Foam hair colorant composition

1. A hair colorant product comprising an hair colorant composition contained in a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser, the composition comprising a hair dye, an alkalizing agent, an oxidizing agent, a foam stabilizing agent which is a member selected from the group consisting of polymeric emulsifiers and polymeric foam stabilizers and mixtures thereof and a perfume, the perfume comprising an Average ClogP less than 1.5, wherein the hair colorant composition is substantially free of surfactant and when dispensed from the manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser result is a foam comprising a specific foam volume from about 6 ml/g to about 14 ml/g.

2. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the perfume comprises a plurality of perfume raw materials having individual ClogP values in the range of 1.5 to 2.5.

3. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the perfume comprises ethyl 2-methyl-1,3 dioxolane-2-acetate, phenethyl alcohol, heliotropin, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate and mixtures thereof.

4. The hair colorant product of claim 3 wherein the perfume further comprises ethyl vanillin, ethyl maltol, benzyl acetate and mixtures thereof.

5. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the perfume comprises less than 500 ppm of contaminates.

6. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the foam stabilizing agent is selected from hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, methylcellulose, cecetyl hydroxyethylcellulose and mixtures thereof.

7. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the foam stabilizing agent is a hydrophobically-modified alkali soluble emulsion polymer having an acid/acrylate copolymer backbone and a monomer that connects the hydrophobic groups as side chains or an anionic alkali-soluble polymer emulsion synthesized from acid and acrylate comonomers or a mixture thereof.

8. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the foam stabilizing agent is selected as an acrylate/C 10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer.

9. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the foam stabilizing agent is selected as a polymer comprising vinyl pyrrolidone (VP), dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide (DMAPA) and methacryoylaminopropyl lauryldimonium chloride (MAPLAC).

10. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the foam stabilizing agent is present in an amount in the range from about 4 to about 25% by weight of the composition.

11. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the hair colorant composition comprises less than 200 ppm based on the hair colorant composition of surfactant.

12. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the hair colorant composition comprises a pH between 9 and 11.

13. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein said oxidizing agent is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, percarbonates, perphosphates and mixtures thereof.

14. The hair colorant product of claim 1 wherein the alkalizing agent is selected from ammonium chloride, ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium acetate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium carbamate, ammonium hydroxide, percarbonate salts, ammonia and mixtures thereof.

15. A hair colorant composition comprising:

(i) a hair dye,

(ii) an alkalizing agent,

(iii) an oxidizing agent,

(iv) a foam stabilizing agent which is a member selected from the group consisting of polymeric emulsifiers and polymeric foam stabilizers and mixtures thereof; and

(v) a perfume comprising a blend of perfume raw materials in which up to 30% by weight of the perfume consists essentially of perfume raw materials having a ClogP in the range 1.5 to 2.5 and the balance of the perfume consists essentially of perfume raw materials having a ClogP of less than 1.5,

wherein the hair colorant composition is substantially free of surfactant.

16. The hair colorant composition of claim 15 wherein the perfume comprises an Average ClogP less than 1.5.

17. The hair colorant composition of claim 15 wherein the perfume comprises ethyl 2-methyl-1,3 dioxolane-2-acetate, phenethyl alcohol, heliotropin, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate and mixtures thereof.

18. The hair colorant composition of claim 17 wherein the perfume further comprises ethyl vanillin, ethyl maltol, benzyl acetate and mixtures thereof.

19. The hair colorant composition of claim 15 wherein the perfume comprises less than 500 ppm of contaminates.

20. A kit comprising containing components to form an hair colorant composition the kit comprising:

A tint composition component comprising a hair dye, an alkalizing agent and a perfume; wherein the perfume comprises an Average ClogP less than 1.5;

A developer composition component comprising an oxidizing agent and a foam stabilizing agent which is a member selected from the group consisting of polymeric emulsifiers and polymeric foam stabilizers and mixtures thereof;

A manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser, the dispenser capable of dispending the mixture of the tint composition component and developer composition component in a foam comprising a specific foam volume from about 6 to about 14 ml/g;

Wherein the tint composition component and the developer composition component are essentially free of surfactant.

21. The kit of claim 20 wherein the tint composition comprises a perfume wherein the perfume comprises a plurality of perfume raw materials having individual ClogP values in the range of 1.5 to 2.5.

22. The kit of claim 20 wherein the tint composition comprises a perfume wherein the perfume comprises ethyl 2-methyl-1,3 dioxolane-2-acetate, phenethyl alcohol, heliotropin, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate and mixtures thereof.

23. The kit of claim 22 wherein the perfume further comprises ethyl vanillin, ethyl maltol, benzyl acetate and mixtures thereof.

24. The kit of claim 22 wherein the perfume comprises less than 500 ppm of contaminates.

25. The kit of claim 22 wherein said foam stabilizing agent is selected as an acrylate/C 10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer.

26. The kit of claim 22 wherein said foam stabilizing agent is present in an amount in the range from about 4 to about 25% by weight of the composition.

27. The kit of claim 22 wherein the tint composition comprises less than 200 ppm based on the tint composition of surfactant.

28. The kit of claim 22 wherein the developer composition comprises less than 200 ppm based on the developer composition of surfactant.

29. The kit of claim 22 wherein the developer composition comprises an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, percarbonates, perphosphates and mixtures thereof.

30. The kit of claim 22 wherein the tint composition comprises an alkalizing agent selected from ammonium chloride, ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium acetate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium carbamate, ammonium hydroxide, percarbonate salts, ammonia and mixtures thereof.

31. The kit of claim 22 wherein the manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser is equipped with a reservoir comprising a reservoir volume, a mixing chamber and a dispensing head, wherein the reservoir is capable of containing the hair colorant product wherein when the manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser is actuated the hair colorant product is mixed with air and is dispensed as a foam.

32. The kit of claim 31 wherein the mixing chamber comprises at least one liquid ingress orifice, a foam egress orifice and an air ingress orifice.

33. The kit of claim 32 wherein air is introduced into the mixing chamber by the air ingress orifice such that the ratio of air to the hair colorant composition is from about 1:6 to about 1:15.

34. The kit of claim 31 wherein the dispenser further comprises a dip tube in the reservoir and connected to the ingress orifice of the mixing chamber, wherein the dip tube has a diameter of greater than 2.0 mm.