Claims
- 1. A composition for revitalizing hair and for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp comprising 0.0001 to 20% by weight of an amine oxide, and an anionic surfactant, the weight ratio of the amino oxide to the anionic surfactant ranging from 20:1 to 1:5, the amine oxide comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of (A), (B), (C) and (D) of the formulas ##STR5## in which R is a hydrogen radical having 8 to 36 carbon atoms,
- R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently is a hydrocarbon radical having 6 to 36 carbon atoms, at least one of R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 having 24 to 36 carbon atoms, and
- n is an integer from 1 to 5, the anionic surfactant comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid soap, higher alkyl sulfate, alkyl ether sulfate salt, higher fatty acid amide sulfonate, phosphate ester, sulfosuccinate, alkylbenzenesulfonate, N-acylglutamate, higher fatty acid ester sulfonate, sulfate oil, POE alkyl ether carboxylic acid, POE alkylallyl ether carboxylate, .alpha.-olefin sulfonate, higher fatty acid ester sulfonate, secondary alcohol sulfate, higher fatty acid alkylolamide sulfate salt, sodium lauroyl monoethanolamide succinate, ditriethanolamine N-palmitoylaspartate and casein sodium.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1, containing the amine oxide in from 0.05 to 5% by weight.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of the amine oxide to the anionic surfactant is from 8:1 to 1:2.
- 4. A method for revitalizing hair and for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp, which comprises applying to the scalp and leaving thereon a hair revitalizing effective amount of a composition according to claim 1.
- 5. A method for revitalizing hair and for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp, which comprises applying to the scalp and leaving thereon a hair revitalizing effective amount of a composition according to claim 2.
- 6. A method for revitalizing hair and for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp, which comprises applying to the scalp and leaving thereon a hair revitalizing effective amount of a composition according to claim 3.
Priority Claims (2)
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62-249132 |
Oct 1987 |
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63-6233 |
Jan 1988 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 392622 filed on May 24, 1989, now abandoned, based upon an international application PCT/JP88/00739 filed on Jul. 22, 1988.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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