Patent ID: 7749283

Claim:
A lustrous dye carrier composition consisting of: at least one oxidative dye precursor and/or at least one direct dye; a combination of: (a) from 6.1 to 25 weight percent of at least one fatty alcohol with 14 to 20 carbon atoms, (b) from 1 to 20 weight percent of at least one fatty alkanolamide, and (c) from 1 to 15 weight percent of at least one fatty alcohol alkoxylate and/or fatty acid alkoxylate; at least one pH adjusting agent; at least one additive ingredient selected from the group of amphoteric surfactants, nonionic surfactants, antioxidants, perfume oils, thickeners, preservatives, complexing agents, solvents, softeners, lanolin derivatives, cholesterol, vitamins, pantothenic acid, and betain; wherein: a weight ratio of said at least one fatty alcohol to said at least one fatty alkanolamide is from 3:1 to 2:1; a weight ratio of said at least one fatty alkanolamide to said alkoxylate is from 5:1 to 1:1.5; and a total amount of said at least one oxidative dye precursor, when present, is from 0.01 to 12 percent and a total amount of said at least one direct dye, when present, is from about 0.01 to 7 weight percent.