Patent ID: 7874299

Claim:
A method for neutralizing relaxed hair comprising: a) providing hair that has been treated with a relaxing agent; b) contacting the relaxed hair with one or more applications of a neutralizer mousse composition for from about 30 seconds to about 20 minutes, wherein the hair is not massaged or kneaded while the neutralizer mousse composition is in contact with the relaxed hair wherein after step b), the relaxed and neutralized hair exhibits at least 20% fewer broken hair fibers as compared to relaxed hair that has been neutralized with a shampoo neutralizer product; and c) rinsing the neutralizer mousse composition from the relaxed hair, thereby providing hair that has been relaxed and neutralized wherein the neutralizer mousse composition comprises: a) a mousse concentrate comprising water, an acid and a surfactant; and b) one or more propellants.