Method and compositions for bleaching hair

Patent 7001593 Issued on February 21, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 7, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Revlon Consumer Products Corporation

Application

No. 10752062 filed on 01/07/2004

US Classes:

424/62, BLEACH FOR LIVE HAIR OR SKIN (E.G., PEROXIDES, ETC.)424/70.6Hair coloring (nondyeing)

Examiners

Primary: Venkat, Jyothsna

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Blackburn; Julie

International Class

A61K 7/135

Abstract

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 5% by weight of the total mixture, a total alkalinity concentration of about 0.7–1.2 meq/gm., and 0.5–20% by weight of the total mixture of an oil having a solubility parameter of 5–12 (cal/cm3)1/2; an emulsion hair bleach composition capable of lightening hair in 10 to 30 minutes, and a kit for use in bleaching hair.

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