the use of acrysol - ics is a key ingredient of the developer part of this invention when used in oxidative hair dye compositions . it is described as forming a thin emulsion at neutral or acid ph which thickens or neutralization above ph 7 . acrysol - ics when added to hydrogen peroxide is suprisingly stable . when a solution of hydrogen peroxide containing at least 3 % active acrysol - ics is brought to a ph which is within the alkaline ph range used in hair dyeing , by the addition of an alkalizer such as ammonia or alkanolamine , the resulting mixture has a thickened viscosity which is suitable for dyeing purposes . no organic surfactant or solvent need be present , although in practice some small amounts of surfactants or solvents would probably be needed to help dissolve the dyes and provide foaming and conditioning . very highly aqueous oxidation dye systems are very desirable . the oxidation hair dye bases of the present invention whose compositions are given below contain only about 5 % organic solvents and surfactants as compared with 50 % or more in current products . there are a number of advantages of such high water content dye systems . aside from the obvious cost saving , it was found that dyeing is much more efficient when solvents and surfactants are kept to a minimum ; about one half as much dye is needed to produce the same shade as in current products . also , it is likely that there will be less skin and scalp staining by dye in a more highly aqueous system , partly because the low concentration of surfactants washes away less of the protective oil in the skin . furthermore , the thickened solution is quite thixotropic , spreading easily into the hair but showing excellent &# 34 ; stay - put &# 34 ; quality when the shear is removed . adding of about 1 % based on the hair dye composition of an aqueous solution of acryol - ics to the developer prior to mixing the lotion and the developer , enables the tailoring of the viscosity of the ultimate hair dyeing composition . thus , for example , a hair dresser can add acrysol - ics to a more fluid hair dye composition suitable for use by a consumer and thus make it sufficiently viscous e . g . for root dyeing that is known to require a condsiderbly more viscous dye composition . although developer formulations containing acrysol - ics and hydrogen peroxide are surprisingly stable , it is sometimes advantageous to add known stabilizers for peroxide to the formulations to counteract the effect of impurities which could catalyze peroxide decomposition . examples of substances which are known to stabilize hydrogen peroxide are phenacetin , edta and other substances which complex heavy metal ions such as are disclosed in u . s . pat . nos . 3 , 378 , 444 and 3 , 632 , 295 . typical preferred compositions prepared in accordance with the present invention will contain a lotion part ( part a ) having a ph of about 8 to 12 and containing the oxidation hair dye intermediate or intermediates , and a developer part ( part b ), the latter containing from about 0 . 04 % to about 25 % by weight of acrysol - ics and 1 % to 10 % of hydrogen peroxide maintained at a ph of about 1 . 5 to 5 . 5 . if desired , the primary components of part b , i . e ., the acrysol - ics and the hydrogen peroxide can be maintained separately and combined just prior to mixing part b with part a , such as when the tailoring of the viscosity of the hair dye composition is carried out . in addition to dyes , the lotion ( part a ) can contain 0 to 20 % hexylene glycol or propylene glycol which acts as a solvent , 0 to 20 % carbitol [ 2 -( 2 - ethoxyethoxy ) ethanol ethanol , or diethylene glycolmonoethylether ] which acts as a solvent , 0 to 10 % ammonia ( 28 %) which acts as an alkalizer - thickener , 0 to 10 % ammonium chloride which acts as a ph control and provides a buffering effect , 0 to 10 % sodium lauryl sulfate ( 30 %) which acts as a surfactant and 0 to 10 % sodium chloride which assists in viscosity control , with the remainder being water . in addition to the acrysol - ics and the hydrogen peroxide , the developer ( part b ) can contain 0 to 0 . 