Patent ID: 7306790

Claim:
A hair-treatment agent in the form of a two-phase gel, said two-phase gel consisting of a firm particle phase and a fluid phase; wherein said firm particle phase consists of firm particles and said fluid phase consists of a fluid matrix for said firm particles, said firm particles having an average particle diameter of 1 mm to 10 mm and consisting of a firm and shape-retaining gel; wherein said firm and shape-retaining gel contains from 1 wt. % to below 2 wt. % of carrageenan, from 0.5 to 15 wt. % of at least one hair-firming polymer, and at least one substance capable of increasing firmness of the firm particles in a water-containing base; wherein said at least one substance capable of increasing firmness of the firm particles is selected from the group consisting of calcium salts, potassium salts, monohydric C 1 - to C 5 -alcohols and polyhydric C 1 - to C 5 -alcohols; wherein said firm and shape-retaining gel contains from 0.2 to 1 wt. % of said calcium and/or potassium salts when said salts are present and contains at least 15 wt. % of said monohydric and/or polyhydric alcohols when said alcohols are present; wherein said fluid phase contains at least one fluid ingredient selected from the group consisting of alkylene glycols with C 2 - to C 5 -alkylene groups, glycerol, liquid polyalkylene glycols, polyethylene glycol C 1 - to C 4 -alkyl ethers, polypropylene glycol C 1 - to C 4 -alkyl ethers, ethylene glycol-propylene glycol copolymers and polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene C 1 - to C 4 -alkyl ethers; and wherein said two-phase gel is made by a method comprising preparing the firm and shape-retaining gel, comminuting the firm and shape-retaining gel to form the firm particles, and then adding the fluid phase to the firm particles.