Patent ID: 6695888
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A composition for coloring hair which comprises a first composition comprising:(a) manganese catalyst selected from the group consisting of a salt or complex formed between manganese and an azamacrocycle; a manganese multidentate ligand catalyst; an absorbed manganese on aluminosilicate catalysts; manganese gluconate catalysts; manganese based salts, and mixtures thereof; and a second composition which comprises the following two compositions which are mixed just prior to application to the manganese catalyst-treated hair: (a) a composition comprising a water-soluble peroxygen oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate sodium and urea peroxide complexes; and (b) a composition comprising one or more oxidative hair coloring agents selected from the group consisting of an aromatic diamine, an aminophenol, a polyhydric phenols, a catechol and mixtures thereof, wherein the first composition comprising the manganese catalyst is applied to the hair before the second composition.