2 % phenacetin which acts as a stabilizer and 0 to 0 . 1 % ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid ( edta ) which acts as a stabilizer , with the remainder being water . all percentages set forth in this specification , unless otherwise indicated , expressed are percent by weight . a most preferred composition contains in part a , in addition to dyes , 2 % hexylene glycol , 4 % carbitol , 5 . 77 % ammonia ( 28 %), 2 . 84 % ammonium chloride , 2 % sodium lauryl sulfate ( 30 %), 0 . 2 % sodium chloride , made up to 100 % with water . part b of such preferred composition contains 10 % acrysol - ics , 12 . 3 % hydrogen peroxide ( 50 %) and 0 . 04 phenacetin and 0 . 02 % edta made up to 100 % with water . the six formulations of the lotion ( part a ) were mixed in all possible combinations with the four formulations of the developer ( part b ). ______________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 6______________________________________p - phenylenediamine 0 . 3 0 . 4 0 . 05 -- 0 . 5 0 . 5bishydroxylethyl - 0 . 05 -- 0 . 05 -- -- -- ppd sulfatep - aminophenol 0 . 1 0 . 2 -- 0 . 4 -- -- resorcinol 0 . 4 0 . 5 -- 0 . 2 0 . 5 0 . 51 - naphthol 0 . 05 -- 0 . 05 0 . 05 0 . 01 0 . 01sodium sulfite 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1bentone lt 0 . 4 -- -- 0 . 2 -- -- propylene glycol 3 . 0 -- 3 . 0 0 . 5 2 . 0 -- hexylene glycol -- -- -- -- -- 2 . 0carbitol 4 . 0 -- 2 . 0 3 . 0 2 . 0 4 . 0ammonia ( 28 %) 6 . 0 4 . 0 6 . 0 2 . 0 -- 5 . 77ammonium chloride 3 . 0 3 . 0 1 . 5 2 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 84sodium lauryl -- -- 4 . 0 -- -- 2 . 0sulfatesodium chloride -- 3 . 0 -- -- -- 0 . 2ethanolamine -- -- -- -- 6 . 0 -- ethanolamine hydro - -- -- -- -- 4 . 0 -- chloridefragance -- -- -- -- -- 0 . 1water ( to 100 %) ______________________________________ ______________________________________ a b c d______________________________________acrysol ics - 1 12 . 0 10 . 0 6 . 0 10 . 0hydrogen peroxide ( 50 %) 12 . 3 10 . 0 12 . 0 12 . 3phenacetin -- 0 . 04 -- 0 . 02edta -- 0 . 02 0 . 02 -- water ( to 100 %) ______________________________________ all combinations of part a and part b are mixed ( examples 1 - 24 ) and applied to human hair . the viscosities of these formulations after mixing are all in the range of 2000 - 12000 cps . the hair is dyed to varying shades of blonde or brown except for combinations containing lotion # 2 which tones hair to a blue - violet hue . viscosity measurements , made with a haake rotovisco apparatus on one of the above combinations ( part a , # 6 mixed with part b , # 2 ) illustrate the thixothropy exhibited by the system . results are shown below : ______________________________________shear rate / viscosity shear stresssec cps dynes / sq cm______________________________________ 8 . 5 4372 . 2 162 . 0 16 . 9 2662 . 0 450 . 2 25 . 4 1838 . 0 466 . 3 50 . 7 982 . 4 498 . 5 76 . 1 718 . 3 546 . 7152 . 2 422 . 5 643 . 2228 . 3 309 . 9 707 . 5456 . 7 172 . 5 787 . 9685 . 0 145 . 5 997 . 01370 . 0 82 . 2 1125 . 61370 . 0 79 . 8 1093 . 4685 . 0 138 . 5 948 . 7456 . 7 186 . 6 852 . 2228 . 3 316 . 9 723 . 6152 . 2 433 . 1 659 . 3 76 . 1 802 . 8 611 . 0 50 . 7 1077 . 5 546 . 7 25 . 4 1901 . 4 482 . 4 16 . 9 2757 . 0 466 . 3 8 . 5 4753 . 5 402 . 0______________________________________
a two part oxidation dyeing method for human hair is provided together with a composition therefor in which both parts are relatively fluid until mixed , after which the combination becomes viscous and can be applied to hair .