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Hair highlighting application tool

a hair highlighting and application tool technology, applied in the field of application tools, can solve the problems of discomfort and fatigue affecting the overall, treatment without professional assistance, and difficult to achieve hair highlighting compositions at the back of the head

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-17
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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However, due to the accuracy and length of the process, the consumer is required to regularly spend a number of hours at the salon in order to complete the process.
However, a number of drawbacks are associated with using home hair highlighting treatments without assistance of a professional.
The application of highlighting compositions at the back of the head is difficult to achieve; the selection of the strands requires the user to maintain the arms over the head creating discomfort and tiredness affecting the overall results.
Indeed even when the highlighting compositions are applied through an applicator, the use of such an applicator may require considerable practice, patience and experience in order to achieve at least a satisfactory result.
These drawbacks are further amplified by the unpleasant nature of highlighting compositions, which can cause bleaching if dripped onto the consumer's home surfaces, skin and clothes.

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[0024]It has been surprisingly found that the application tool (1) described herein allows to solve the above mentioned technical problem. The selection of two connected plates (10; 20) allows the user to guide the application tool (1), with the use of either hand, precisely and easily also to difficultly accessible sectors such as at the back of the head or at the root of the hair close to the scalp. The fluid control zone (50), which extends along the perimeter edge (30) of the internal surface (101; 201) of at least one plate (10; 20), provides the application tool (1) with an excellent means to prevent bleeding of the hair treatment composition from the application tool (1) and helps to reduce excessive deposition of hair treatment composition during application onto the hair. The containment zone (70) is the zone where the hair treatment composition is applied and jointly with the displacement zone (60) allows the delivery of a hair treatment composition to the selected hair st...

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Abstract

Disclosed herein is an application tool (1) and methods to use the same. The application tool (1) comprises two plates (22), connected together. At least one of said two plates (22) comprises a fluid control zone (50), which run along the perimeter edge (30) of said at least one plate (22), a displacement zone (60), which at least partially separate said fluid control zone (50) from a containment zone (70). A hair treatment composition may be loaded in the containment zone (70) Application of hair treatment compositions through the application tool (1) according to the invention allows for a precise, non-messy and clean targeting of the hair treatment composition on a hair strand and it is especially useful for highlighting and dyeing compositions.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to an application tool which allows for quick, easy, precise and non-messy targeted application of cosmetic compositions to various substrates, such as hair, skin, finger nails and fabric. The application tool according to the invention is especially intended for hair treatment compositions.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]To accommodate the change in fashion and style and to provide a less drastic masking of the first grey hair than a full head dyeing event, more and more consumers have the desire to highlight their hair.[0003]Although under the term highlighting it is understood to be the selection of hair strands which are lightened at least one shade lighter that the rest of the hair, the results expected by consumers are quite various, from subtle multi-tonal effects and natural colour variations to more bold and daring effects. To achieve personal customization of the end-look the consumer can choose to perform highligh...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45D37/00
CPCA45D19/0008A45D19/012
Inventor GLENN, ROBERT WAYNEBAKER, PAUL EDMUND
Owner THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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