Patent ID: 8132570

Claim:
A method to apply a composition to a hair strand comprising the steps of: Contacting said hair strand with a device; the device comprises a first portion movably joined by a connection to a second portion; wherein said first portion is a well, which comprises a base, a wall and a rim and wherein said base, said wall and said rim define an opening and an internal volume of said well; wherein said second portion is a plate, which comprises a perimeter, an internal and an external surface; wherein said internal surface of said plate may be brought into a juxtaposed relationship to said opening of said well; wherein said composition comprises a percentage X of hydrogen peroxide by weight of said composition and a percentage Y of an alkalizer by weight of said composition; wherein said composition comprises a minimum of 2% of hydrogen peroxide by weight of said composition; and wherein said weight percentages of said hydrogen peroxide and said alkalizer in said composition are as defined by equation (I); wherein equation (I) is X+ 1.5 Y≧ 15% (I); wherein said alkalizer is an inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, sodium metasilicate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate and mixtures thereof; the composition being contained in the internal volume of said well of the first portion, wherein the hair strand is located between said plate and said well while said device is in a open state, bringing said internal surface of said plate into a juxtaposed relationship to said opening of said well, and swiping said device along the length of said hair strand.