Patent ID: 8616222

Claim:
A method for imparting hair bundle effects comprising the steps of: (I) selecting a hair bundle from a full head of hair to form a selected hair bundle and the remaining hair, the hair bundle and remaining hair comprising the full head of hair; (II) applying a tool to the selected hair bundle to form a separated hair bundle, the tool comprising: a. an external surface; b. a through hole within the tool for receiving the hair bundle, wherein the through hole defines on the external surface an upper rim and a lower rim; the through hole further defines within the tool an internal surface; c. a slit for inserting the hair bundle into the through hole, the slit extending from the external surface through the tool and opening into the through hole; wherein the slit ends at the through hole; wherein the slit defines on the external surface a first slit edge and a second slit edge; wherein both the first and the second slit edges join the upper rim and the lower rim of the through hole such that the slit extends from the upper rim to the lower rim of the through hole; wherein the slit defines within the tool a first slit face and a second slit face; wherein the first and the second slit faces form in the tool a neck portion and an accessing portion; wherein the first slit face diverges in the accessing portion of the tool from the second slit face; wherein the first slit face has a slit distance (d) from the second slit face, such that the selected hair bundle is inserted into the slit of the tool and the selected hair bundle is placed into the through hole forming a separated hair bundle; and wherein a gripping layer extends upon at least a portion of the through hole and wherein the gripping layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of thermo plastic elastomers, rubbers, foam materials and combinations thereof; (III) repeating the steps of selecting and applying until at least two hair bundles are simultaneously held in place; and (IV) applying a hair treatment composition to the separated hair bundle wherein the hair treatment composition is not applied to the remaining hair, wherein the hair treatment composition is selected from the group consisting of highlighting compositions, dyeing compositions and combinations thereof.