Patent ID: 8034127

Claim:
A hair colouring or bleaching composition comprising an oxidizing agent, a gel network thickening system comprising: i) a first surfactant component selected from the group consisting of C14 to 30 alkyl phosphate, C14 to C30 alkyl ether phosphate and mixtures thereof, ii) a second component selected from C14 to C30 fatty alcohols; and iii) a third surfactant component selected from polyoxyethylene C14 to C30 alkyl ethers; wherein said composition comprises at least 1% of said first surfactant and at least 3% of the sum of said first surfactant component, second component and third surfactant component, wherein said composition further comprises at least 0.2% of mica, titanium oxide or a mixture thereof, at least 0.2% of a cationic polymer, wherein said composition has an ionic strength of less than 0.75 mole/kg and a viscosity of from about 9 Pa·s to about 16 Pa·s.