Patent ID: 8597670

Claim:
A method for imparting a long-wearing color to hair of the scalp, comprising applying to said hair of the scalp a composition comprising: (a) at least one aminosilicone polymer having at least one aminoethylaminopropyl group and a functional group equivalent weight (FGEW) from 1,000 to 2,000 g/mol, and (b) a non-spherical particulate material, wherein said non-spherical particulate material is a pigment or lake, wherein said aminosilicone polymer improves retention of said particulate material on the keratinous substrate over time as compared to an otherwise identical composition in the absence of said aminosilicone, and wherein said composition is applied to the hair of the scalp prior to shampooing, and wherein the retained particulate material in said composition imparts a long wearing color to the hair of the scalp.