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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7833519 | Method of pre-treatment for hair colourants and bleaches The present invention is a method of pre-treating keratinous fibers prior to the application of a hair colorant or bleaching composition comprising the steps of applying a pre-treatment composition to the keratinous fibers said composition comprising at least one co... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7763241 | Hair dyeing composition and method Hair coloring compositions and methods of coloring hair with such compositions for providing a temporary color to the hair are disclosed, which compositions comprise an inorganic colored pigment preferably selected from the group consisting of iron oxides, ultramari... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7736633 | Method for enhancing effects of colorants and conditioners Methods are provided for enhancing the longevity of the binding of various benefit agents to hair and skin. Applications of traditional and non-traditional colorants and conditioners to hair and skin are amended with compositions of hair or skin-binding peptides res... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7544353 | Peptide-based conditioners and colorants for hair, skin, and nails Peptides have been identified that bind with high affinity to hair, skin, and nails. Peptide-based hair conditioners, hair colorants, skin conditioners, skin colorants, and nail colorants are described. The peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants consist ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7452528 | Peptide-based carbon nanotube hair colorants and their use in hair colorant and cosmetic compositions Peptide-based carbon nanotube hair colorants are described. The hair colorants are prepared by coupling hair-binding peptides to the surface of chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes. Hair colorant and cosmetic compositions comprising the peptide-based carbon na... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7431919 | Mascara composition Mascara compositions containing a keratin conditioning agent, alone or in combination with an emollient/moisturizing agent, provide increased resistance of eyelash hair fibers to breaking. Low viscosity mascara composition of the invention containing low concentrati... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419656 | Hair dye compositions Provided are a hair dye composition comprising a diamide compound (1) and a dye; and a hair bleach composition comprising the diamide compound (1) and an oxidizing agent. wherein, R1: a C1-12 hydrocarb... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413579 | Method for dyeing fibers containing keratin A method for dyeing keratin-containing fibers, in particular, human hair comprising the steps of: (A) contacting the hair with a dyeing composition, comprising color-imparting components for a contact time Z1; (B) rinsing the hair a to remove the dying compos... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7341604 | Highly affine cosmetic agent The cosmetic composition for cosmetically treating parts of the body comprising keratin-containing material includes one or more conventional cosmetic auxiliary ingredients and a cosmetically active compound, which is prepared by covalently bonding peptide linker mo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338665 | Methods compositions and devices utilizing stinging cells/capsules for delivering a therapeutic or a cosmetic agent into a tissue A delivery device including at least one stinging capsule and methods of use are described. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7285264 | Peptide-based body surface coloring reagents Peptides have been identified that bind with high affinity to body surfaces, such as, hair, skin, nails, teeth, gums, and oral cavity surfaces. Diblock and triblock peptide-based body surface coloring reagents formed by coupling a body surface binding peptide to a p... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7241871 | Method and process for the production of collagen preparations from invertebrate marine animals and compositions thereof The present invention relates to a process for the production of marine invertebrate type V telopeptide containing collagen preparations from marine invertebrates, compositions containing preparations, and methods of using these preparations. The collagen preparatio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220405 | Peptide-based conditioners and colorants for hair, skin, and nails Peptides have been identified that bind with high affinity to hair, skin, and nails. Peptide-based hair conditioners, hair colorants, skin conditioners, skin colorants, and nail colorants are described. The peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants consist ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211245 | Stretch-mascara The invention relates to a novel cosmetic product with special flexibility and stretching characteristics, so-called “stretch-mascara”. The mascara has an oil phase and an aqueous phase, said oil phase containing 2 to 10 wt. % of an unbranched polyethylene wax w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211268 | Preparation of polysaccharide betainate type compounds, compounds obtained, their use and compositions comprising them 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. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211243 | Terminal aminofunctional polysiloxane hair conditioning compositions and their use in hair coloring compositions The present invention relates to a hair care composition comprising a terminal aminofunctional polysiloxane, which provides improved durable conditioning particularly when utilised in conjunction with a hair colouring composition. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204855 | Compositions comprising a cationic homopolymer and their use for stabilization of an oxidizing solution 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... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202202 | Consumable detergent composition for use in a lipophilic fluid The present invention relates to a surfactant system and a consumable detergent composition comprising the same. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189267 | Oxyethylenated based hair pre-treatment anti-penetration composition and method using such a composition for limiting the penetration of dyes into the skin 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... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186274 | Method for treating human keratin fibers with organomodified metallic particles The present invention relates to the use of organomodified metallic nanoparticles preferably bearing at their surface a self-assembled monolayer of organosulphur compounds. A preferred use is in suspension form for dyeing and/or treating human keratin fibers. The in... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7166276 | Silicone elastomer emulsion cosmetic composition comprising colorant inclusive internal phase The present invention relates to silicone elastomer emulsion cosmetic compositions that comprise an internal phase the further includes a colorant. These compositions are intended to deliver such colorant ingredients to the skin of the user in such a manner as to pr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150868 | Composition for blending to hair treating agent and hair treating agent The present invention provides compositions blended in hair treating agents which can prepare a hair conditioner, a coloring agent, a waving agent, a finishing agent, a feeling improving agent, a perfume dispersing agent, a refreshner or a thickning agent easily and... