Method for levelling hair colour

• US 8,388,699 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kao Germany GmbH (KAO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kao Germany GmbH (KAO Corporation)
• Inventors: Wood, Jonathan, Uellner, Martin, Grit, Mustafa
• Primary Examiner(s): ELHILO, EISA B
• Application Number:
  US13/384,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20120132226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 840/5, 843/1, 424/70.16, 132/202, 132/208
• US Class Current: 8/405
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/4322 in preparations for temporarily coloring the hair further containing an oxidizing agent
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/882 Mixing prior to application
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/046 Aerosols; Foams
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/065 Preparations for temporary colouring the hair, e.g. direct dyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/08 Preparations for bleaching the hair

Abstract

A method levels hair color, especially lighter colored hair or including lightened streaks or bleached streaks or bleached as a whole and after certain period of time contrast—difference in color—between the re-growth and formerly lightened parts is clearly visible. The method comprises at least two parts wherein one part being the part not closer to scalp which is artificially color changed to a lighter color by means of lightening and/or coloring and/or bleaching than the other part closer to scalp which is preferably undamaged and has its natural color, wherein hair is optionally shampooed and optionally towel dried and the part directly at the scalp, preferably undamaged and preferably has its natural color, is applied a composition resulting from mixing two compositions, A and B, prior to application.

Claims

1. A method of levelling colour of hair comprising at least two parts wherein one part being the part not closer to scalp which is artificially colour changed to a lighter colour by means of lightening and/or colouring and/or bleaching than the other part closer to scalp which is undamaged and has its natural colour, wherein hair is optionally shampooed and optionally towel dried and the part directly at the scalp is applied a composition resulting from mixing two compositions, A and B, prior to application, compositions A is aqueous composition and comprises at least one oxidizing agent and has an acidic pH, and composition B is an aqueous alkaline composition and has a pH between 8 and 12, wherein compositions A and/or B comprise at least one surfactant selected from non-ionic, anionic, amphoteric, cationic or cationizable ones, from a non-aerosol foamer vessel in the form of a foam and processed for up to 10 min, at a temperature between 20 and 45°

C., and rinsed off from hair and hair is optionally dried.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition B comprises as an alkalizing agent ammonia and/or carbonate salts and/or bicarbonate salts and/or substituted amine compound according to general structure

R₁R₂R₃N

wherein R₁, R₂ and R₃ are same or different H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₁-C₆ monohydroxyalkyl or C₂-C₆ polyhydroxyalkyl with the condition that at least one of R₁, R₂ and R₃ is a mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, at a concentration between 1 and 20% by weight calculated to total of Composition B.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition A and/or B comprises at least one non-ionic surfactant, at least one anionic surfactant of alkyl ether sulphate type and at least one amphoteric surfactants.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition A and/or B comprises at least one fatty acid soap.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein surfactants are comprised in compositions A and/or B at a concentration of 0.5 and 15% by weight calculated to total of composition A or B.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition A and/or B comprises at least one fatty alcohol.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein compositions A and/or B comprises at least one cationic polymer.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein compositions A and/or B comprises at least one amphoteric polymer.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition B comprises at least one inorganic salt at a concentration between 2 and 5% by weight calculated to total of composition B.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition B comprises at least one oxidative dye precursor, optionally at least one coupling substance and optionally at least one direct dye.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein compositions A and B are mixed at a weight ratio of 5:

1 to 1;

5 and the mixture has a pH between 5 and 12.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein compositions A and/or B comprises at least one compound selected from diamide compounds, ceramides, sterols, ubichinones, yoghurt powder, dipeptide and synthetic mica coated with metal oxide or oxides.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition B comprises organic solvent and/or UV filter.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein composition A comprises hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent at a concentration between 0.5 and 12% by weight calculated to total of composition A.