Method for styling hair

Claim 2

An improved method for styling hair, comprising the steps of: applying a stable foam, capable of retaining its form upon manipulation, to clean, damp hair to form a pliable mass of hair and foam; shaping the pliable mass in sections, each section being retained, unassisted by mechanical styling aids, in a determined sculptured shape by the stable foam; drying the shaped pliable mass, the pliable mass becoming set in a semi-rigid sculptured shape upon drying the foam; and brushing the semi-rigid hair to finally shape the hair and to remove the foam residue.

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 further comprising the following steps prior to applying the stable foam: shampooing the hair; and rinsing the hair.

Claim 4

The method of claim 2 wherein the brushing step is characterized as first back-combing the hair.

Claim 5

In the application of a styled hairdo to a person's hair which includes wetting the person's hair, setting the person's hair, drying the set hair, and combing the hair, the improvement comprising: stable foam means serving as a training aid for retaining the hair in a determined sculptured shape during the setting of the hair, said foam means maintaining its foam characteristics during the manipulation of the person's hair during the setting of same, said foam means being the same for setting the hair and unassisted by mechanical styling aids.

Claim 6

In the application of a styled hairdo to a person's hair which includes wetting the person's hair, setting the person's hair, drying the set hair, and combing the hair, the improvement comprising: stable foam means serving as a training aid for retaining the hair in a determined sculptured shape during the setting of the hair, said foam means maintaining its foam characteristics during the manipulation of the person's hair during the setting of same, said foam means being the same for setting the hair and unassisted by mechanical styling aids.

Claim 7

An improved method for styling a person's hair, comprising the steps of: a. wetting the hair; b. sectioning the hair into a plurality of hair sections; c. applying a stable form, capable of retaining its form upon manipulation, to a first hair section to form with the hair thereof a pliable mass; d. shaping the pliable mass of the first hair section into a determined sculptured configuration, the pliable mass being retained in said configuration by the stable form, unassisted by mechanical styling aids; e. applying the stable foam to other hair sections and repeating in order steps (c) and (d) above until all of the hair sections have been shaped into determined sculptured configurations; f. drying the hair until the foam has disappeared except for forming a residue; and g. combing the dried hair to finally shape the hair and to substantially remove the foam residue.

Claim 8

An improved method for styling a person's hair, comprising the steps of: a. wetting the hair; b. sectioning the hair into a plurality of hair sections; c. applying a stable form, capable of retaining its form upon manipulation, to a first hair section to form with the hair thereof a pliable mass; d. shaping the pliable mass of the first hair section into a determined sculptured configuration, the pliable mass being retained in said configuration by the stable form, unassisted by mechanical styling aids; e. applying the stable foam to other hair sections and repeating in order steps (c) and (d) above until all of the hair sections have been shaped into determined sculptured configurations; f. drying the hair until the foam has disappeared except for forming a residue; and g. combing the dried hair to finally shape the hair and to substantially remove the foam residue.