Claims
- 1. A composition suitable for protecting the skin from contact with dyestuffs and/or dyestuff precursors during the dyeing of human living hair which comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of charcoal, carrageenate, a cosmetically acceptable polymer derived from polystyrene sulphonic acid having a molecular weight of 50,000 to 500,000, alumina, alumino-silicate or aluminum phosphate or mixtures thereof in suspension or in solution in water, ethanol, isopropanol, polyethylene glycol, glycerol or their mixtures; and polyethylene glycol as a plasticizer, said composition having a viscosity of 80 to 8,000 cps suitable for application on the scalp, said composition being removable with water or with shampoo and substantially preventing the passage of dyestuffs in a para-phenylene diamine oxidation dyeing composition into a paper when it is applied to a sheet of paper to a thickness of 1 mm.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the substance in the suspension or solution is 1 to 60% by weight.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 in which the substance in the suspension or solution is a montmorillonite clay.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 214,864 filed Dec. 9, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,402,698.
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Divisions (1)
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