	US 11,896,697 B2
	Composition for keratin fibers
Gregory Plos, Paris (FR); Laetitia Feuillette, Paris (FR); and Natsumi Komure, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to L'OREAL, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'OREAL, Paris (FR)
Filed on May 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/406,610.
Application 16/406,610 is a division of application No. 15/572,380, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2016/064807, filed on May 12, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-097252 (JP), filed on May 12, 2015; and application No. 2015-097253 (JP), filed on May 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0328639 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61K 8/49 (2006.01); A61Q 5/06 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 8/44 (2013.01) [A61K 8/466 (2013.01); A61K 8/4913 (2013.01); A61K 8/4946 (2013.01); A61K 8/73 (2013.01); A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61K 8/737 (2013.01); A61Q 5/06 (2013.01); A61K 2800/30 (2013.01); A61K 2800/48 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method for providing keratin fibers with a wave or curl comprising:

a) applying onto the keratin fibers a composition comprising:

i. from 1 to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one organic alkaline agent chosen from arginine, histidine, lysine, or mixtures of two or more thereof;

ii. from 0.1 to 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one polymeric thickener; and

iii. at least 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of water;

wherein the composition has a pH ranging from 9 to 11; and

b) heating the keratin fibers at a temperature ranging from 50° C. to 250° C. for 1 minute to 2 hours; and

c) optionally rinsing and/or drying the keratin fibers,

wherein the method does not include application of reducing agents or oxidizing agents.