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135168 | Hair color compositions and methods for coloring hair A hair color composition comprising, in a polar solvent, association structures having contained therein at least one water soluble or water dispersible dye that is operable to impart color to the hair when contacted therewith and a method for coloring hair. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135167 | Oxidizing composition for treating keratin fibers, comprising a particular aminosilicone The disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition for treating keratin fibres, such as hair, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: (i) at least one oxidizing agent; and (ii) at least one aminosilicone. The disclosure further relates to the compositi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118735 | Cosmetic composition Disclosed herein is a composition, for example, a cosmetic care and/or makeup composition for a keratin material, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, i) at least one polyester resulting from esterification of at least one Guerbet capped polyester ii) at... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7070770 | Compositions for the permanent deformation of the hair comprising at least one formamidinesulphinic acid derivative The invention relates to a reducing composition for the permanent deformation of the hair comprising an N-substituted formamidinesulphinic acid derivative as reducing agent and to a process for the permanent deformation of the hair employing this reducing compositio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060113 | Hair coloring composition and method A hair coloring composition suitable for capillary flow and application by means of a wick applicator communicating to a reservoir of coloring solution. The composition contains one or more hair substantive direct dyes, a polymeric ruboff shield, and a controlled vi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055528 | Applicator A dye applicator including a head with a cavity (reservoir) and a plurality of bristles in the form of pins each covered with a sponge sleeve extending into the cavity and moistened with a catalyzed dye in the cavity by capillary action. A handle is connected to the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033581 | Method of treating hair with heat and a cap which provides a signal regarding treatment A hair covering which comprises a woven or nonwoven substrate comprising synthetic or natural materials, which are impregnated, or coated, or both, with a mutable dye is described. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018428 | Process for the preparation of a dyeing composition for the dyeing of keratinous fibers from pressurized steam Disclosed herein is a process for the preparation of a dyeing composition intended for dyeing keratinous fibers comprising percolating pressurized steam through a suitable pulverulent compound, as well as a device for packaging such a compound and a dyeing process u... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018421 | Process for dyeing synthetic hair The present invention relates to a process for preparing synthetic hair fiber comprising halogen-containing synthetic fiber, in which synthetic hair fiber can be evenly dyed at a low temperature in a short period, maintaining excellent fastness, without abnormal shr... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012048 | Composition and method for treating hair containing a cationic ampholytic polymer and an anionic benefit agent The present invention relates to compositions for treating keratin substances, in particular the hair, containing a combination of a cationic ampholytic polymer and an anionic benefit agent as well as to uses thereof. In one embodiment, the composition of the presen... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001593 | Method and compositions for bleaching hair An emulsion hair bleach composition prepared by combining an aqueous oxidizing agent composition, a persulfate composition, and, optionally, a bleach oil composition, in amounts sufficient to provide a mixture containing an active oxygen concentration of about 3 to ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997963 | Use of a chromoionophore and/or fluoroionophore for dyeing human keratin fibres, dyeing compositions and methods The present invention concerns a dye composition for dyeing human keratin fibres such as hair containing, in an appropriate medium for dyeing human keratin fibres, at least one compound chosen from among chromoionophores and fluorionophores, and at least one cosmeti... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986886 | Hair conditioning compositions and their use in hair coloring compositions The present invention relates to a hair care composition comprising a aminofunctional polysiloxane having a specified average effective particle size which provides improved durable conditioning particularly when utilised in conjunction with a hair coloring composit... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6953486 | Dyeing composition, method for obtaining the same and use for coloring the skin and/or keratinous fibres Colouring composition, method for obtaining and using same for colouring skin and/or keratin matters. The composition comprises, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an efficient amount of at least one colouring agent precursor selected among the compounds... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953826 | Multi-compartment kits comprising compositions comprising at least one stabilizing composition comprising at least two anionic associative polymers Compositions comprising at least one anionic associative polymer comprising at least one carboxylic acid group and at least one ester derived from a fatty alcohol and a carboxylic acid; and at least one additional anionic associative polymer comprising at least one ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6942851 | Composition for the treatment of human hair The invention is directed to an aqueous hair care composition comprising a) at least one UV-absorbing substance, and b) at least one mica/titanium dioxide pigment wherein at least 90% by weight of the mica/titanium dioxide pigment comprises... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936264 | Delivery of reactive agents via multiple emulsions for use in shelf stable products Emulsion treatment compositions comprise an aqueous continuous phase and a discontinuous phase in the form of an oil-in-oil emulsion. The oil-in-oil emulsion comprises a reactive component including a reactive agent and an internal oil, wherein the internal oil solu... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932975 | Cosmetic composition comprising a phosphoric triester and a skin activating component A cosmetic comprising (A) a phosphoric triester represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl gro... | 08/23/2005 |
