Patent ID: 8658144

Claim:
A method of treating hair comprising: applying a cosmetic formulation to wet hair, wherein the cosmetic formulation comprises a comb polymer, the comb polymer comprising: a main chain comprising (meth)acrylic acid monomers; and macromonomeric side chains of formula (I) grafted to the main chain: —CH 2 —C(CH 3 )CO—(OCH 2 —CH(CH 3 )) m (OCH 2 CH 2 ) n —R′ (I) wherein variable m is an integer between 10 and 90; wherein variable n is an integer between 10 and 90; wherein —(OCH 2 —CH(CH 3 )) m (OCH 2 CH 2 ) n — include block and statistical structures; wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl radical, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein the (meth)acrylic acid monomers are 5% to 30% by weight of the comb polymer; and wherein the macromonomeric side chains of formula (I) are 70% to 95% by weight of the comb polymer.