11.02.16
US Patent No. 9,408,785 B2; L’Oréal has patented a method of shaping hair with a styling composition that contains an aqueous dispersion with at least one solid wax particle having a particle size ranging from about five microns to about 25 microns and comprising at least one wax chosen from beeswax, hydrogenated myristyl olive esters, hydrogenated stearyl olive esters, VP/eicosene copolymer, ditrimethyloylpropane tetrastearate and C30-45 alkyldimethylsilyl propylsilsesquioxane; a surfactant mixture comprising at least one nonionic surfactant chosen from PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, sorbitan palmitate and mixtures thereof; at least one cationic surfactant chosen from cetrimonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, dipalmitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, distearoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate, and mixtures thereof; water; and an optional ingredient comprising at least one additional ingredient chosen from a wax having a melting point of 35°C or less, oils, emulsifying polymers, sunscreen agents, pigments/dyes, silicas, talc, clays and perfumes.
The patent includes heating the hair in order to melt the solid wax particle.
The patent includes heating the hair in order to melt the solid wax particle.