Patent ID: 8211413

Claim:
A method of preventing coloring of the skin adjacent the hairline when dyeing a person's hair comprising the steps of: preparing a composition consisting essentially of 2-20% by weight of alcohol, 1-8% by weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone, 1-10% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol, about 1% by weight of glycerin, 1-15% by weight of ethylhexyl palmitate, 0.5-5% by weight of bambusa vulgaris extract, 0.2-5% by weight of steareth, 0.5-5% by weight of aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, 0.5-5% by weight of zinc oxide, 0.5-5% by weight of titanium dioxide, 1.-10% by weight of polyethylene glycol, 0.5-10% by weight of dimethicone, 0.05-1% by weight of allantoin and 30-70% by weight of water; applying said composition along the hairline of a person before dyeing their hair to form a film mask over the skin adjacent the hairline; dyeing said person's hair; and peeling off the film mask from the person's skin after the hair has been dyed to thereby remove dye that may have gotten thereon.