Patent ID: 8580237

Claim:
A non-permanent hair styling composition consisting essentially of: i) from 0.01 to 5% by wt. of total composition of an amino acid or salt thereof comprising an urea moiety in its side chain having the following formula; where n is a number from 1 to 8 and X is H or a suitable cation; and ii) from 0.1 to 20% by wt. of total composition of a solvent for component i) wherein the solvent comprises citric acid, wherein the composition has a pH from 5 to 8 at 30° C. wherein said amino acid is a straightening active; and iii) about 0.001 to 10% by wt. total composition of a neutralizing agent which together with the solvent of (ii) maintains said pH at pH of 5-8, wherein said composition contains no perming agent which breaks the bonds of the hair at said pH.