Patent ID: 7122062

Claim:
A hair dye composition comprising: a first agent containing an alkanolamine and an oxidation dye; and, a second agent containing an oxidant, wherein two or more different higher alcohols selected from the group consisting of lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetanol, stearyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, 2-octyldodecanol and oleyl alcohol and a quaternary ammonium salt cationic surfactant selected from the group consisting of stearyltrimethylammonium chloride, behenyltrimethylammonium chloride and distearyldimethylammonium chloride, are contained in the first agent and/or the second agent; wherein the molar ratio of the two or more different higher alcohols to the quaternary ammonium salt cationic surfactant is in the range of 3 to 15.