Hair treatment method and hair holder

Abstract

A hair treatment method for curling a lock of hair using a hair holder is provided. The hair holder includes a tubular body into which a lock of hair can be inserted from an opening at a first end of the tubular body toward an opening at a second end thereof, and the tubular body is configured to be capable of being rolled up. The hair treatment method includes inserting a lock of hair into the hair holder, rolling up the tubular body together with the lock of hair inserted in the tubular body so that a large diameter portion that has a tubular shape and forms an outer circumferential portion and a small diameter portion that is located inside the large diameter portion and has a space between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion are formed, and performing curling while maintaining this wound state.

1 . A hair treatment method for curling a lock of hair using a hair holder including a tubular body, the tubular body having: a first opening located at a first end of the tubular body; and a second opening located at a second end of the tubular body, and being configured to allow a lock of hair to be inserted from the first opening toward the second opening and to be capable of being rolled up,
 the method comprising   inserting a lock of hair into the hair holder,   rolling up the tubular body together with the lock of hair inserted in the tubular body in such a manner that, in the tubular body, a large diameter portion that has a tubular shape and that forms an outer circumferential portion and a small diameter portion that is located inside the large diameter portion are formed thereby creating a space between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion, and   performing the curling while maintaining this wound state.   
     
     
         2 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the tubular body is rolled up together with the lock of hair in such a manner that the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion are formed, thereby to form a lock-of-hair holding body that is roll-shaped, and the maximum distance between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion in a cross section of the lock-of-hair holding body taken along a radial direction thereof is 5 mm or greater.   
     
     
         3 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein an inner diameter of the large diameter portion is not less than 1.2 times an outer diameter of the small diameter portion.   
     
     
         4 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the curling is performed in a wound state in which a hair-end portion of the lock of hair is placed in the small diameter portion and a portion other than the hair-end portion of the lock of hair is placed in the large diameter portion.   
     
     
         5 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the lock of hair is curled in a state in which moisture is applied to the lock of hair in advance.   
     
     
         6 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 an insertion step of inserting the lock of hair into the tubular body, and   a rolling-up step of rolling up the tubular body together with the lock of hair in such a manner that the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion are formed, thereby to form a lock-of-hair holding body that is roll-shaped,   wherein moisture is applied to the lock of hair at a stage prior to the rolling-up step or prior to the insertion step.   
     
     
         7 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the lock of hair held in the tubular body is subjected to a permanent treatment to curl the lock of hair.   
     
     
         8 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the hair holder has a plurality of slits that are intermittently arranged in either one of surfaces of the tubular body along a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and   during the rolling-up of the tubular body, the tubular body is rolled up in such a manner that the slits are disposed on the outside, and the curling is then performed.   
     
     
         9 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the hair holder has a fixing member as a fixing means that maintains the tubular body in the wound state, the tubular body has a first surface sheet and a second surface sheet, and when the tubular body is rolled up, the first surface sheet is located on the inside of the tubular body and the second surface sheet is located on the outside of the tubular body, and the fixing member has a first member and a second member that can be detachably joined to each other, the first member being provided on an outer surface of the first surface sheet and the second member being provided on an outer surface of the second surface sheet.   
     
     
         10 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 9 ,
 wherein the hair holder has an extended portion near an end portion of the first opening of the tubular body, the extended portion being constituted by the first surface sheet extending outward in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body from the tubular body, and the first member is provided on an outer surface of the extended portion.   
     
     
         11 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 , comprising using the hair holder and a fixing means which is separate from the hair holder,
 wherein the tubular body has a first surface sheet and a second surface sheet, and when the tubular body is rolled up, the first surface sheet is located on the inside of the tubular body and the second surface sheet is located on the outside of the tubular body, and the fix means is removably attached to the hair holder to maintain the tubular body in the wound state.   
     
     
         12 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, after the tubular body has been rolled up into a semi-wound state prior to the formation of the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion are formed by performing a winding and tightening operation, or an unwinding operation on a portion of the tubular body.   
     
     
         13 . The hair treatment method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the hair holder has winding and tightening tabs on opposite side edge portions, respectively, of the tubular body, the winding and tightening tabs being located near the second opening side.   
     
     
         14 . A hair holder including a tubular body which has: a first opening located at a first end of the tubular body; and a second opening located at a second end of the tubular body, and which is configured to allow a lock of hair to be inserted from the first opening toward the second opening and to be capable of being rolled up,
 wherein the tubular body in its natural state is rolled up in such a manner that a large diameter portion that has a tubular shape and that forms an outer circumferential portion and a small diameter portion that is located inside the large diameter portion and that has a space between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion are formed.   
     
     
         15 . The hair holder according to  claim 14 ,
 wherein, when the tubular body that has been rolled up in such a manner that the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion are formed and is roll-shaped is referred to as a lock-of-hair holding body, the maximum distance between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion in a cross section of the lock-of-hair holding body taken along a radial direction thereof is 5 mm or greater.