Patent ID: 8071080

Claim:
A method for cleaning, conditioning or otherwise treating keratin material comprising applying thereto at least one non-polymeric organic salt with a melting point of less than 60Â° C. selected from the group consisting of imidazolium, pyrazolium, pyridinium, pyrimidinium and tetraalkylphosphonium salts, and mixtures thereof, wherein the imidazolium salt corresponds to the following formula: in which R 1 and R 3 , which may be identical or different, each represent an alkyl group containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R 2 , R 4 and R 5 , which may be identical or different, each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X âˆ’ represents an anion.