Compositions and methods for improving color deposit and durability of color in artificially colored hair

1. A hair coloring composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable solvent:

(a) above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid chosen from salts of calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, cobalt, and mixtures thereof;

(b) above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid, wherein

the one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from salts of calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, cobalt, and mixtures thereof,

the one or more monovalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from salts of lithium, sodium, potassium, copper, silver, and mixtures thereof, and

the organic acid of the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid is chosen from C1 to C9 monocarboxylic or di-carboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, hydroxy-carboxylic acids, and fatty acids having at least 10 carbon atoms; and

(c) one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof.

2. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are chosen from calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, calcium phosphate, zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, zinc carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, zinc phosphate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, magnesium phosphate, strontium chloride, strontium nitrate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, and mixtures thereof.

3. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid includes a calcium salt.

4. The hair coloring composition of claim 3 , wherein the calcium salt is calcium chloride.

5. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are present in an amount of from about 0.75 wt. % to about 8 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition.

6. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from zinc lactate, zinc gluconate, zinc phenolsulfonate, zinc salicylate, zinc pyrrolidone carboxylic acid (Zinc PCA), zinc citrate, zinc ascorbate, their salt derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.

7. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid includes a zinc salt.

8. The hair coloring composition of claim 7 , wherein the zinc salt is zinc gluconate.

9. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more monovalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from sodium ascorbate, sodium formate, sodium gluconate, sodium glutamate, sodium glycolate, sodium glyoxylate, sodium citrate, sodium acetate, sodium lactate, sodium malate, sodium salicylate, potassium acetate, potassium citrate, potassium gluconate, potassium lactate, lithium myristate, lithium stearate, lithium gluconate, silver citrate, silver lactate, silver salicylate, their derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.

10. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are present in an amount of from about 0.75 wt. % to about 8 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition.

11. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid chosen from calcium chloride and one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid chosen from zinc gluconate.

12. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , wherein the hair coloring composition is formed from the combination of:

a color cream composition comprising the one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof and the cosmetically acceptable solvent; and

the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid; and

the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid;

wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid and the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are provided as separate components or together as one metal salt component.

13. The hair coloring composition of claim 12 , wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of metal salts to the amount of the color cream composition is from about 5:1 to about 1:5.

14. The hair coloring composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more oxidizing agents or capable of being mixed with an oxidizing composition comprising: (i) one or more oxidizing agents; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent chosen from water and a water/organic solvent mixture; wherein the one or more oxidizing agents are chosen from peroxides, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, their salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.

15. A hair coloring composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable solvent:

(a) one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid present in an amount of from about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition and chosen from calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, magnesium phosphate, strontium chloride, strontium nitrate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, and mixtures thereof;

(b) one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid present in an amount of from about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition and chosen from zinc lactate, zinc gluconate, zinc phenolsulfonate, zinc salicylate, zinc pyrrolidone carboxylic acid (Zinc PCA), zinc ascorbate, and mixtures thereof; and

(c) one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof;

wherein the hair coloring composition is capable of being mixed with an oxidizing composition comprising: (i) one or more oxidizing agents chosen from peroxides, urea peroxide, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, peroxygenated salts, perborates, percarbonates, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent chosen from water and a water/organic solvent mixture.

16. A ready to use hair dye composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable solvent:

(a) one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid chosen from metal halides, metal hydroxides, metal sulfates, metal oxides, and mixtures thereof; and

wherein the divalent metal is calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, or cobalt;

(b) one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid chosen from metal ascorbates, formates, acetates, glycolates, gluconates, lactates, mandelates, oxalates, maleates, malonates, glyoxylates, succinates, adipates, fumarates, sebacates, citrates, tartarates, malates, tricarboxylates, glutarates, glucarates, pyrrolidone carboxylates, phenolsulfonate, salicylates, their salt derivatives thereof, salts of fatty acids having at least 10 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof;

wherein the monovalent metal is lithium, sodium, potassium, copper, or silver; and

wherein the divalent metal is calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, or cobalt;

(c) one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof; and

(d) one or more oxidizing agents chosen from peroxides, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, their salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.

17. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are chosen from calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, calcium phosphate, zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, zinc carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, zinc phosphate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, magnesium phosphate, strontium chloride, strontium nitrate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, and mixtures thereof.

18. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid includes calcium chloride.

19. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are present in an amount of from above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition.

20. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are present in an amount of from about 0.4 wt. % to about 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the ready to use hair dye composition.

21. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from zinc lactate, zinc gluconate, zinc phenolsulfonate, zinc salicylate, zinc pyrrolidone carboxylic acid (Zinc PCA), zinc citrate, zinc ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, sodium formate, sodium gluconate, sodium glutamate, sodium glycolate, sodium glyoxylate, sodium citrate, sodium acetate, sodium lactate, sodium malate, sodium salicylate, potassium acetate, potassium citrate, potassium gluconate, potassium lactate, lithium myristate, lithium stearate, lithium gluconate, silver citrate, silver lactate, silver salicylate, their derivatives thereof, their salt derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.

22. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid includes zinc gluconate.

23. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are present in an amount of from above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % based on the total weight of the ready to use hair dye composition.

24. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are present in an amount of from about 0.4 wt. % to about 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the ready to use hair dye composition.

25. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the composition comprises one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid chosen from calcium chloride and one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid chosen from zinc gluconate.

26. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 16 , wherein the composition is formed from the combination of:

a color cream composition comprising the one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof and the cosmetically acceptable solvent;

the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid; and

the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid; and

a developer composition comprising the one or more oxidizing agents chosen from one or more oxidizing agents are chosen from peroxides, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, their salts thereof, and mixtures thereof;

wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid and the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are provided as separate components or together as one metal salt component.

27. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 26 , wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of metal salts to the amount of the color cream composition is from about 5:1 to about 1:5.

28. The ready to use hair dye composition of claim 26 , wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of metal salts to the amount of the developer composition is from about 5:0.1 to about 1:5.

29. A hair coloring composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable solvent:

(a) one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid in an amount of greater than 1 to about 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition;

wherein the divalent metal is calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, or cobalt;

(b) one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof.

30. The hair coloring composition of claim 29 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid are chosen from calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, calcium phosphate, zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, zinc carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, zinc phosphate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate, magnesium phosphate, strontium chloride, strontium nitrate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, and mixtures thereof.

31. The hair coloring composition of claim 29 , wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid includes calcium chloride.

32. The hair coloring composition of claim 31 , wherein calcium chloride is present in an amount of greater than 1 wt. % to about 6.5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hair coloring composition.

33. The hair coloring composition of claim 32 , wherein the hair coloring composition is substantially free of one or more of ammonium salt compounds, amino silicones, and cationic surfactants.

34. The hair coloring composition of claim 29 , further comprising one or more oxidizing agents or capable of being mixed with an oxidizing composition comprising:

(i) one or more oxidizing agents; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent chosen from water and a water/organic solvent mixture;

wherein the one or more oxidizing agents are chosen from peroxides, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, their salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.

35. A method for artificially coloring hair and/or inhibiting the artificial coloring from fading, the method comprising contacting hair with a ready to use dye composition for a sufficient period of time to achieve a desired color of the hair and/or alteration of the color of hair; wherein the ready to use dye composition is formed from the combination of the hair coloring composition of claim 1 with an oxidizing composition containing: (i) one or more oxidizing agents chosen from peroxides, urea peroxide, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, peroxygenated salts, perborates, percarbonates, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from water and a water/organic solvent mixture.

36. A multi-compartment kit for altering the color of hair comprising:

(1) a first unit containing:

(a) above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid chosen from salts of calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, cobalt, and mixtures thereof;

(b) above 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid, wherein

the one or more divalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from salts of calcium, zinc, iron, nickel, copper, silver, magnesium, strontium, barium, manganese, cobalt, and mixtures thereof,

the one or more monovalent metal salts of an organic acid are chosen from salts of lithium, sodium, potassium, copper, silver, and mixtures thereof, and

the organic acid of the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid is chosen from C1 to C9 monocarboxylic or di-carboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, hydroxy-carboxylic acids, and fatty acids having at least 10 carbon atoms; and

(c) one or more colorants chosen from oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes, pigments, and mixtures thereof; and

(2) a second unit containing an oxidizing composition comprising: (i) one or more oxidizing agents chosen from peroxides, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, alkali metal bromates, ferricyanides, laccases, peroxidases, redox enzymes, their salts thereof, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent selected from water and a water/organic solvent mixture.

37. The multi-compartment kit of claim 36 wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid, the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid, and the one or more colorants of the first unit are contained in one container or are each contained in three separate containers or wherein the one or more divalent metal salts of an inorganic acid and the one or more monovalent or divalent metal salts of an organic acid are contained in one container and the one or more colorants are contained in a second container.