Method Employing Polyols When Chemically Modifying the Internal Region of a Hair Shaft

Abstract

A method for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft comprising applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less; then rinsing the hair; then applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol; and wherein the method comprises applying an initiator to the hair prior to rinsing the hair, wherein the initiator initiates the chemical modification.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft, comprising:
 (a) applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less; then   (b) rinsing the hair; then   (c) applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol;   and wherein the method comprises applying an initiator to the hair prior to rinsing the hair (b), wherein the initiator initiates the chemical modification.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition comprises from about 2% to about 60% of the hydrophobic polyol; and from about 15% to about 85% of the hydrophilic polyol. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the monomer composition comprises an inhibitor compound selected from the group consisting of: 2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition is substantially free of inorganic heat generating agent. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 (a) washing the hair; then   (b) applying an oxidising formulation to the hair, wherein the oxidising formulation comprises an oxidising agent selected from the group consisting of: peroxides, persulfates, and mixtures thereof; then   (c) allowing the oxidising formulation to remain on the hair for a period of time y, wherein time y is from 1 min to 120 mins; then   (d) de-wetting the hair; then   (e) applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less; then   (f) allowing the monomer composition to remain on the hair for a period of time x, wherein the time x is from 1 min to 120 mins;   (g) washing the hair; then   (h) applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition comprises an oily conditioning agent, wherein the oily conditioning agent is liquid at 25° C., and is selected from the group consisting of a paraffin, an ester, a silicone, a fatty compound, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition is anhydrous and comprises an inorganic heat generating agent which generates a heat by mixing with water and wherein the conditioning composition warms to a temperature of from about 26° C. to about 80° C. upon mixing with water. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the inorganic heat generating agent is an anhydrous inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium sulfate, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, aluminum sulfate, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium oxide, and mixtures thereof and wherein the inorganic heat generating agent has an average diameter of from about 0.01 micron to about 40 micron. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the initiator is an oxidising agent. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition comprises a total of from about 0.1% to about 30% of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the monomer composition comprises a heteropolysaccharide. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ethylenic monomer has a molecular weight of from about 50 g/mole to about 500 g/mole. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition comprises a salt of an amidoamine and an acid. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conditioning composition comprises by weight:
 (i) from about 2% to about 60% of the hydrophobic polyol;   (ii) from about 15% to about 85% of the hydrophilic polyol;   (iii) from about 0.1% to about 20% of an oily conditioning agent;   (iv) from about 0.1% to about 10% of a cationic surfactant;   (v) from about 5% to about 60% of an inorganic heat generating agent which generates a heat by mixing with water; and   (vi) from about 0.1% to about 10% of a polyoxyalkylene derivative.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ethylenic monomer is present in the monomer composition an amount of from about 5% to about 14% by total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the monomer composition is substantially free of at least one of the following: a reducing agent, a transition metal. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobic polyol is a polypropylene glycol and the hydrophilic polyol is a polyethylene glycol. 
     
     
         18 . A kit for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft comprising:
 (I). an oxidising composition, wherein the oxidising formulation comprises an oxidising agent being hydrogen peroxide;   (II). a monomer composition, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less;   (III). a conditioning composition, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol.   
     
     
         19 . Method of use of the kit according to  claim 18 , for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft, comprising:
 (a) applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer having a molecular weight of 500 g/mole or less; then   (b) rinsing the hair; then   (c) applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises a hydrophobic polyol and a hydrophilic polyol;   
       and wherein the method comprises applying an initiator to the hair prior to rinsing the hair (b), wherein the initiator initiates the chemical modification.