The Procter & Gamble Company
Method for hair frizz reduction

Abstract:

A method directed to a hair soaking treatment for frizz reduction comprising immersion of consumer hair into an aqueous composition is disclosed. The corresponding composition comprises from about 0.25% to 20% of a moisture control material or mixture of moisture control materials wherein the moisture control material has structure selected from the group A) ##STR00001## wherein R is hydrogen or metal ion, R.sub.6 is methyl, ethyl, propyl, alkenyl or phenyl having less than 12 carbon atoms and wherein R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12 are hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl, hydroxyl, methoxy or ethoxy groups; B) ##STR00002## an alcohol wherein R13 is an alkyl, alkenyl, straight or branched carbon chains and; and wherein R14 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, methyl, ethyl and propyl wherein the structure of such alcohol contains less than 20 total carbon atoms; C) alcohol comprising an unsaturated double bond in the C2 position. D) an alkyl-substituted glycol wherein the structure of such alkyl substituted glycol contains less than 20 carbon atoms; E) a monoalkyl or dialkyl substituted glycerin or mono- or di-esters of glycerin with fatty acids wherein the structure of such monoalkyl- or dialkyl-substituted glycerin or glycerin esters contains less than 20 total carbon atoms; F) ##STR00003## wherein R.sub.15 could be hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl group and wherein the structure of the R.sub.13 group contain less than 20 carbon atoms; G) a fatty acid ester containing from 15-40 total carbon atoms and wherein the moisture control material of Class II is weakly to non-acidic and further wherein the moisture control material of Class II has protein binding higher than 10 and molecular volume lower than 1500 and log P higher than 0.5 and pKa of 5 or higher and hydrogen-binding higher than 4.