkanolamine salt of thioglycolic acid; a thiolactic acid; a thioglycolic acid; thioglycerin; salts of thiolactic acid; cysteine; a salt of cysteine; a sulfite; a hyposulfite; and a bisulfite. The cysteamine compound should be present in an amount of about 7.8% to about 9% by weight; and sufficient additional alkali, if necessary, to bring the pH of the composition to about 7.8 to about 8.8.

Abstract: A single formula, mild permanent wave reducing composition and method of permanently waving or reshaping human hair that provides a strong, long lasting curl and leaves the hair soft while minimizing further damage to already damaged hair. The composition contains a cysteamine reducing agent compound selected from the group consisting of cysteamine, a cysteamine salt, and mixtures thereof; preferably alone (without a monothioglycolate; a monothioglycolic acid ester, e.g., thioglycerol; a thiolactic acid; a sulfite; a hyposulfite, or a bisulfite second reducing agent). The cysteamine compound should be present in an amount of about 7.8% to about 9.0% by weight; and sufficient additional alkali, if necessary, to bring the pH of the composition to about 7.8 to about 8.5. Optionally, a hair softening and/or moisturizing agent, such as glycerine is included in the composition in an amount of about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of the composition.

Abstract: A mild, alkaline permanent wave reducing composition and method of permanently waving or reshaping human hair that provides a strong, long lasting curl like an alkaline permanent wave composition but leaves the hair soft like an acid permanent wave composition and leaves essentially no post-perm odor. The composition contains about 2.0% to about 6.5% by weight of a cysteine reducing agent compound selected from the group consisting of cysteine, a cysteine salt, and mixtures thereof; about 4.5% to about 8.0% of a thioglycolate; and sufficient additional alkali, if necessary, to bring the pH of the composition within the rang of about 7.5 to about 9.5.

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.

Abstract: A non-aerosol hair spray composition which provides superior hair styling properties while maintaining good hold or style retention contains about 5 to 10 percent of a lower alkyl ester of an alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid copolymer, from 10 to 15 percent water, about 73 to 85 percent lower aliphatic alcohol, and up to about 2% of adjuvants.

Abstract: An aerosol dispensing device having a valve system enabling the container to be used in any orientation.

Abstract: An aerosol dispensing device for a three phase system which dispenses the product in a uniform fine mist at a high spray rate. The aerosol package has a porous plastic diptube with graduated porosity along its length, the porosity increasing towards the lower end of the tube.

Abstract: A dispenser comprising valve means and tubular diptube means is disclosed wherein the diptube has an open end, is in fluid communication with the valve means and is formed of a lipophilic material having multidirectional pores randomly distributed throughout its mass.

Abstract: An aerosol dispensing device for a three phase system which dispenses the product in a uniform fine mist at a high spray rate. The aerosol device generally comprises an aqueous liquid phase, a non-aqueous liquified propellant forming a liquid phase and a vapor phase of the propellant, and diptube which is impervious to the aqueous phase, and the vapor phase, but passes the non-aqueous liquid phase. The aqueous phase passes through the lower end of the diptube.

Abstract: A hydroalcoholic, pressurized hair spray composition containing an anticorrosive agent for reducing corrosion in tinplate aerosol cans. Such compositions contain a hydrocarbon, water, a film-forming polymeric material, an organic base neutralizer, ethanol or isopropanol and as an anticorrosion agent, a phosphate salt of a quaternary ammonium compound.

Abstract: A pressurized hair spray composition having reduced flammability, a superior hair holding resin and containing 20 to 35 percent aliphatic hydrocarbon and 2 to 30 percent water.

Abstract: A pressurized hair spray composition having reduced flammability, having from 20 to 35 percent aliphatic hydrocarbons and 2 to 12 percent water.