Patent ID: 7833519

Claim:
A method of pre-treating keratinous fibres prior to the application of a hair colorant or bleaching composition comprising the steps of applying a pre-treatment composition to the keratinous fibres said composition comprising conditioning agent wherein the conditioning agent is an emulsions made from lamellar liquid crystals, where in said lamellar liquid crystals comprise: (a) a C16-C22 fatty alcohol; (b) an amidoamine of the following general formula: R22CONH(CH 2 )m N(R23) 2 , wherein R22 is a residue of C8 to C24 fatty acids, R23 is a C1 to C4 alkyl, and m is an integer from 1 to 4; (c) L-glutamic acid; and a silicone wherein said pre-treatment composition comprises from about 0.2% to about 20% of said conditioning agent.