Patent ID: 7635465

Claim:
A reducing agent for straightening curly hair comprising (A) ammonium thioglycolate and/or monoethanol amine thioglycolate, (B) at least one cysteine selected from the group consisting of L-cysteine, DL-cysteine, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, L-cysteine monohydrochloride and DL-cysteine monohydrochloride, (C) monoethanol amine, (D) ammonium hydrogen carbonate and/or ammonia, wherein the weight ratio of (C)/(D) is 1 to 15, (E) shea butter, wherein the amount of said shea butter is 1.5 to 5.0% by weight, and (F) cholesteryl lanolate, wherein the amount of the cholesteryl lanolate is 0.2 to 2.0% by weight.