Patent ID: 7347993

Claim:
A method of treating hair which comprises: (a) applying to the hair a rinse off hair treatment composition comprising i) particles wherein at least 90% by weight of the particles have an average maximum dimension of from 2 μm to 100 μm, the particles comprising a silicone wax having one or more C 3 to C 40 , branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbon groups and the wax having a melting point of from 30° C. to 100° C., and ii) water, wherein the particles are present in the hair treatment composition in an amount up to 50% by weight of the composition and the composition comprises water in an amount of from about 20% to about 99.9% by weight of the total composition and wherein, by weight, the particles comprise at least 70% of silicone wax; (b) rinsing the hair; and (c) heating the hair to a temperature above the melting point of the particles.